Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- In the end, Crete-Monee School District 201-U’s “Future Ready 2022” plan was never going to move forward Tuesday night at Talala School. The plan to close Talala School is officially “in limbo.” The district held its monthly meeting, but had reached consensus on suspending “the procurement of[Read More…]
Opinion
Op-ed: Independent Colleges Key to Improving Illinois Higher Education
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Everywhere we turn these days, we are inundated with political ads with the right talking points: creating good jobs, reducing the out-migration of our population, improving the economic vitality of our communities throughout the state. What we don’t hear much of are concrete, realistic recommendations to make that[Read More…]
To the Editor: I was sexually assaulted 40 years ago.
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- This letter and commentary was vetted. Our publisher knows who wrote it and agreed to publish it anonymously. The hearings of now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh opened wounds still raw and painful for many women. And for this woman, who was sexually assaulted 40 years ago. She[Read More…]
Human Rights Watch: Don’t Approve Kavanaugh Nomination
Unresolved Allegations and Concerns Should be Disqualifying Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2018 Contact: Nicole Austin-Hillery The United States Senate should not confirm the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court, Human Rights Watch said yesterday in a letter to US senators. It is the first time in its[Read More…]
Chicago Council of Lawyers Releases its 2018 Judicial Evaluations for Judges Seeking Retention and Judicial Candidates Seeking to Fill Vacancies
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 4, 2018 Contact: Malcolm Rich Judges make all kinds of decisions, from the very personal, such as child custody decisions, to those with much broader impact. The decisions that judges make affect our lives, both directly and indirectly, often for many years to come. We never know when a[Read More…]
Premiums for Employer-Sponsored Family Health Coverage Rise 5% to Average $19,616; Single Premiums Rise 3% to $6,896
Burden of Deductibles for Covered Workers Has Tripled Since 2008, Growing 8 Times Faster Than Wages CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—October 4, 2018 Contacts: Craig Palosky and Sue Ducat Annual family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose 5 percent to average $19,616 this year, extending a seven-year run of moderate increases, finds the 2018[Read More…]
Baby Trump Blimp Will Fly in Spokane Tuesday to Protest Trump-Pence Administration
Backbone Campaign, an advocacy organization based on Vashon Island, is bringing a 20’ blimp of Baby Trump to fly during VP Pence’s visit to Spokane on Tuesday. Spokane, Washington—(ENEWSPF)—October 2, 2018 Contact: Bill Moyer, Executive Director, Backbone Campaign “The Vice President is complicit in an administration that continually engages in[Read More…]
New FBI Report: Every 20 Seconds, Someone is Arrested for a Drug Law Violation in the U.S.
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 28, 2018 By: Suchitra Rajagopalan According to the FBI’s latest Uniform Crime Report, released today, law enforcement agencies in the U.S. made 1.63 million arrests for drug law violations in 2017, a 3.83% increase over the previous year. More than 85% of these arrests – over 1.4 million[Read More…]
Several States See Declines in Manufacturing Jobs
Largest loss of manufacturing jobs seen in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Illinois Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 27, 2018 By: Alan Barber Nationally, employment in the blue collar sectors grew by 26,000 in August, an increase of 0.1 percent compared with July. The total number of jobs in these sectors has increased by 789,200[Read More…]
Damaging Drug War Bill Excluded From Congressional Opioid Package
SITSA Would Have Given Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department Broad Powers to Ban Any Drug They Want and Enact Draconian New Criminal Penalties; Bill Passed the House, But Its Exclusion is a Victory for Health-Based Approaches to Drug Policy Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 27, 2018 Contact: Tony Newman Late last night, the final[Read More…]
