Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2009. On Thursday, legislation backed by State Representative Anthony DeLuca (D-Chicago Heights) was signed into law by Governor Quinn. This legislation allows the Illinois Finance Authority, which provides funding options to help foster private sector job creation, to support energy efficiency projects as Illinois looks for an[Read More…]
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PSC Board of Trustees Selects Brunetta Hill-Corley to Fill Interim Position
Chicago Heights, IL–(ENEWSPF)– The Prairie State College (PSC) Board of Trustees has selected Brunetta Hill-Corley as interim trustee to fill the opening created with the retirement of John Marks from the Board of Trustees. Hill-Corley will serve until the next PSC election in 2011. The selection was made during a[Read More…]
Dutch Marijuana Use Lower Than European Average, Study Says
Lisbon, Portugal–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2009. Marijuana use among Dutch citizens is lower than the European average, according to survey data published last week in a report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). According to the 2009 annual report, entitled "The State of the Drugs Problem in[Read More…]
HRC Launches National Action Alert on Workplace Discrimination www.PassENDAnow.org
With Congressional Action looming, HRC’s No Excuses Campaign Engaged Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, announced today that as Congressional action looms on the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), it is extending the grassroots "No Excuses" campaign to[Read More…]
Human Rights Campaign Releases New Employer’s Guide to Adoption Benefit Programs
Resource outlines best practices for LGBT inclusion in employee adoption benefits Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, announced today the release of a groundbreaking resource “Adoption Benefit Programs: LGBT Considerations for Employers,” which provides standards and guidelines[Read More…]
How Can Health Care Reporting Get Worse? Add Abortion to the Mix
Commentary By Jamison Foser If you want an illustration of how conservative framing dominates media coverage of politics and policy, you need only watch Chris Matthews talk about abortion each night on Hardball. Since early summer, the Hardball host has been hyping anti-abortion complaints about proposed health care reform, even[Read More…]
Statement from President Obama on New Business Roundtable Report on Health Insurance Reform
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2009. “A new report released today by the Business Roundtable underscores what experts and businesspeople have told us all along – comprehensive health insurance reform is one of the most important investments we can make in American competitiveness. It finds, for example, that if reform passes this[Read More…]
Business Roundtable Report Specifies Health Care Reforms That Could Reduce Costs and Those That Could Generate Increases
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2009. A new report released today by Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies, shows that key components of health care reform could slow the growth of health care costs and offer real savings for companies and their employees. At the same[Read More…]
U.S. Department of Education Opens Race to the Top Competition
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2009. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today released the final application for more than $4 billion from the Race to the Top Fund, which will reward states that have raised student performance in the past and have the capacity to accelerate achievement gains with innovative reforms.[Read More…]
Secretary Sebelius Releases New Report on Health Insurance Reform and Diabetes in America
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2009. As the nation marks American Diabetes Month, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a new report today, Preventing and Treating Diabetes: Health Insurance Reform and Diabetes in America. The report comes one day after Sebelius toured the East Manatee Family Healthcare Center in Bradenton, Fla. At the[Read More…]
