Top 20 Accounting Firm to Move from Skokie, Bring 150 to 200 Jobs to Loop CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2012. Mayor Emanuel announced today that Reznick Group will move its Midwest headquarters from Skokie to Chicago in the next year, and will bring 150 to 200 total jobs to downtown by the[Read More…]
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Mayor Emanuel Announces 2013 Budget Gap Reduced by 50 percent as a Result of Structural Change Made in 2012
Tough Choices Made in 2012 Budget Led to $369 Million Budget Gap for 2013 – Less than Half the $741 Million Gap Projected CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 31 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today released a preliminary estimate of $369 million for the City’s 2013 budget gap, a figure nearly 50 percent less than[Read More…]
La ley de la salud les da a las mujeres control sobre su cuidado médico y les ofrece servicios preventivos sin costo alguno a 47 millones de mujeres
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2012. Cuarenta y siete millones de mujeres ahora tienen un mayor control sobre su atención médica y acceso a ocho servicios médicos relacionados con la prevención, sin tener que pagar más de su propio bolsillo a partir del 01 de agosto, anunció hoy la Secretaria Kathleen Sebelius[Read More…]
Durbin and BOP Director Discuss Importance of Thomson Prison to Relieve Overcrowding and Create 1,100 New Jobs in Illinois
Senator says with such overwhelming bipartisan support for job creating project, one Republican Congressman should not be able to stand in the way WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2012. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with the Director of the Bureau of Prisons, Charles Samuels, to discuss the Obama Administration’s continued[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Statement on New Iran Sanctions Bill and Designations
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2012. United States Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today released the following statement regarding the final compromise text of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 and today’s designations of Bank of Kunlun and Elaf Bank: “I applaud Under Secretary Cohen and Assistant Secretary[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Joins Braintree to Announce Company Will Triple Staff as Part of Expansion and Tech Jobs Growth
Braintree payments expands its Chicago headquarters to house growing staff, recruit top tech talent and support rapid growth CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. Braintree (https://www.braintreepayments.com), the Web’s fastest growing payment gateway, has opened the doors of its expanded headquarters in downtown Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Braintree in an onsite visit to[Read More…]
IllinoisJobLink.com Links Qualified Workers with Hiring Employers
Internet Job Board Part of IDES’ No-Cost HR Recruitment Services ROCKFORD–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. Rockford area businesses today joined Jay Rowell, the director of the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES), to praise an employment website tool that links qualified job applicants with businesses that are ready to hire. The no-cost[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Calls Special Session on Pension Reform
Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. WHEREAS, on January 10, 2011, I took the Constitutional oath of office to become Governor of the State of Illinois, solemnly swearing to uphold both the Illinois Constitution and the Constitution of the United States, and promising to “faithfully discharge the duties of the office of[Read More…]
Graduate Nurse Education Demonstration
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. In March 2012, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a call for applications for a new initiative designed to increase the nation’s primary care workforce by supporting facilities that train Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs). Under this new initiative from the Affordable Care[Read More…]
Illinois’ Rush University Medical Center Selected to Participate in Obama Administration Program to Train More Nurses
Initiative designed to bolster national health care workforce Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2012. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that Rush University Medical Center in Illinois is one of five hospitals selected to participate in a new initiative made possible by the health care law to train[Read More…]
