Park Forest’s own Deana Williams sings at Saturday’s Haiti Relief performances at Freedom Hall. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 8, 2010. The former Eagle Theater, 340 Main St. in DownTown Park Forest has been renamed Holiday Star Theater and is getting a makeover. Kenny Yochelson, the new owner, has[Read More…]
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Weekly Address: Health Reform Will Benefit American Families and Businesses This Year, March 6, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 6, 2010. This week, I asked Congress to schedule a final vote on reform that will give families and businesses more control over their health care by holding insurance companies more accountable. This comes after nearly a year of debate, as well as a seven hour summit with[Read More…]
College Illinois!® 529 Prepaid Tuition Program Partners With Wolves Hockey
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2010. The College Illinois! 529 Prepaid Tuition Program has partnered with the Chicago Wolves to put fears about how to pay for college on ice, offering Wolves hockey fans the chance to learn about how to save for college the prepaid way at two upcoming events March 7[Read More…]
Excessive Insurance Premium Increases to be a Thing of the Past
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2010. Yesterday, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-IL, and Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-CA introduced the Health Insurance Rate Authority Act of 2010, legislation to help families and small businesses whose access to health insurance is threatened by excessive premium increases. The legislation, H.R. 4757 in the House, would provide[Read More…]
Imposition Of Punitive Punishments For Student Drug Test Failures Conflict With Federal Guidelines
Chapel Hill, NC–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2010. More than one-half of school districts that randomly drug test their students impose punitive punishments for test failures that are contrary to federal advisory guidelines, according to a national study published in the Journal of School Health and summarized in the January 2010 online edition[Read More…]
16 Finalists Announced in Phase 1 of Race to the Top Competition Finalists to Present in Mid-March; Winners Announced in Early April
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010. Today the Department of Education announced that 15 states and the District of Columbia will advance as finalists for phase 1 of the Race to the Top competition. Race to the Top is the Department’s $4.35 billion effort to dramatically re-shape America’s educational system to better[Read More…]
ANA Nurses Stand with President in Support of Health Reform Now
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010. Members of the American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the US, joined President Obama today (March 3) at the White House to demonstrate their strong support for the President and his goal of achieving meaningful health reform now. Registered nurses and other healthcare[Read More…]
House Approves Bill to Protect Schoolchildren from Harmful Restraint and Seclusion
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010. In response to a recent government investigation that found widespread allegations that children were being abused through misuses of restraint and seclusion in classrooms, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved bipartisan legislation to protect children from inappropriate uses of these practices in schools. The Keeping[Read More…]
Rep. DeLuca Urges Fellow Lawmakers to Address Growing Budget/Fiscal Problems
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2010. State Representative Anthony DeLuca(D-Chicago Heights) called attention today to the need for Illinois to start owning up to its fiscal and budgetary problems and start making the tough choices that will help our state put its fiscal house in order. To combat these escalating problems,[Read More…]
Durbin: University of Illinois to Receive $22.5 Million in Recovery Act Funding to Expand Broadband Internet Access
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2010. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the Department of Commerce (DOC) has awarded $22,534,776 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois to build 187 miles of fiber-optic broadband network in Urbana, Champaign,[Read More…]
