CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn today signed two pieces of legislation strengthening access to healthcare for cancer patients in Illinois. House Bill 1191 prohibits insurance companies from excluding coverage for related medical costs for patients participating in clinical cancer trials, and Senate Bill 1279, extends the “Carolyn Adams Ticket[Read More…]
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Governor Signs Legislation to Boost Electric Vehicle Usage in Illinois
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2011. On Saturday, Governor Pat Quinn signed two bills into law that will encourage greater use of electric vehicles in Illinois. Together, these new laws will promote the use of energy efficient vehicles, help reduce emissions produced by gasoline-powered vehicles, and support the development of advanced electric vehicle[Read More…]
Department of Energy Update on Strategic Petroleum Reserve Sale
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2011. Today the Department of Energy announced the completion of the bid process and successful contract award for the full 30.64 million barrels sold through its competitive sale process. A total of 28 contracts were awarded to 15 companies. The Department is currently coordinating with the successful[Read More…]
Receptor Limits the Rewarding Effects of Food and Cocaine
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2011. Researchers have long known that dopamine, a brain chemical that plays important roles in the control of normal movement, and in pleasure, reward and motivation, also plays a central role in substance abuse and addiction. In a new study conducted in animals, scientists found that a[Read More…]
NIH Funds New Research Toward an HIV Cure
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2011. Three research teams focused on developing strategies that could help to rid the body of HIV are receiving grants totaling more than $14 million a year, for up to five years, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health[Read More…]
HHS and States Move to Establish Affordable Insurance Exchanges, Give Americans the Same Insurance Choices as Members of Congress
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2011. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a framework to assist states in building Affordable Insurance Exchanges, state-based competitive marketplaces where individuals and small businesses will be able to purchase affordable private health insurance and have the same insurance choices as members[Read More…]
Kirk Introduces Legislation Requiring Military Commission Trials for Foreign Terrorists Seized Abroad
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–Juy 11, 2011. Following the transfer of Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, a Somali-based terrorist, to New York City for civilian trial, United States Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today announced legislation requiring Military Commission trials for foreign terrorists. Military Commissions were used by Presidents Lincoln and Roosevelt – and President Obama recently approved[Read More…]
Top UN Envoy Offers World Body’s Assistance After Deadly Blast in Cyprus
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–11 July 2011. Lisa Buttenheim, Special Representative to the Secretary-General for Cyprus The United Nations envoy for Cyprus voiced sadness at the loss of life in the deadly explosion at a naval base in the south of the country earlier today, adding that the UN mission has offered to[Read More…]
Research Links Mixture of Old and Current Pesticides in the Environment to Developmental Effects
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2011. The findings of a research team suggest that the concentrations of the banned but still persistent insecticide chlordane and the widely used insecticide permethrin in cord blood may be associated with inflammatory cytokines (signaling molecules of the nervous and immune system important to intercellular communication) in[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Reports for July 11, 2011
The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) 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[Read More…]
