WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2011. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has made a $765,108 investment in seven fire departments and fire protection districts in Illinois. Today’s funding will help support and improve the capability of[Read More…]
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Kirk: European Debt Crisis May Represent a ‘Systemic Risk’ to U.S. Banks
Junior Member of Senate Banking Committee Highlights Growing Danger of Sovereign Debt Crisis in Europe WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2011. Following the failure of European leaders to build decisive consensus on managing the growing European sovereign debt crisis, U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) wrote to Treasury Secretary Geithner about the ‘systemic risk’[Read More…]
New Data: Affordable Care Act Helps 600,000 Additional Young Adults in the Midwest Get Health Insurance
Expanded coverage from the health care law has continued to grow Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2011. Today, the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data illustrating that the Affordable Care Act continues to significantly increase the number of young adults who have[Read More…]
Generous State Grant Allows PSC to Offer Free Bridge to Manufacturing Careers Course
New Registration Dates Added Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Due to a generous $20,000 grant from the State of Illinois, Prairie State College (PSC) is offering a free class, Bridge to Manufacturing Careers, from 1 to 4 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, beginning Tuesday, Jan. 17. The course is intended to prepare students[Read More…]
Howard Brown Health Center Announces A New Continuing Education Seminar Fr Nurses
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Are you or someone you know a nurse, training to be a nurse, care about LGBT Health and creating cultural competency among medical providers? Howard Brown Health Center is pleased to announce a new continuing education seminar for nurses Saturday January 21, 2012 9am – 4pm Chamberlain College of Nursing [Read More…]
Durbin Announced U.S. Postal Service Agreement to Delay Illinois Postal Facility Closures for Five Months
Moratorium would protect good-paying jobs while Congress works to enact comprehensive postal reform legislation WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the U.S. Postal Service has voluntarily agreed to put in place a five-month moratorium on closing postal facilities, which would give Congress more time[Read More…]
Chicago Teachers Union Organizes Parents Against CPS ‘School Actions’
Candlelight Vigil, Other Protests Planned CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. Arbitrary school closings, turnarounds, consolidations, phase-outs and other drastic “school action” reform measures will not reduce the achievement gap among Chicago Public School students. Ignoring poverty, income disparities and racial inequities within the city’s school district only deepens the education divide. This[Read More…]
Occupy Chicago Joins Chicago Teachers Union For Overnight Vigil & CPS Board Meeting to Stop School Closings
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. Tuesday, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is calling for Chicagoans to join them in a vigil to commemorate school closings at 6pm outside the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Central Administration building, 125 S. Clark. They will stay overnight in order to secure speaking tickets for Wednesday’s Chicago[Read More…]
Durbin, Quinn, Costello, Emanuel, Hoechst Announce Illinois to Receive $44 Million Investment Through Tiger Grant Program
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Illinois Governor Pat Quinn and U.S. Representative Jerry Costello (D-IL) joined Mayors Rahm Emanuel of Chicago and Tom Hoechst of Alton today in announcing that Illinois will receive a total of $44,288,000 in TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grant funding[Read More…]
DOT Awards $177 Million to Illinois to Connect Chicago and the Quad Cities
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2011. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced more than $177 million for the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for a passenger rail project that will operate twice daily round-trip service between Chicago and the Quad Cities and put nearly 2,000 Americans back to work this spring.[Read More…]
