New analysis of prison diversion initiative shows 54 percent reduction in juvenile incarceration CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2014. The state of Illinois has diverted thousands of youth from prison and onto the right path, while saving $60 million in incarceration costs, according to the 2012-2013 Redeploy Illinois annual report recently released by[Read More…]
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Governor Quinn Promotes Welcome Home Illinois Program at Annual Affordable Housing Conference
Addresses Industry Leaders on State’s Improving Housing Market and New Program for First-Time Homebuyers CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today addressed the annual Illinois Governor’s Conference on Affordable Housing where he discussed the state’s commitment to affordable homeownership and his new Welcome Home Illinois loan program for first-time homebuyers.[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Chicago Exceeds City’s Residential Retrofit Goal Ahead Of Schedule
New State-of-the-Art Interactive Map Helps Residents Monitor Personal and Community Energy Usage CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2014. As part of the 2014 Earth Day celebration, Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that the residential partnerships of the City’s Retrofit Chicago program, is ahead of schedule on the Mayor’s goal to retrofit residential units[Read More…]
Kirk, Crank Demand Changes to FEMA Aid Calculation System
HARRISBURG, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2014. With FEMA’s metric for disaster assistance still biased heavily against states like Illinois, U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today visited Harrisburg, Ill., the site of the 2012 “Leap Day Tornado,” and laid out the merits of a recently introduced bill to restructure the methodology by which[Read More…]
15th Annual Global Cannabis March In Portland Oregon On May 3rd
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2014. Thousands Expected to Rally to End Marijuana Prohibition Join us on Saturday, May 3, 2014, as nearly three hundred cities worldwide, including Portland, will participate in the fifteenth annual Global Cannabis March. Portland participants will gather in Pioneer Courthouse Square to march at high noon through downtown[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Finds Private Student Loan Borrowers Face ‘Auto-default’ When Co-signer Dies or Goes Bankrupt
Bureau Publishes Consumer Advisory and Sample Letters to Help Borrowers Release Co-Signer WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 22, 2014. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Student Loan Ombudsman released a report highlighting complaints of “auto-defaults” in private student lending. Borrowers report that some lenders demand immediate full repayment upon the death or[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of April 21, 2014
Have you caught a Park Forest Baseball game yet? (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2014. Earth Day aims to inspire awareness of and appreciation for earth’s environment. While some people celebrate Earth Day on April 22 each year others celebrate this entire week. You’ll find many diverse Earth[Read More…]
Host of NPR’s Latino USA to speak at DePaul University April 24
Host of NPR’s “Latino USA,” Maria Hinojosa, will give a presentation at DePaul’s University Center on April 24 titled, “The Growing Number of Latinos in the U.S. and Its Implications.” (Photo courtesy of the School for New Learning). CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2014. DePaul University’s School for New Learning will welcome the[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel, CPS Announce City-Wide Expansion of International Baccalaureate Programme
Expansion Creates IB Campuses Pairing Elementary and Wall-to-Wall IB High Schools, Creating the Largest IB Network in the Country CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett announced today that five elementary schools across the city will establish new International Baccalaureate (IB) programmes beginning next fall, creating[Read More…]
Free Movie and Discussion of ‘Energy Quest USA’at UUCC on Friday, April 25
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2014. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, will host the screening of the documentary ‘Energy Quest USA’ on Friday, April 25 at 7 p.m. A discussion led by Jeff Green will follow the film. ‘Energy Quest USA’visits five very different American[Read More…]
