Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2014. A mixed day for environmental and public health advocates everywhere, election day, November 4, 2014, brought victories and setbacks. While campaigns to advance public health and environmental protections faltered, as did supportive candidates, bright spots did poke through, leading the way forward for future grassroots efforts. Ogunquit, Maine Pesticide[Read More…]
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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Nov. 1, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2014. SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending November 1, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 278,000, a decrease of 10,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 287,000 to 288,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
Department of Defense Briefing by Lt. Gen. Anderson in the Pentagon Briefing Room via satellite from Afghanistan, Nov. 5, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2014. Presenter: International Security Assistance Force Joint Command Commander Lieutenant General Joseph Anderson COL. STEVE WARREN: Welcome members of the fourth estate. It’s great to see you here. Today we have a great honor to welcome to our briefing room the commander of the International Security Assistance[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at Press Conference, Nov. 5, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2014 – 2:57 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Have a seat. Today, I had a chance to speak with John Boehner and congratulated Mitch McConnell on becoming the next Senate Majority Leader. And I told them both that I look forward to finishing up this[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Department’s Annual Honors Ceremony to be Held on November 8
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 6, 2014. The Park Forest Police Department’s Annual Honors Ceremony will take place on Saturday, November 8 beginning at 9 a.m. at Freedom Hall, 410 Lakewood Boulevard. The program includes details on numerous police incidents over the past year in which police personnel serving Park Forest are[Read More…]
Chicago NEIU College Students Going to United Nations in Geneva Switzerland November 11-13
Members of the NEIU delegation discuss their plans to travel to Geneva and observe the inner workings of the United Nations Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2014. Between November 11th and 13th, a delegation of sixteen students from Northeastern Illinois University will visit Geneva, Switzerland and attend the U.S. government’s review formal[Read More…]
Governors State University to Address Violence Crisis in Communities and Schools on November 18
Live multi-media event free to area high school and college students; Special Guest Appearance by Rapper DLOW University Park, IL – (ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2014. Respond to Violence: Reaching Our Youth – a live multi-media event – will take place in Governor State University’s Center for Performing Arts on Tuesday, November 18,[Read More…]
Park Forest Area League of Women Voters Hosts Meeting on the EPA Clean Power Plan on Tuesday, November 18
Park Forest, IL—(ENBEWSPF)– November 5, 2014. The League of Women Voters of the Park Forest Area will host a meeting to provide information on the EPA’s Clean Power Plan and efforts here in Illinois to implement the plan at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 18 at the Park Forest Public[Read More…]
Millions of US Women are Not Getting Screened for Cervical Cancer
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2014. Despite evidence that cervical cancer screening saves lives, about eight million women ages 21 to 65 years have not been screened for cervical cancer in the past five years, according to a new Vital Signs (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns) report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More[Read More…]
Governors State University to Offer a New Bachelor of Arts in Manufacturing Management Degree
University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2014. The U.S. Manufacturing Institute’s 2011 report revealed that U.S. companies can’t fill an estimated 600,000 positions in the advanced manufacturing sector, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers predicted the number of unfilled manufacturing jobs will reach 3 million by 2015. In response to this[Read More…]
