CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2012. Registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center on Chicago’s South Side voted by 85 percent Friday to join National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union and professional association of RNs. The Jackson Park RNs voted 94 to 16 to join NNU. The secret ballot election[Read More…]
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Meeting to be Held January 9 on Planned Crete Immigration Detention Center
Crete, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2012. The public is invited to attend an informational meeting on the planned Crete Immigration Detention Center. The meeting will be held on Monday, January 9 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Crete Township Hall, 1367 Wood St., Crete, IL The meeting is sponsored by the[Read More…]
Kirk Calls for Criminal Probe into Project Shield
Homeland Inspector General reveals rampant waste, fraud, abuse in $45 million program These findings warrant further investigation into the potential criminal misuse of federal funds. Missing records, equipment and little documentation for millions spent, 32 of 128 communities received nothing CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2012. Responding to the release of a Homeland[Read More…]
Book Review: ‘Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do, and What You Can Do About It’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 9, 2012. This new book by Jeff Clements has a foreword by Bill Moyers and has been praised in the highest terms by some of our nation’s best activists and organizers. No one can read it and not understand the pressing need to put an end to corporate[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of January 9, 2012
The wetlands lie scorched, with two birdhouses barely surviving Thursday’s inferno. Anyone with information regarding the Central Park Wetlands blaze is asked to contact the PFFD. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2012. While everyone has been busy with the holidays, the Park Forest Baseball Board of Directors has been[Read More…]
Public Planning Workshop to be Held Wednesday, January 11 on Implementation of 211th Street Transit-Oriented Development Plan
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 7, 2012. The Villages of Park Forest, Matteson, and Olympia Fields have recognized the need to further examine implementation of the proposed 2007 Transit-Oriented Development plan to ensure that future development reflects the communities’ goals and objectives. Your input is valuable and important to the success of[Read More…]
Park Forest Fire Department Seeks Help From Public Re: ‘Suspicious’ Central Park Wetlands Fire
High flames burn through the Central Park Wetlands Thursday night. (ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Officials at the Park Forest Fire Department placed a statement on the department’s Facebook page regarding Thursday night’s fire in the Central Park Wetlands. The department is seeking help from the public regarding the start of[Read More…]
Cardinal George Formally Apologizes for Pride Parade Remarks
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cardinal Francis George issued an apology on the Archdiocese of Chicago website for comments in which he made a comparison between Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade and a Ku Klux Klan parade. Saying he was "personally distressed" that what he said he believes "all gays and lesbians are like[Read More…]
Trains Collide in Porter County, Indiana
INDIANA—(ENEWSPF)—January 6, 2012 – 2:29 PM. NBC Chicago is reporting that two trains have reportedly collided in Porter County, Indiana. The collision is located near County Road 550 East and 600 North. Police and firefighters are en route to the collision. Police have also shut down some roads in the[Read More…]
Occupy Chicago, CACHE, and URPE Organize to ‘Occupy the AEA’ and Speak Out Against Moral, Intellectual and Academic Bankruptcy
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2012. The 2012 Allied Social Science Associations (ASSA) national conference will be held Jan. 6-8 in Chicago, with an agenda strongly influenced by the American Economic Association (AEA). For decades the AEA has fostered a narrow, free-market orthodoxy in the economics profession. Unlike other professional organization, the[Read More…]
