“Klein and Column Prints,” 2011, by Anthony Adcock (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- University Park, Illinois, July 3, 2012 – The Governors State University Visual Arts Gallery is pleased to present “So Real,” a show featuring artwork by three painters who exploit realism for their own purposes. The exhibition, with[Read More…]
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Video: SD 163’s ‘Safe Summer SMART Dancers’ Heat Up Village Green
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- School District 163’s ‘School’s Out Safe Summer SMART Dancers’ perform in the Park Forest Village Green on July 4, 2012. Under the direction of volunteer Renee Hawthorne, the group is open to children between the ages of 5 and 18, meeting at Beacon Hill Primary Center between[Read More…]
Temps Topping 101, Park Forest Parties On (Video/Story)
There was much movement the Village Green as BBI Productions turned out the tunes Wednesday evening. (ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Residents from Park Forest, IL, and beyond party in the Village Green to the tunes of BBI Productions. Based in neighboring Chicago Heights, BBI has helped Park Forest residents move[Read More…]
AAA Chicago: Gas Prices Keep Falling as July 4 Travelers Take to the Roads
Illinois, Chicago, Indiana averages all under $4.00 for the first time since February AURORA, Ill.—(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012—Just as about 3 million July 4 travelersfrom Illinois and Indiana will be leaving for the Independence Day holiday, gas prices are coming down across the region. AAA Chicago’s most recent Fuel Gauge Report[Read More…]
Illinois Receives Nearly $25 Million from Largest-Ever Healthcare Fraud Settlement
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2012. Attorney General Lisa Madigan joined her state counterparts and the federal government yesterday to announce the largest healthcare fraud settlement in U.S. history with GlaxoSmithKline for $3 billion. The settlement, which includes nearly $25 million for Illinois, resolves allegations that the company engaged in illegal schemes in[Read More…]
HRC Statement on Affordable Care Act Decision
Washington-(ENEWSPF)- The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in a series of legal challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, upholding the historic law passed in the last Congress to reform our nation’s healthcare system. As part of that reform, the Act created or paved the way for[Read More…]
Video: An Amazing Celebration of Dance
An amazing celebration of dance. Please, please, watch this full screen. I usually don’t watch YouTube videos to the end (who does?). This one is worth the watch. Kudos to Keri Miller, who shared this on Facebook.
Video: Mitch McConnell: Covering 30 million uninsured is `not the issue’
From the Washington Post: The most charitable reading of McConnell’s quote is that he meant that Republicans see no need to come up up with a single overarching reform plan that would cover those millions of uninsured, and instead will advocate a step-by-step approach. But even Wallace saw McConnell’s quote in far[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of July 2, 2012
A rare solar rainbow over Park Forest last week. The heat is on. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 2, 2012. Park Forest residents are reminded that due to construction projects around the Village, the July 4th fireworks will be displayed at Rich East High School rather than in Central[Read More…]
Physicians Group: ACA Is A Weak Law; We Need Medicare for All
By Frederick W. “Rick” Ford, writing for From an organization I came across for the first time today, Physicians for a National Health Program: Although the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the law is not a remedy to our health care crisis, as it leaves at[Read More…]
