Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2016. Get sexy, flexy and strong with PiYo (Pilates/ Yoga) at Freedom Hall, 410 Lakewood Blvd in Park Forest. PiYO is a mixture of Pilates and Yoga that gives you hard core definition, intense calorie burn, and all over strength, without weights, without jumps and without[Read More…]
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Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky Statement On DHS Review of Privatized Immigration Facilities
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2016. Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky released the following statement after Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson announced that the Department would begin reviewing their use of privatized immigration detention facilities: “I am pleased that the Department of Homeland Security will review its use of private immigration[Read More…]
‘Alt-Right’ Responds To Clinton Speech With Troubling Rhetoric, Support For Donald Trump
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2016. Last week at a speech in Reno, NV, Hillary Clinton highlighted Donald Trump and his advisors’ embrace of a hate movement – the disturbing “alt-right” political philosophy. Trump’s embrace of this ideology, cemented by hiring the former head of a leading “alt-right” website Breitbart.com as his[Read More…]
Former City of Chicago Transportation Official Sentenced to Ten Years for Corruption in Awarding of Red-Light Camera Contracts
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2016. The former assistant transportation commissioner for the city of Chicago was sentenced today to ten years in federal prison for his role in a corruption scheme involving the city’s red-light camera contracts. A jury in January convicted JOHN BILLS, 55, of Chicago, on all counts[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Universal Enrollment Tool to Help Families Access Expanded Pre-K and Early Learning Opportunities This School Year
Mayor Emanuel Announces Universal Enrollment Tool to Help Families Access Expanded Pre-K and Early Learning Opportunities This School Year CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced a new universal online enrollment system designed to improve access and enrollment in early childhood programming available under Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders, Representative Raúl Grijalva Respond to DHS Review of Private Prison Deals
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) issued statements Monday after Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson announced that the agency will review its use of private detention facilities. “The Department of Homeland Security should follow the lead of the Department of[Read More…]
Interior Department and Senator Brian Schatz Announce Additional Federal Support to Combat Rapid ‘Ōhiʻa Death
Federal Assistance will pioneer adaptive treatments to contain fatal pathogen that threatens Hawai‘i’s ecosystem, water supply and economic vitality WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2016. In response to a request from Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI), the U.S. Department of the Interior announced today $497,000 in additional federal funding to combat a[Read More…]
Former University of Chicago SSA Student Spurs Social Work Collaboration in China
Anna Pao Sohmen supports partnership to educate social work students in Beijing, Hong Kong SSA alumna Anna Pao Sohmen feels the school ‘can be a leader in advancing social work in China.’ Courtesy of: School of Social Service Administration CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2016. Anna Pao Sohmen, X‘68, left Hong Kong for[Read More…]
Chicago Becomes First City to Launch Array of Things (Video)
Urban sensing project will measure air quality, traffic, climate and more Workers install an Array of Things node, which will provide open data on a range of environmental factors. Courtesy of: Computation Institute CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2016 By: Rob Mitchum This week in Chicago, the Array of Things team begins the[Read More…]
Eight in Park Forest Included in Best of Chicago’s Southland Readers Poll
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2016. Eight of the annual Best in Chicago’s Southland East Region winners were Park Forest businesses! For the past 16 years, the Daily Southtown has polled readers on their favorite places to shop, eat, and take part in recreational activities. Readers are polled in 60 different[Read More…]
