Senator’s letter in response to concerns raised by officials and residents in communities along the EJ&E WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2014. In response to concerns raised by communities across Illinois, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) yesterday called on Canadian National to address ongoing safety and traffic issues including: Canadian National’s lack[Read More…]
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Governors State University’s Community Garden Plots are Now Available
University Park, Ill.—(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2014 – Gather up all your gardening tools and put them to good use at Governors State University’s organic community garden. Plots are now available. The university’s sustainable garden gives area residents a chance to use organic methods to grow the vegetables of their choice. The[Read More…]
University of Chicago Alumni Demand Trauma Center as U of C Preps Obama Library Bid
Alumni announce they will not donate to University until they open trauma center Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 5, 2014. As the University of Chicago prepares its bid for the Obama presidential library, alumni are joining a growing chorus of voices demanding that the school open a trauma center. During the University’s annual[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Signs Legislation Ensuring Students in all Illinois High Schools Have CPR and AED Training
New Law to Provide Secondary Students with Life-Saving Skills in Case of an Emergency NORMAL–(ENEWSPF)–June 5, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today signed a bill that will require cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training for students in all Illinois high schools. The Governor was joined by the Laman[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Chicago Blue Cart Recycling Program Receives Award for Outstanding Government Recycling Program from the Illinois Recycling Association
Citywide Blue Cart Recycling Program Services 600,000 Chicago Households CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that Chicago’s Residential Blue Cart Recycling Program received the award for Outstanding Government Recycling Program from the Illinois Recycling Association. The award recognizes Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s commitment to providing an accessible and easy-to-use[Read More…]
Marian Student Receives The Gates Millennium Scholarship
Sofia Salgado, Gates Millennium Scholarship recipient. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- When 8th grade graduation neared for Chicago Heights resident, Sofia Salgado, the thought of going to High School, let alone Marian Catholic High School, was an extreme fear. Sofia, who only learned English through 3rd grade, came from a[Read More…]
Supreme Court Allows Oregon Marriages for Same-Sex Couples to Continue
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 4, 2014. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to halt new marriages between same-sex couples in Oregon. The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), sought a stay of a lower court’s decision allowing marriages to take place, and after the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied a similar request[Read More…]
Minimum Wage Working Group Announces Location of First Public Hearing and Launches Online Forum for Public Comment
Mayoral Task Force Sets Public Hearings and Launches New Website to Give All Residents a Voice in the Process of Developing a Balanced Plan to Increase the Minimum Wage in Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. The Minimum Wage Working Group tasked by Mayor Rahm Emanuel last week with creating a consensus[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Continues Push to Properly Fund Education in Illinois
Urges Critical Investment in Education to Give Every Child the Opportunity for Success CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today visited students and teachers at the Jane Addams Elementary School in Chicago to continue his push to properly fund education in Illinois. In March, Governor Quinn proposed an honest and[Read More…]
New Speech Language Pathology Assistant Program Open Houses Coming to South Suburban College
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. South Suburban College’s Health Professions Department will be hosting two Open Houses in June for their exciting new Speech Language Pathology Assistant program piloting in the Fall 2014 Semester. The Speech Language Pathology Assistant (SPA) educational program prepares individuals to work in a health or[Read More…]
