From the Chicago Tribune: Two men were killed tonight when a small plane crashed in a subdivision near Waubonsee Community College in the far west suburb of Sugar Grove. The two fatalities — both men — were in the plane, said Kane County Sheriff’s spokesman Pat Gengler. Gengler said at[Read More…]
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Legislation Enacted to Provide Local Steel Industry With Utility Tax Exemption
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)–January 22, 2010. Legislation sponsored by State Representative Anthony DeLuca (D-Chicago Heights) providing financial relief to qualifying manufacturers in the form of a utility tax exemption was signed into law Thursday by Governor Quinn. DeLuca sponsored this legislation in an effort to help retain local manufacturing jobs. “As[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Sign Law to Create ‘Gateways to Opportunity’ Program
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn today signed a bill into law that creates the “Gateways to Opportunity” program, which will award credentials to educators who go above and beyond in making sure they are able to provide the highest quality of education for Illinois’ young minds. “Today’s students will[Read More…]
Park Forest Library Temporarily Closing Beginning January 31st Due to On-Going Renovations
The Park Forest Library will be closing temporarily beginning Sunday, January 31, as renovations continue. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– As part of the continuing renovations at the Park Forest Public Library, 400 Lakewood Boulevard, the building will be closing temporarily beginning Sunday, January 31 to allow Phase 1 of[Read More…]
As Passage of Health Bill Nears, Research Shows New Jobs in Every State
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 20, 2010. As Congress and the White House are locked in the final negotiations over the health care reform bill, a new analysis finds that the proposed legislation will mean 250,000 to 400,000 new jobs in states across the country. Crunching the numbers, scholars from Harvard, the University of[Read More…]
Durbin: Small Businesses will Benefit from Healthcare Reform Bill
CHICAGO, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 19, 2010. Healthcare reform will give small businesses the ability to offer their employees quality, affordable healthcare coverage while remaining competitive in a challenging economy, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said today while addressing local business owners at the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. “Small businesses are the backbone[Read More…]
Financial Crisis Threatens to Set Back Education Worldwide, UN Report Warns
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 January 2010 – The global financial crisis threatens to deprive millions of children in the world’s poorest countries of an education, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, with a knock-on effect on future economic growth, poverty reduction and progress in health and other areas, according to a United Nations report[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Race to the Top at Graham Road Elementary School
Falls Church, Virginia–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2010 – 10:25 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. You guys look really cute in those chairs. (Laughter.) I am pleased to be joined today by my outstanding Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, at Graham Road Elementary School, one of Virginia’s finest schools. And here at Graham[Read More…]
GALA ND/SMC Response to Hate Speech in Anti-Gay Observer Cartoon
Note: This past Tuesday, a gay-bashing comic strip ran in The Observer. You can see the comic that ran in the paper, as well as the one that was originally rejected and the hateful conversation that transpired, here. GALA ND/SMC’s official response is below. As officers of the Gay and[Read More…]
Notre Dame’s President Responds to Anti-Gay Observer Cartoon
Notre Dame, IN–(ENEWSPF)– The Jan. 13 issue of the University of Notre Dame’s student newspaper The Observer included a cartoon that was inappropriate and offensive. “The University denounces the implication that violence or expressions of hate toward any person or group of people is acceptable or a matter that should[Read More…]
