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Attorney General Madigan: Senate Committee Approves Legislation to Improve Accessibility

Bill Updates Accessibility Guideline & Improves Ability for Businesses to Comply Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2016.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation to improve accessibility for people with disabilities in Illinois. Senate Bill 2956 passed by a unanimous vote and will head to the[Read More…]

Illinois EPA to Resume Vehicle Emissions Test Notice Mailings

Secretary of State sets date to resume enforcement through license plate renewals SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2016.  The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) and the Illinois Secretary of State’s office today announced the resumption of vehicle emissions test notice mailings following a previous suspension due to the budget impasse. In[Read More…]

Spain Pilgrimage Program at Sierra Club Meeting on April 11

MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2016.  The April meeting of the Sauk-Calumet Sierra Club Group will be held on Monday, April 11th at 7:15 pm at the Frankfort Public Library.  This month’s presentation will be ‘Biking the Camino de Santiago.’ With a slide show of beautiful pictures, Al Sturges will take us vicariously[Read More…]

Official Suburban Cook County Election Results Now Online

More than 700,000 ballots cast, turnout highest in over 25 years Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Clerk David Orr’s office has certified official March 15, 2016 Presidential Primary Election results for suburban Cook County to the Illinois State Board of Elections. The results, in addition to a combined summary of election results[Read More…]

Roosevelt University Montesquieu Forum on April 14-15 to Feature Views of International Scholars

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2016.  David Womersley, the Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature and editor of The Review of English Studies at the University of Oxford, will give the keynote speech at the Roosevelt University Montesquieu Forum conference on philosophy and historiography in the Eighteenth Century. Womersley’s speech will be at[Read More…]

Edgar’s Place Coffeehouse Proudly Presents Eric Lambert and Chris Walz on Saturday, April 9

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2016.  Edgar’s Place Coffee House will host a CD release party for Eric Lambert and Chris Walz on Saturday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m.  Edgar’s Place is located in the Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest. Eric Lambert and Chris Walz are each virtuoso flatpickers, master[Read More…]

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