Abraxas performs at the Casino Del Sol, Sept, 2009, Tucson, AZ (SUPPLIED) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Freedom Hall announces the 2011-2012 Series for the intimate 280-seat Nathan Manilow Theatre in Park Forest. For 35 years, internationally renowned performers have graced the stage to the acclaim of appreciative audiences. Inexpensive tickets, free[Read More…]
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White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney Aboard Air Force One en route St. Louis, Missouri, Oct. 4, 2011
En Route St. Louis, Missouri–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011 – 4:43 P.M. CDT MR. CARNEY: I just wanted to do a quick update. I wanted to just make the point about what we saw in the Senate today. And it was a political stunt, essentially, by the Senate Minority Leader, to attach the[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on the American Jobs Act, Oct. 4, 2011
Mesquite, Texas–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011 – 2:47 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Dallas! Thank you so much. Thank you, everybody. Please have a seat, have a seat. (Applause.) Thank you. It’s good to be back in Texas. (Applause.) It is good to be back in Texas. I am thrilled to have the[Read More…]
President Obama Leads on Jobs, Republican Leaders Must Not Stop Progress
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement after President Obama delivered a speech in Dallas promoting the American Jobs Act: “Working people are encouraged that President Obama is taking a strong stand and insisting Congress take action now[Read More…]
Republican Presidential Frontrunner Mitt Romney Says Occupy Wall Street Protests ‘Class Warfare’
FLORIDA—(ENEWSPF)—October 4, 2011. During an appearance today at a Florida retirement home, Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney labeled the anti-Wall Street protests as “class warfare.” “I think it’s dangerous — this class warfare,” Romney said, answering a question about the Occupy Wall Street protests that began in New York City[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders on Occupy Wall Street
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. “I think they’re really touching a nerve,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Tuesday of protests on Wall Street that have inspired demonstrations from Burlington, Vt., to Los Angeles. “The nerve is that the average American understands that as a result of the greed and the recklessness and[Read More…]
Nurses to Join March on Wall Street October 5; Demand Wall Street Transaction Tax – an ‘FTT’
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. National Nurses United, the largest union and professional association of nurses in the US – with 170,000 members, will be represented at the Wall Street March on October 5 by contingents including from Maryland, Pennsylvania, California, Washington, D.C., Illinois and New York. NNU is joining[Read More…]
Hundreds of Frontline Nurses Plan to Rally in Support of the Occupy Boston Protest in Dewey Square on Oct. 5
Nurses Call for Tax on Wall Street to Heal America Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. Nurses, who every day care for the casualties of the economic crisis driven by Wall Street greed, plan to hold a rally in Dewey Square at the site of the Occupy Boston Protest, to show[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on the Attack in Mogadishu
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. The United States strongly condemns the outrageous terrorist attack carried out earlier today by al-Shabaab in Mogadishu, Somalia. This despicable and cowardly act took the lives of dozens of innocent civilians, including students taking an exam in hopes of receiving scholarships to study abroad. Those[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on Congressman Jerry Costello’s Retirement
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 4, 2011. “For over two decades, Jerry Costello has proudly represented the people of southwestern and southern Illinois. Born and raised in the state he now serves, Jerry has distinguished himself as a fierce advocate for improving our nation’s transportation infrastructure to ensure Illinois and the entire country[Read More…]
