Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 6, 2017. The Village of Park Forest’s Business Breakfast will take place on January 18 from 7:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Dining on the Green, 349 Main Street in DownTown Park Forest. A complimentary full breakfast will be served. The discussion topic will be Alternate Funding[Read More…]
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Village of Park Forest to Host Women’s Empowerment Session on Friday, February 3
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 6, 2017. The Village of Park Forest will host a Women’s Empowerment Session on Friday, February 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Dining on the Green, 349 Main Street in DownTown Park Forest. A complimentary lunch and networking opportunity will take place from 11:30 a.m.[Read More…]
NARAL Fact Sheet: Sen. Jeff Sessions as U.S. Attorney General will be a Nightmare for Women
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2017. As the nation’s top lawyer, the attorney general has a duty to uphold the rights of all Americans. Sen. Jeff Sessions’ long record of misogyny and racism shows just how big a threat he will pose to the freedom and equality of everyone in our country—particularly[Read More…]
Five File For Three Park Forest Library Trustee Seats
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Five Park Forest residents have filed for three 6-year terms for Library Trustee seats. The Library serves Park Forest and Olympia fields. The spring consolidated election will be held April 4, 2017. These candidates, like those running for the Village Board, run in Park Forest’s non-partisan system. This[Read More…]
2016 Deadliest Year Ever for Migrants Crossing Mediterranean – UN Agency
A group of Afghans arrive on the island of Lesbos after travelling in an inflatable raft from Turkey to Greece. Hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants used the dangerous sea route across the Mediterranean in 2015. Photo: UNHCR/A. McConnell GENEVA—(ENEWSPF)–6 January 2017 – More migrants were killed crossing the[Read More…]
NOAA Releases Draft Plans for Proposed Marine Sanctuaries in Wisconsin and Maryland
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2017. The public will be able to weigh in beginning Monday, January 9, on two proposals for new NOAA national marine sanctuaries in Wisconsin and Maryland that would protect nationally significant shipwrecks. The sanctuaries were originally proposed to NOAA in 2014, and if created would be the[Read More…]
EPA Commits to Action on Dirty Air in Settlement with Fairbanks Residents
Fairbanks residents secure court-supervised EPA action to address the worst spikes of fine particulate matter pollution in the country Pollution in Fairbanks, Alaska, during a winter heat inversion. Source: earthjustice.org Seattle, WA —(ENEWSPF)–January 5, 2017. Today, a federal judge in Seattle entered a consent decree imposing a deadline for the[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz on December 2016 Jobs Report
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2017. Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the December 2016 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS. The final employment report of the Obama administration showed the U.S. economy adding 156,000 new jobs and[Read More…]
New Papers: Jeff Sessions’s Criminal Justice Record, the Danger of Using the Justice Department for Partisan Gain
New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2017. As Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) prepares for his confirmation hearing to be the next Attorney General, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law released two analyses today: Analysis: Sen. Jeff Sessions’s Record on Criminal Justice – Details the senator’s record on sentencing and[Read More…]
Military Strikes Continue Against ISIL Terrorists in Syria, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2017
From a Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve News Release SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–January 6, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq and Syria yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details[Read More…]
