Group Unites to Urge Lawmakers, Governor to Solve Months-Long Funding Stalemate SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)—April 18, 2016. Legislators and the governor need to recognize the serious consequences 10 months without state funding is causing for Illinois colleges and universities and end the stalemate now, a higher ed coalition will call for at[Read More…]
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Thomas Star Bakery of Ohio LLC Issues Voluntary Recall on Buns Bread
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–Thomas Star Bakery of Ohio LLC, is voluntarily recalling Buns Bread, package code (018493109803), which contains undeclared allergens. The bread product contains milk and eggs, known allergens which are not declared on the label. The product was available at the following retail locations: Toledo International Market, Toledo, OH[Read More…]
In and Around Park Forest Week of April 17, 2016
Tickets are now on sale for Union Street Gallery’s 3rd Annual Derby Day Social. Source: http://www.unionstreetgallery.org Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 17, 2016. Tickets are now on sale for Union Street Gallery’s 3rd Annual Derby Day Social. Come watch the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 7 at the Olympia Fields Country Club[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Ensuring Our Free Market Works for Everyone, April 16, 2016 (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 16, 2016 Hello, everybody. One of America’s greatest strengths is our free market. A thriving private sector is the lifeblood of our economy – it’s how we create jobs, expand opportunities, and give everybody a shot at success. It’s what has made America the strongest country on Earth.[Read More…]
Award-winning Author for Immigrants’ Fights to Give Freeman Lecture on April 25 at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2016. Margaret Regan, an award-winning journalist and author whose life’s work has been to raise awareness and make change to draconian U.S. immigration practices, will deliver a lecture on the horrors that growing numbers of immigrants and their families face at 12:30 p.m. Monday, April 25 in Roosevelt’s[Read More…]
Roosevelt University’s Mansfield Institute to be Player in Cook County’s First Restorative Justice Court
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2016. Roosevelt University’s Mansfield Institute for Social Justice and Transformation is celebrating a decision by the Cook County Circuit Court to create the county’s first Restorative Justice Community Court in Chicago. An advocate for community solutions, justice reform and a leader in moving restorative justice forward in the[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Presses Abbott Labs on Outsourcing 150 American Jobs to Indian Company
Criticizes Abbott for forcing laid-off workers to sign a gag order preventing them from discussing their firing with federal agencies that could help them WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories has forced approximately 150 laid-off employees to sign a gag order preventing[Read More…]
Senator Durbin & Rep. Duckworth: Pharmaceutical Industry Has a Responsibility in Curtailing Opioid Overdose Epidemic
Illinois members of Congress say programs to dispose of leftover drugs – common in other countries – should be financial priority for pharmaceutical industry Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) yesterday called on the President and CEO of the Pharmaceutical Research[Read More…]
UNICEF, World Bank Urge Greater Investment in Early Childhood Development
Since 2006, the Indonesian Government has worked with the World Bank to implement the Early Childhood Education and Development Program, to help prepare children to enter school. Photo: World Bank/Erly Tatontos GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–15 April 2016 – The heads of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank Group are[Read More…]
International Station Gets Ready for BEAM as Crew Researches Life Science
The SpaceX Dragon approaches the International Space Station. The round solar array of the Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft is in the left foreground. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2016 By: Mark Garcia. The International Space Station will get a new module Saturday when the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) is removed from[Read More…]
