Designed to improve the County’s business climate Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Cook County Board approved a new Tax Incentive Ordinance that will work in tandem with the recently passed Workforce Ordinance for any tax incentives processed by the Cook County Bureau of Economic Development (BED). “This ordinance is a result of[Read More…]
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STScI: Hubble Witnesses Massive Comet-Like Object Pollute Atmosphere of a White Dwarf
Baltimore, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have witnessed a massive object with the makeup of a comet being ripped apart and scattered in the atmosphere of a white dwarf, the burned-out remains of a compact star. The object has a chemical composition similar to Halley’s Comet, but it is[Read More…]
Mars Volcano Arsia Mons, Earth’s Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time
By Elizabeth Zubritsky NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland Greenbelt, MD-(ENEWSPF)- New NASA research reveals that the giant Martian shield volcano Arsia Mons produced one new lava flow at its summit every 1 to 3 million years during the final peak of activity. The last volcanic activity there[Read More…]
Chicago Chiropractor Indicted: Allegedly Billed $10 Million to Medicare, Private Insurers for Nonexistent Treatment
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago chiropractor with a clinic in the West Lawn neighborhood has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly submitting at least $10 million in bogus claims to Medicare and private insurers. HENRY POSADA submitted the fraudulent claims for purported physical therapy and chiropractic services that were[Read More…]
Child Pornography Gets Man 30 Years After Sexually Exploiting Minors
Huston, TX-(ENEWSPF)- A 43-year-old former Navasota resident has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of production and possession of child pornography, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez. John Allen Chumley pleaded guilty Sept. 13, 2016. Today, U.S. District Judge David Hittner sentenced him to serve a total of[Read More…]
Tracing Aromatic Molecules in the Early Universe
By Sean Nealon RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — A molecule found in car engine exhaust fumes that is thought to have contributed to the origin of life on Earth has made astronomers heavily underestimate the amount of stars that were forming in the early Universe, a University of California, Riverside-led study[Read More…]
Who Will Be NINA’s 2017 High School Journalist of the Year?
Calling all high school journalists in Northern Illinois! Yorkiville, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Know any high school seniors who have done outstanding work in the past year on a student newspaper, as a freelancer for a professional publication or as a contributor to a high school yearbook or literary magazine? The Northern Illinois[Read More…]
IL Community Colleges Sign Agreement Expanding Opportunities in Career and Tech Education
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) announces that all 39 community college districts across the state have signed on to participate in the Comprehensive Agreement Regarding the Expansion of Educational Resources (CAREER Agreement). This agreement allows community colleges to share the career and technical education (CTE) programs of[Read More…]
HRC Calls on Trump Administration to Reinstate Sexual Orientation Question in National Senior Survey
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, lambasted the Trump Administration’s Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Administration for Community Living (ALC) for removing a question about sexual orientation from the National Survey of Older Americans[Read More…]
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin Signs Anti-LGBTQ SB 17 Into Law
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization, called out Governor Matt Bevin for signing SB 17 into law, a measure that allows student groups at colleges, universities, and high schools to discriminate against LGBTQ students. “Governor Bevin’s[Read More…]
