Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 16, 2017. Please join The League of Women Voters – Park Forest Area for the Prairie State College (PSC) Trustee Candidate Forum on Monday, March 27th from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The forum will take place in Room 1318 at PSC’s Main Campus, 202 South Halsted[Read More…]
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League of Women Voters – Park Forest Area to Discuss Health Care Delivery in the South Suburbs at March 18 Meeting
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 16, 2017. Please join The League of Women Voters – Park Forest Area for a forum on health care delivery in the south suburbs. As the debate over health care continues nationally, the quality of life in every community across the country is significantly impacted by the[Read More…]
League of Women Voters – Park Forest Area to Host University Park Village Candidate Forum on Saturday, February 25
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 16, 2017. Please join The League of Women Voters – Park Forest Area for a forum with the candidates for University Park Village government. The Forum will take place from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, February 25th at 90 Town Center in University Park. The[Read More…]
National Organization for Women: ‘Next Labor Nominee Must Support Workers, Not Exploit Them’
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—February 15, 2017. Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill: The withdrawal of Andy Puzder’s nomination for Secretary of Labor comes at a pivotal time for U.S. workers. Andy Puzder built his business on exploiting workers, bilking them out of fair wages and humane workplace conditions, and using the[Read More…]
MUSH! The CHIditarod, Chicago’s Shopping Cart Race for a Good Cause Celebrates 12th Year on March 4
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 16, 2017. On Saturday, March 4, giant muppet heads, birthday cakes, and mobile diners will once again brave the cold to celebrate the CHIditarod’s twelfth anniversary in what’s expected to be its most rambunctious year yet. The CHIditarod – a 100% volunteer driven organization – has raised more than[Read More…]
FDA Approves New Psoriasis Drug
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—February 15, 2017. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Siliq (brodalumab) to treat adults with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. Siliq is administered as an injection. Siliq is intended for patients who are candidates for systemic therapy (treatment using substances that travel through the bloodstream, after being taken[Read More…]
U.S. House Approves Measure Aimed at Expanding Drug Testing of People Who File for Unemployment Assistance
Nearly 50 Civil Rights, Faith, and Criminal Justice Organizations Send Letter to Congress Opposing Legislation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2017. The U.S. House approved a measure today (H.J. Res 42) that would repeal a recently finalized Department of Labor rule that interpreted a 2012 federal law that permits states to drug[Read More…]
Trinity Christian College Announces Fall 2016 Dean’s List
PALOS HEIGHTS, Ill.—(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2017 – In recognition of outstanding academic achievement, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, Illinois, released the college’s Dean’s List for Fall 2016. Trinity students must be enrolled full time and earn a minimum 3.5 grade point average. Joshua Pieper of Park Forest, IL was named to[Read More…]
House Speaker Madigan: Democrats are Proposing a New Way Forward on Budget, Economic Reforms
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2017. House Speaker Michael J. Madigan, D-Chicago, issued the following statement Wednesday after Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Budget Address: “Throughout my time in state government, legislators and governors from both parties have agreed that the state budget must be a priority. While the House has passed a[Read More…]
Rep. Greg Harris Presents Democratic Response to Governor Rauner’s Budget Address
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)—February 15, 2017. State Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, outlines Democratic efforts to offer a new way forward on the state budget impasse and economic reform in the Democratic response to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s Budget Address, now available at: https://livestream.com/blueroomstream/events/7013460 or ilhousedems.com/response. Harris, who is the lead budget negotiator[Read More…]
