CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday announced ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week is now accepting applications for participation in the fifth annual installment of the successful ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week program. Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Ideas Week, World Business Chicago, University of Illinois, and 1871 are once again teaming up to[Read More…]
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Study: 1.14 Million will Travel by Bus Over 2015 Labor Day Holiday
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University tracks U.S. intercity bus trends A Greyhound bus makes a stop at Chicago’s Union Station to load and unload passengers. Intercity bus travel is expected to be at its highest level for the 2015 Labor Day holiday in at least a decade, find researchers from[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Aug. 15, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 20, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending August 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 277,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised down by 1,000 from 274,000 to 273,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
Hurricane Katrina’s Health Care Legacy and the Need for Medicaid Expansion in Gulf Coast States
Dr. Alan Shapiro, of the Children’s Health Fund in New York, gives an asthma breathing test to Ja’Shayna Davis in Gulfport, Mississippi, on September 13, 2005. Source: AP/Darron Cummings Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. One decade after the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama felt the catastrophic effects of Hurricane[Read More…]
Lice Found Resistant to Common Insecticide Treatment
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. Just as children go back to school, research finds that lice in 25 of 30 states in a U.S. study have developed resistance to common over-the-counter treatments like permethrin, calling into questions the justification for exposing children to a neurotoxic and carcinogenic pesticide and elevating the need to consider[Read More…]
Former U.S. Government Employee Charged in Computer Hacking and Cyber Stalking Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2015. A former locally-employed staff member of the U.S. Embassy in London was charged with engaging in a hacking and cyberstalking scheme in which, using stolen passwords, he obtained sexually explicit photographs and other personal information from victims’ email and social media accounts, and threatened to share[Read More…]
Governors State University Announces the Kick-Off of The Big Read
Chicago’s Southland will come together toread and celebrate Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. Governors State University (GSU) kicks off its Big Read program in celebration of Ray Bradbury’s science fiction masterpiece Fahrenheit 451 with a full lineup of events starting on September 26, in conjunction with[Read More…]
Man Shot Dead in Eastgate Wednesday Night
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Park Forest police issued a community-wide, Code Red release Thursday morning regarding the shooting death Wednesday night of a man in the Eastgate neighborhood. The statement follows: "On Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at approximately 9:10 PM, Park Forest Police were dispatched to the 200 block of Allegheny[Read More…]
New Hillary for America Video Highlights GOP’s Health Care Plan: Taking Coverage Away from Millions of Americans
Candidates Including Walker, Rubio, Bush, Trump Fail to Explain A Real Alternative, Instead Rely Primarily on Repeal NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2015. A day after Scott Walker and Marco Rubio restated their commitment to repealing the Affordable Care Act, Hillary for America released a new web video highlighting how repeal of[Read More…]
National Organization for Women Welcomes FDA Decision on Women’s HSDD Treatment
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—August 19, 2015. Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill: The Food and Drug Administration did the right thing by approving the first-ever medical treatment for women’s most common sexual complaint and we hope that other safe and effective treatments will be approved. Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD) is[Read More…]
