WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—December 18, 2017. Following a Washington Post report that the Trump Administration is prohibiting officials and staff at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from using a list of seven commonly accepted words and phrases, U.S. Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today pressed CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald to[Read More…]
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In and Around Park Forest for the Week of December 17, 2017
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF) — Nominees for Park Forest Community Oscar Awards are being accepted through Monday, December 18th at Park Forest Village Hall. Nominations can be made for the best talent in the area, police officer, staff person, volunteer, fireman, most active church, you name it. No suggestion will go[Read More…]
Southland College Prep Hits High Notes To Celebrate the Holiday Season with “Jazzing in the Snow,”
RICHTON PARK, ILL.—(ENEWSPF)—December 16, 2017 By: Richard Barry A century of jazz was celebrated tonight when more than 265 Southland College Prep singers, dancers, band members and a new string ensemble staged the charter high school’s annual Winter Festival at Governors State University’s Center for the Performing Arts. The two-hour[Read More…]
Students Lead Effort to Honor First African-American Woman to Earn PhD at UChicago
Ceremony unveils bronze bust of pioneering alumna Georgiana Simpson CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Tracey Robinson-English The late Georgiana Rose Simpson, who in 1921 became the first African-American woman to earn a PhD from the University of Chicago and one of the first black women to receive a PhD in the[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Lawsuit Against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for Halting Debt Relief Promised to Defrauded Students
Multistate Lawsuit Filed Against U.S. Department of Education for Failing to Discharge Student Loans, Engaging in Illegal Debt Collection Against Former Corinthian Students CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan, along with the Attorneys General of Massachusetts and New York, filed a lawsuit yesterday against the Department[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Will Appeal FCC Vote to Eliminate Net Neutrality Rules
AG Madigan, Other State Attorneys General Vow To Fight New Order Allowing Providers To Interfere With Internet Usage Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—December 15, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced yesterday that she, along with other state Attorneys General, will appeal the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) action to eliminate existing net[Read More…]
Governor Rauner Enacts Legislation to Combat Fraudulent Opioid Prescriptions
SB 772 will decrease prevalence of “doctor-shopping” EAST ST. LOUIS—(ENEWSPF)–December 15, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser This week, Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law SB 772, which requires prescribers with an Illinois Controlled Substance License to register with and use the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP). The PMP allows physicians to[Read More…]
Free Legal Support Services For Illinois Veterans
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Illinois veterans, active-duty service members, reservists and their dependents will be able to access free legal help for consumer, housing and family law issues through a statewide hotline and network of legal support services launched earlier this month, according to a statement from state Rep. Anthony DeLuca,[Read More…]
Clerk Orr Slams Berrios, Assessor’s Office, In Light Of Lawsuit
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Clerk David Orr took aim at Cook County Assessor Joe Berrios after a lawsuit was filed this morning against the Assessor’s office. Calling the lawsuit “explosive,” Orr expressed his frustration at “the blatant secrecy, lack of transparency and direction from the Assessor’s office regarding residential, commercial and[Read More…]
Ed Czupryn is 2017’s Park Forest Business Person of the Year
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 14, 2017. Ed Czupryn of the Park Forest Currency Exchange is Park Forest’s Business Person of the Year for 2017. Czupryn was presented the Sam Montella Business Person of the Year Award Monday at Village Hall during Park Forest’s Board of Trustees meeting. The annual award, sponsored[Read More…]
