State Capital Investment to Create More Than 2,700 Jobs, Eliminate Slow Zones, Repair Tracks, Improve Stations on Red and Purple Lines CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced a $646 million state capital investment grant to repair and rebuild the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red[Read More…]
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Mattoon Couple Challenge Denial of Services at Two Illinois Bed and Breakfast Facilities
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2011. A downstate couple seeking to a convenient public facility to host their civil union ceremony were denied by not one, but two facilities based on their sexual orientation, according to new complaints filed with the State of Illinois Human Rights Commission. Todd and Mark Wathen of Mattoon[Read More…]
Durbin Presses Gambian Government on Chief Manneh Case
Applauds British Role in Investigating the Disappearance of Gambian Journalist WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2011. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter yesterday to the Gambian Attorney General, Edward Gomez, requesting information about Chief Ebrima Manneh, a Gambian journalist who has been missing for more than five years.[Read More…]
Durbin, Kirk, Manzullo Stress Importance of Keeping USPS Jobs in Illinois During Meeting with Postmaster General
Post office needs to show evidence that consolidating Rockford, Quincy, Springfield and other Illinois facilities would reduce cost and create efficiencies WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2011. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Representative Don Manzullo (R-IL) stressed the importance of keeping good-paying U.S. Postal Service (USPS) jobs[Read More…]
Park Forest Hall of Fame Nominations Sought Through December 30, 2011
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 1, 2011. Nominations for the Park Forest Hall of Fame are being accepted from the public through December 30 this year by the Park Forest Historical Society. Nominees are selected for consistent, beneficial service to the citizens of Park Forest over a long span of time. The[Read More…]
Rep. Schakowsky Statement in Support of Access to Contraception
WASHINGTON D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2011. Yesterday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) released the following statement in a Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on insurance coverage for women’s preventive health services including contraception: “The attention this Committee has focused – and continues to focus – on the private lives of women makes[Read More…]
‘Remembering Marshall Field’s’ Book Talk and Signing to be Held November 19
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 3, 2011. Historian Leslie Goddard will discuss and sell her new book, ‘Remembering Marshall Field’s’, Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. in Park Forest Village Hall, 350 Victory Drive in Park Forest, presented as the November program of the Park Forest Historical Society. Marshall Field’s Park[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Opens New Research Facility at Illinois Institute of Technology
$7.2 Million State Investment in Incubator-South Facility will Accelerate Growth of Startup Companies in Illinois CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 2, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by officials from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in opening a new research facility in IIT’s University Technology Park (UTP) that will provide space for[Read More…]
Couple Married 72 Years Dies Holding Hands
© Yeager Family Gordon and Norma Yeager Des Moines, Iowa-(ENEWSPF)- An Iowa couple who was married for 72 years died one hour apart last week in the hospital as they held hands. Family said the story of is a real-life love story. Read the entire, endearing story, here.
Colbert Super PAC – Occupy Wall Street Co-Optportunity – Stephen On Location (Video, Hilarious Video)
The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive New York-(ENEWSPF)- Stephen heads to Wall Street to gain the trust of Occupy Wall Street protesters and take over the movement. Hilarious.
