Three-Year Investment Creates Opportunity for Over 5,000 Children Starting in Fall 2013 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2012. As part of the Emanuel Administration’s drive to provide Chicago’s children access to the full education they need to excel, Mayor Emanuel today announced a three-year investment that will create opportunity for over 5,000 children[Read More…]
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Governor Quinn Signs Housing Bills to Support People with Disabilities and Protect Homeowners from Mortgage Fraud
Announces up to $50 million for permanent supportive housing CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today signed two new housing laws to provide people with disabilities with more access to affordable rental housing, and to further protect homeowners from mortgage fraud. The supportive housing law makes $10 million in rental[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Plans to Expand Walgreens Headquarters
Walgreens Adds 500 Jobs, Spurs Economic Growth in Northern Illinois DEERFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn and Walgreens today announced the “Invest Illinois Initiative,” an agreement that calls for the nation’s largest drug store chain to create 500 jobs over three years and invest $75 million to expand and renovate[Read More…]
Thorn Creek Audubon Society to Host Second Annual Hummingbird Festival at Park Forest’s Wetland Discovery Center on August 18
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 3, 2012. Thorn Creek Audubon Society will host its Second Annual Hummingbird Festival on Saturday, August 18 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Wetland Discovery Center at the Park Forest Aqua Center, 30 N. Orchard. Those who are fascinated by our smallest birds will have[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, August 3, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2012. Medicare and Medicaid Birthday Events Cover 23 States! The Alliance celebrated the 47th Birthday of Medicare and Medicaid on July 30, and 50 “Let’s Not Be the Last Generation to Retire” summer campaign events have now taken place since July 22. Alliance chapters in Arizona, California,[Read More…]
Durbin, Senators Urge President Obama to Create Drought Task Force
With nearly every county in Illinois eligible for disaster assistance, interagency group needed to address impact of drought in all sectors of the economy WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2012. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and a bipartisan group of 14 Senators called for the creation of an Interagency Drought Task Force[Read More…]
Representative Schakowsky Votes Against GOP Plan To Raise Taxes on Middle Class & Military Families
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2012 – Yesterday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after House passage of HR 8: “Once again, House Republicans are holding the middle class tax cuts hostage in order to demand that we give an additional trillion dollars in tax cuts to the wealthy. Last week,[Read More…]
Statement from Mayor Emanuel on the First Meeting of the Chicago Infrastructure Trust Board
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2012. “I am pleased that the Chicago Infrastructure Trust held its first meeting today and began its process of evaluating financing options for innovative, transformative infrastructure projects that will create jobs, grow Chicago’s economy, save taxpayer money, and shape the city for generations. Chicago is a city[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Tours Restored Holden Block
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2012. One hundred and forty years after it was originally constructed, Chicago’s landmark Holden Block formally reopened Wednesday as the cutting edge headquarters of a West Loop advertising agency. “The Holden Block is a wonderful example of how historic buildings can continue to serve modern needs, create economic[Read More…]
Nominations for IL Senior Hall of Fame Awards Due August 20
IL Dept on Aging will announce winners during a ceremony later this year SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2012. The Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) Director John K. Holton, Ph.D., is reminding people about the fast approaching deadline to nominate seniors, ages 65 years and older, for the 2012 Illinois Senior Hall of[Read More…]
