Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Verizon Wireless is awarding $20,000 to Rich East High School in Park Forest, Illinois, which recently gained the most votes in a text-to-win contest.Students also will enjoy a visit from Chicago Bears starting cornerback Tim Jennings, who will appear at a school pep rally on Mon., December[Read More…]
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Durbin Statement on the Filibuster of Richard Cordray’s Nomination to Head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement today after the nomination of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was blocked by filibuster: “Richard Cordray is competent, qualified, and an honorable public servant and his nomination to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau deserved[Read More…]
Occupy Chicago: City-Wide Day of Action Against Coal on Saturday, December 10
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. The air we breathe is being destroyed by the corporate greed of Midwest Generation, owner and operator of the Fisk and Crawford coal fire power plants. We are tired of our health and environment being sold in the profit market. We are tired of 40+ premature deaths[Read More…]
Durbin, Harkin: GAO Report Rejects For-Profit College Industry’s Excuse for Poor Student Success Rates
Report Shows For-Profit College Students Fare Worse Overall than Nonprofit, Public College Students WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2011. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tom Harkin (D-IA) announced that a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report debunks the for-profit college industry’s longtime excuse for poor student success rates at their schools: [Read More…]
Affordable Care Act Support for School-based Health Centers Will Create Jobs, Increase Access to Care for Thousands of Children
Health care law will help rebuild aging clinics WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2011. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more than $14 million was awarded today to 45 school-based health centers across the country allowing the number of children served to increase by nearly 50 percent, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has[Read More…]
Candidate Order Decided In Ballot Lottery
Cook County, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Clerk David Orr and Director of Elections Jan Kralovec conducted a lottery today to determine the candidate ballot positions in the March 20, 2012 Presidential Primary Election. Candidates competing for the same office who filed simultaneously Nov. 28 at 9 a.m., the onset of candidate filing, were included in the lottery. The lottery was comprised of[Read More…]
Governors State Awarded $875,000 Education Grant by Kresge Foundation
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Governors State University has received an $875,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation, which will be used to enhance the university’s innovative Dual Degree Program (DDP). The Kresge Foundation announced the three-year grant on November 29. During the grant period, GSU will use funding from the Foundation to[Read More…]
Governors State to Admit First Freshman Class
University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Yesterday the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) voted to approve the proposal by Governors State University’s Board of Trustees to add lower division programming to the university’s upper division and graduate offerings. GSU will enroll its first freshman class in August 2014. “GSU’s decision to admit[Read More…]
Sauk Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club to Hold Monthly Meeting on Monday, December 12
Palos Heights, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2011. The Sauk Calumet Group of the Illinois Sierra Club will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, December 12, at 7:15 p.m. at the Frankfort Public Library, 21119 Pfeiffer Rd. Peter Gorr of Palatine recently installed one of the largest residential solar electrical systems in the[Read More…]
Durbin Applauds STB Decision to Further Investigate Canadian National in Light of Recent Train Derailment
Second audit of Canadian National’s EJ&E operations in less than 2 years WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today applauded the Surface Transportation Board (STB) for exercising its oversight authority to determine whether Canadian National is properly maintaining and upgrading the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern (EJ&E) Railway[Read More…]
