Blue collar jobs as a percent of all jobs in the Rust Belt are virtually unchanged since the end of the recession. Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2018 By: Alan Barber Unemployment rates did not increase in any of the 50 states in January. Six states saw rates go down and 44[Read More…]
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Representative Luis Gutiérrez Speaks to Packed Chicago Church About Importance of Standing Up for Human Rights
Rep. Luis Gutierrez: “We cannot profess to be progressives… as long as children are being treated the way they are in the Occupied Territories” CHICAGO, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2018 By: Michael Deheeger Last night, Representative Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL 4) spoke to a packed church in Chicago about the importance of standing[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Major Redevelopment Project on North Side of Chicago Riverfront
Lettuce Entertain You Teaming Up with Hines & Levy on Four-Story ‘RPM On The Water’ in 2019 CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined a broad coalition of partners yesterday to announce a major new development on the north side of Chicago’s downtown riverfront. The property ownership[Read More…]
New Report: Asbestos Found in Claire’s Kids Makeup
New studies indicate asbestos contamination in Claire’s makeup products sold nationally; Policymakers should regulate asbestos CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2018 By: Dev Gowda, U.S. PIRG Education Fund and Kara Cook-Schultz, U.S. PIRG Education Fund Independent lab results confirm that makeup that U.S PIRG Education Fund found for sale at Claire’s retail stores[Read More…]
Chicago Youth to Combine National Walkout with Parades to Polls to Say #ENOUGH
Students organize March 14 events across the city to engage peers, lobby elected officials to address gun violence as part of nation-wide day of action CHICAGO, IL—(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2018 – On Wednesday, March 14th, Chicago youth will join students across the nation in raising their voices to protest gun violence[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports Through February 26, 2018
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local media. An arrest does not mean that[Read More…]
Jobs Coming: Park Forest Foods Hiring Now
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The name of the grocery store will be Park Forest Food. It will open at 120 South Orchard Drive. And the store is hiring. For all departments: Grocery, Produce, Dairy, Meat, Cashiers, Deli, Seafood. Now. There will be on-site interviews at the store this Thursday, March 15,[Read More…]
TV & Broadway Star Merle Dandridge to Receive Roosevelt University’s First Distinguished Artist Award
HICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2018 By: Laura Janota Merle Dandridge, star of Oprah Winfrey Network’s Greenleaf and recent star in the Broadway revival of Once on This Island, will receive a Chicago College of Performing Arts Distinguished Artist Award from Roosevelt University. A 1998 graduate of Roosevelt’s theatre program, Dandridge will receive[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly’s Housing Expo Helps Residents Achieve and Sustain American Dream of Home Ownership
MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2018 By: Mary Paleologos Congresswoman Robin Kelly hosted a Housing Expo Saturday at Prairie State College that provided resources for distressed homeowners and first-time homebuyers, and information on improving credit, appealing property taxes, and more. Participants learned about the Hardest Hit Program, the process of obtaining a loan,[Read More…]
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Strengthen DEA’s Ability to Prevent Opioid Diversion and Abuse
Currently, 14 billion opioid doses are put on the U.S. market each year — enough for every adult American to have a one month’s prescription of addictive painkillers. WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The United State is in the midst of a prescription opioid, heroin, and fentanyl crisis[Read More…]
