SPRINGFIELD, ILL.–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2011. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) closed the Schnucks grocery store at Sangamon Center North in Springfield Thursday, July 28, 2011 after discovering a contractor improperly removed and resurfaced flooring materials containing asbestos, which released fibers into the air. The asbestos fiber release has made[Read More…]
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Deadline Approaching For 2011 Illinois State Fair Photo Contests And Talent Competition
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2011. Time is running out to enter the Illinois State Fair Dog Photo Contest, Baby Photo Contest and Talent Competition. The deadline for each competition is Aug. 2, 2011. Entry forms for the contests are available in the Special Events Office, located in the Emmerson building on[Read More…]
Rules to Protect Seniors from Financial Exploitation Adopted during Elder Abuse Awareness Month
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2011. State regulations designed to protect elders from financial exploitation took effect yesterday. They were approved by the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules on July 12. The regulations are needed to implement legislation signed last summer by Governor Quinn that required the Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) and[Read More…]
Durbin Asks Senate Committee to Delay Flood Insurance Purchase Requirement for Metro East Residents
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today asked the Senate Banking Committee to include in its bill to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) a provision that would require that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to delay flood insurance purchase requirements for communities – like[Read More…]
Kirk Addresses Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Task Force Report
We should apply the lessons learned from Fukushima to protect the people of Illinois. The disaster at Fukushima is an opportunity to upgrade the safety of nuclear reactors in America. WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2011. Following the release of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Task Force report, which was unveiled 90[Read More…]
Durbin Announces Funding for Education Programs and Research Initiatives at Illinois Cultural Institutions
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 28, 2011. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded four Museums for America grants totaling $484,497 to cultural institutions in Illinois. These funds will help allow recipient institutions to better serve their communities by supporting high-priority activities[Read More…]
Durbin, Kirk, Costello, Shimkus: Army Corps to Report Back in One Week on Possibility of Expediting Permit Process
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2011. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) and Congressmen Jerry Costello (D-IL) and John Shimkus (R-IL) announced that the Army Corps of Engineers has agreed to look into how the approval process for upgrades to the Metro East levees system can be expedited to[Read More…]
Movie Review: Friends With Benefits
Movie Reviews By Bernie Jablonski Leonard Maltin, in his indispensable Movie Guide, described THE BREAK-UP as “what passes for romantic comedy these days,” and romantic comedy has never really been my thing (although I avoid using the term “chick flick”). I dreaded going to see FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS on purpose,[Read More…]
Movie Review: Horrible Bosses
Kevin Spacey in Horrible Bosses Movie Reviews By Bernie Jablonski Despite the incessant number of times I saw the TV commercial for HORRIBLE BOSSES, I still found quite a few surprises in this well-paced, well-acted farce. The sad truth is, though, that I would have enjoyed it even more if[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Sues Chicago Area Mortgage Rescue Schemes
Chicago –(ENEWSPF)–July 27, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed suit against two Chicago companies for mortgage rescue fraud schemes that illegally charged consumers more than $61,000 in upfront fees that resulted in little, if any, help to stay in their homes. The Attorney General filed suit today in Cook[Read More…]
