Pilot Will Create 1,000 Affordable Units Over Three Years on the Near North and West Sides CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2017. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined Alderman Walter Burnett and Alderman Joe Moreno to announce a pilot initiative to enhance affordability requirements for large residential development projects in gentrifying areas on the[Read More…]
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Photographer of the Year and Student Exhibition Opens at Prairie State College’s Christopher Art Gallery
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2017. The Christopher Art Gallery at Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting the 2017 Photographer of the Year and Annual Student Exhibition through Thursday, September 14, in the gallery, located on the PSC main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Featured during the exhibit[Read More…]
The Cancer Support Center Announces Survivor Camp on September 16
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—August 25, 2017. On Saturday, September 16, The Cancer Support Center will host their first ever Survivor Camp. The event is free and will be held at The Conference Center at Prairie State College at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. and[Read More…]
Study: Gaps Widen in the Intercity Bus and Rail System, Forcing More to Drive
Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development at DePaul University calls for steps to curb decline CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2017. For nearly a decade, the rollout of new express bus and train service made it easier for Americans to put down their car keys and hop on a bus or train for[Read More…]
Park Forest Teen Charged In Armed Robbery Of Pizza Delivery Man
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Police announced Friday the arrest of a teenager in connection late last week with the armed robbery of a pizza delivery driver. According to police, a pizza delivery driver reported being robbed at gunpoint on Saturday, August 19, 2017, at approximately 9:30 p.m. in the 400 block[Read More…]
Robotic Exoskeleton Offers Potential New Approach to Alleviating Crouch Gait in Children with Cerebral Palsy
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2017. Researchers from the NIH Clinical Center Rehabilitation Medicine Department have created the first robotic exoskeleton specifically designed to treat crouch (or flexed-knee) gait in children with cerebral palsy by providing powered knee extension assistance at key points during the walking cycle. Crouch gait, the excessive bending[Read More…]
Earthjustice on Zinke’s National Monuments Report: Secretary Zinke, Make Your Report Public
“The law is clear: only Congress has the authority to change a national monument designation under the Antiquities Act—not the president.” San Francisco, CA —(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2017. Today, the Interior Department announced that Secretary Zinke sent a report with recommendations on national monuments to President Trump—without releasing the report itself.[Read More…]
Sierra Club Calls for Release of Public Land Monument Recommendations
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2017. The Sierra Club today filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking details on recommendations from Interior Secretary Zinke on the future of public lands protected as national monuments. The summary report from Secretary Zinke was void of any actual recommendations or decision-making metrics. In[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Launches New Program to Help Improve U.S.-Mexico Relations
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2017. No country affects daily life in the United States more than Mexico, and the Center for American Progress has established a new program to help leaders in both nations build a relationship of mutual respect and understanding that cuts through the angry rhetoric of recent[Read More…]
NASA Analyzes Hurricane Harvey’s Rainfall, Sees Landfall, August 26, 2017
MARYLAND–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2017 Update Satellites have been providing forecasters with valuable information as Harvey intensified to a Category 4 hurricane before making landfall in southeastern Texas. NASA’s GPM satellite and NOAA’s GOES-East satellite provided a look at Harvey’s heavy rainfall, cloud heights, temperatures and extent of the storm. At 6[Read More…]
