More than 10,000 primary care providers– largest number in history supported by Obama Administration investments Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2011. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that the number of participants in the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) has nearly tripled. Today, more than 10,000[Read More…]
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New Data: Affordable Care Act Helps 600,000 Additional Young Adults in the Midwest Get Health Insurance
Expanded coverage from the health care law has continued to grow Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 14, 2011. Today, the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data illustrating that the Affordable Care Act continues to significantly increase the number of young adults who have[Read More…]
Community Leaders Outraged at Another Year of Record Bank Bonuses
Protests scheduled in Chicago on Thursday and Minneapolis on Friday Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 14, 2011. At time when millions of Americans are unemployed and with the poverty rate at record levels, new projections reveal that the bonus and compensation pool at the 7 big banks is estimated to reach $156 billion, an[Read More…]
NASA Mars-Bound Rover Begins Research in Space
WASHINGTON-(ENEWSPF)- NASA’s car-sized Curiosity rover has begun monitoring space radiation during its 8-month trip from Earth to Mars. The research will aid in planning for future human missions to the Red Planet. Curiosity launched on Nov. 26 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL). The rover carries[Read More…]
Scientists Publish New Findings about the ‘Supernova of a Generation’
Santa Barbara, CA-(ENEWSPF)- An international team of scientists, including astrophysicists from UC Santa Barbara, has discovered that a supernova that exploded in August –– dubbed the supernova of a generation –– was a "white dwarf" star, and that its companion star could not have been a "red giant," as previously[Read More…]
Generous State Grant Allows PSC to Offer Free Bridge to Manufacturing Careers Course
New Registration Dates Added Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Due to a generous $20,000 grant from the State of Illinois, Prairie State College (PSC) is offering a free class, Bridge to Manufacturing Careers, from 1 to 4 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, beginning Tuesday, Jan. 17. The course is intended to prepare students[Read More…]
FBI: Hogsett Announces Indianapolis-Area High-Profile Financier Charged with Securities Fraud
INDIANAPOLIS, IN-(ENEWSPF)-Joseph H. Hogsett, United States Attorney, announced that Keenan R. Hauke, age 40, of Fishers, has been charged with securities fraud in connection with his role as owner and CEO of Samex Capital, a Fishers-based company. The information filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office alleges that Hauke defrauded more[Read More…]
FBI: Director and Board Member of Beacon Street Gallery Charged with Stealing $400,000 in Federal Education Grant Funds
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)-The director and a member of the board of directors of the Beacon Street Gallery and Performance Company, a non-profit corporation based on Chicago’s North Side, were charged late yesterday with fraudulently obtaining at least $1 million in federal education grant funds and misapplying at least $400,000 of that[Read More…]
Howard Brown Health Center Announces A New Continuing Education Seminar Fr Nurses
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Are you or someone you know a nurse, training to be a nurse, care about LGBT Health and creating cultural competency among medical providers? Howard Brown Health Center is pleased to announce a new continuing education seminar for nurses Saturday January 21, 2012 9am – 4pm Chamberlain College of Nursing [Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on Tonight’s House Vote on the GOP Payroll Tax Cut Plan
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 13, 2011. This Congress needs to do its job and stop the tax hike that’s scheduled to affect 160 million Americans in 18 days. This is not a time for Washington Republicans to score political points against the President. It’s not a time to refight old ideological battles. [Read More…]
