SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2009. The statewide Full Time Equivalency (FTE) Fall enrollments at Illinois community colleges reached an all-time record 223,353 for the current semester, an increase of 9.5% from last year, according to recently released figures from the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). Reporting for FTE enrollments began in 1965.[Read More…]
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All Illinois High Schools Invited to Participate in Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2009. The Illinois Arts Council invites all Illinois high schools to participate in the 2009 Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, a free national program created by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. Now entering its 5th year of national competition, Poetry Out Loud[Read More…]
Education Secretary Arne Duncan Issues Statement on the Nation’s Report Card in Math for 4th and 8th Graders
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2009. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued the following statement on The Nation’s Report Card: Mathematics 2009, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) at Grades 4 and 8: “Today’s results are evidence that we must better equip our schools to improve the knowledge and skills of[Read More…]
Christopher Columbus and The Myth of ‘America’
Happy Columbus Day Columbus sailed the ocean blue in Fourteen Hundred and Ninety Two … May the spirit of adventure and discovery always be with you. Wishing you a great Columbus Day – Columbus Day greeting card Commentary By Dahr Jamail and Jason Coppola t r u t h o[Read More…]
Chicago Southland Manufacturing Summit at GSU
University Park, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Members of the Chicagoland business, industry, and entrepreneurship communities will have the opportunity to meet and discuss the issue and concerns of establishing, maintaining, and growing manufacturing in today’s economy at the Chicago Southland Manufacturing Summit on Friday, October 23, at The Center for Performing Arts at[Read More…]
Senate Finance Committee Approves Baucus’ America’s Healthy Future Act
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 13, 2009. The Senate Finance Committee today approved Chairman Max Baucus’ (D-Mont.) landmark health reform bill, the America’s Healthy Future Act. The legislation would lower costs and provide quality, affordable health care coverage. It would make it easier for families and small businesses to buy health insurance, ensure[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on the Senate Finance Committee’s Vote to Approve Health Insurance Reform
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2009 – 5:11 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Today we reached a critical milestone in our effort to reform our health care system. After many months of thoughtful deliberation, the fifth and final committee responsible for health care reform has passed a proposal that has both[Read More…]
Senator Kerry Challenges Republicans to Step Up for the Uninsured
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 13, 2009. Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Finance Committee, today addressed his Republican colleagues before the Committee’s final passage of comprehensive health care legislation. “Should we add another 20 million Americans to the ranks of the uninsured over the next decade?” Senator Kerry asked[Read More…]
Health Care Passes Senate Finance Committee
From the Chicago Tribune: Washington– Legislation that would transform the nation’s healthcare system cleared a significant hurdle today, as the Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 for a sweeping overhaul. Just one Republican, Sen. Olympia J. Snowe of Maine, voted for the bill. But that represented a victory for the White[Read More…]
Death Notice: Norma McClain
Norma McClain Norma McClain, of ParkForest, IL, died October 12, 2009 in Chicago, IL. Visitation Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:00 to 9:00 p.m. Lain-Sullivan Funeral Home & Crematory, 50 Westwood Dr., Park Forest, IL 60466. In lieu of flowers memorials to the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, NOCC, P.O. Box 3455,[Read More…]
