City of Chicago’s 2013 and 2014 Budgets Provided $3 Million in Funding for School-Based Eye Examinations to Help Students Focus and Excel in the Classroom Mayor Emanuel visits with students receiving free vision exams at Sumner Elementary school – Photo Credit: Brooke Collins // City of Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2014. [Read More…]
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UUCC’s Healthy Living Group to Discuss Meditation on May 8
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 2, 2014. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, will host its monthly Healthy Living Group on Thursday, May 8. This month, speakers Lynn Lidbury, LCPC and Beverly Feldt will discuss meditation. The event will begin at noon with an optional bring your[Read More…]
DePaul University Announces 2014 Commencement Speakers
Dignitaries include Jon Favreau, César Pelli, Robert Mariano, Sandra Cisneros, Larry Snyder, Robert Moses and Thomas Durkin Students process across stage at the combined ceremony of the 2012 commencement of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, and the College of Science and Health. DePaul University and each of[Read More…]
Senators Kirk, Franken Put Bipartisan Beer Bet on Blackhawks-Wild Series
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2014. Today, U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Al Franken (D-Minn.) placed a friendly wager on the Blackhawks-Wild Stanley Cup Playoffs Series. The puck drops at the first game in Chicago later tonight. In true Midwest spirit, the two senators agreed to bet a six-pack of local[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, May 2, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2014. Barbara Easterling, Ruben Burks Re-elected as Leaders of the Alliance The Alliance’s 2014 national convention took place in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday through Thursday of this week. On Tuesday, Barbara J. Easterling, who has been President of the Alliance since February of 2009, was re-elected[Read More…]
Congressmen Blumenauer, Smith Introduce PACE bill to Improve Healthcare
Bill would allow eligible individuals with serious medical conditions to stay in their homes and communities Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2014. Today, Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and Chris Smith (NJ-04) introduced HR 4543, the PACE Pilot Act, a bipartisan and budget neutral bill that would allow The Program of All-Inclusive[Read More…]
Administration Announces Proposal to Clarify Availability of Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage to Workers Eligible for COBRA
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—May 2, 2014. The Obama administration today announced updates to model notices informing workers of their eligibility to continue health-care coverage through the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. The updates make it clear to workers that if they are eligible for COBRA continuation coverage when leaving a job, they may[Read More…]
Meet Jessica Nixon, Rich East Stellar Student
Jessica Nixon, Rich East Stellar Student. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- This is another in a series of stellar students from "The Class of 2014" at Rich East High School in Park Forest, Ill. All students were given a series of the same questions. All responses are in their exact[Read More…]
Black Diaspora is Focus of Scholarly Forum at DePaul University
Sandra Jackson, director of the Center for Black Diaspora, will look at ways to grow the field of African and black diaspora studies during an international colloquium on May 9 at DePaul University. (Photo by Jon Cecero) CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. New directions in the study of the African and black[Read More…]
Senator Durbin To Amtrak: Don’t Let Old Post Office Developer Keep Blowing Hot Air
Durbin calls on Amtrak to fight local property owner’s efforts to turn off exhaust fans critical to maintaining air quality at nearby Union Station WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called on Joe Boardman, President and CEO of Amtrak, to fight any efforts to roll back[Read More…]
