The Park Forest Police Station. (Photo:Wendy Heise) 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 local[Read More…]
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Marian Band Earns 3rd Place Overall at BOA Grand Nationals in Indianapolis
The Marian Band performs its Grand Nationals show for the student body recently in Spartan Stadium. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Spartan Band first in Class AA, wins all three AA captions Updated November 15, 2009 at 7:40 p.m. Indianapolis, IN–(ENEWSPF)– The Marian Catholic High School Marching Band, one of only 12 schools[Read More…]
Voluntary Nationwide Recall Issued For Weight Loss Supplement Found to Contain Undeclared Drug Ingredients
Westminster, CA–(ENEWSPF)–November 13, 2009. GMP Herbal Products, Inc. has been informed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that Pai You Guo, a weight loss dietary supplement, sold and marketed by the firm contains undeclared drug ingredients. FDA lab analyses of dietary supplements distributed by the company were found to[Read More…]
Legislation Aimed at Providing Boost for Energy Efficiency Projects in Illinois Signed Into Law
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…]
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…]
