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Make Your Voice Heard on Saturday, April 29 by Participating in a “People’s Climate March” Event Near You
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2017. Climate activists throughout the country will participate in a major “People’s Climate March” on Saturday, April 29th. The effort is being organized by the coalition formed out of 2014’s People’s Climate March, which brought over 400,000 people to the streets of New York City and[Read More…]
Park Forest Renames Street After Retired Employee Chuck Alexander
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Before an overflowing gathering of current and former employees, the Village Board Monday designated a section of Park Street after retired employee Chuck Alexander. Loretta Alexander, Chuck’s wife, received the honor. Chuck retired after 28 years of public service, 25 of those years in Park Forest, on[Read More…]
Total Eclipse Of The Sun To Be Commemorated On A Forever Stamp
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Postal Service will soon release a first-of-its-kind stamp that changes when you touch it. The Total Solar Eclipse Forever stamp, which commemorates the August 21 eclipse, transforms into an image of the Moon from the heat of a finger. The public is asked to share the news on[Read More…]
On AG Sessions’ Campaign To Make Immigrant “Filth” America’s “Public Enemies Number 1”
“Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump want more immigrants criminalized, felonized, and deported.” Washington, DC – (ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017. Today, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) spoke on the House floor about the Attorney General’s campaign “to paint immigrants as criminals, rapists, gang members and ‘cartel henchmen.’” The Congressman from Illinois noted[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Duckworth Introduce Legislation to Address Youth Unemployment in High Poverty Areas
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today introduced two pieces of legislation to expand and increase access to employment opportunities for at-risk youth. The Helping to Encourage Real Opportunity (HERO) for At-Risk Youth Act and the Creating Pathways for Youth Employment Act will increase federal[Read More…]
Senator Duckworth’s Bipartisan Bill to Support Illinois Jobs Passes Both Chambers
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017. In record time, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth’s (D-IL) bipartisan bill to support Illinois jobs and support infrastructure projects is on its way to the President’s desk to be signed into law less than 4 months after she was sworn in, having passed the Senate unanimously[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Student and Military Veteran Finds Inspiration for Community Activism from Barack Obama
Roosevelt student Ramuel Figueroa discusses civic engagement with Barack Obama CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2017. Roosevelt University senior Ramuel Figueroa received an early graduation gift in April when he took part in a “Conversation on Civic Engagement” at the University of Chicago with former President Barack Obama. It was a rare opportunity[Read More…]
Report Finds Single Women Face Greatest Risk, Economic Insecurity
Women face more hard-to-avoid risks than men, especially from caregiving, that can lower their savings and leave them economically vulnerable. A daughter, center, visits with her mother, right, at an assisted living facility as her own daughter, left, looks on in Santa Rosa, California, July 2015. AP/Eric Risberg Washington, D.C.[Read More…]
Statement from House Speaker Madigan on Meeting with Governor Rauner Regarding Illinois Budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)—April 27, 2017. Speaker Michael J. Madigan issued the following statement Thursday after a meeting with Gov. Bruce Rauner: “I requested a meeting with Governor Rauner to ensure he understood my desire to pass a full-year budget and discuss the urgent need for a resolution to the state[Read More…]
