Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF) — Park Forest entrepreneurs at GKC Wheel of Crafts will host a pancreatic cancer awareness charity event and block party to benefit Sherry Floyd-Radanovich on Saturday, September 10. Sherry, a 15-year Park Forest resident, is a breast cancer survivor and is now battling pancreatic cancer. Both she and[Read More…]
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League of Women Voters – Park Forest Area to Host Fall Potluck Supper Meeting on Wednesday, September 14
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 3, 2016. As the days of summer are quickly dwindling, it is a sure sign that it is time for the League of Women Voters – Park Forest Area fall potluck supper meeting. This year the potluck meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 14at 6:00 pm[Read More…]
National Leaders Reject Donald Trump’s Outreach Effort to African Americans
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2016. After a campaign spent courting white supremacists and playing into misleading stereotypes about people of color, today in Detroit, Donald Trump addressed a predominantly African American audience for the first time. While Trump can attempt to reach out to African Americans, he has proven to the[Read More…]
Asher’s Chocolates/Lewistown, Inc. Issues Voluntary Recall of Candy Products Because of Possible Health Risk
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2016. Asher’s Chocolates/Lewistown, Inc., an affiliated partner of Chester A. Asher Inc. (“Asher’s”) is initiating a voluntary recall of multiple chocolates, chocolate bars, cellophane wrapped chocolates, and individually wrapped chocolates, etc. under the Asher’s brand due to possible Salmonella contamination of items produced in their Lewistown,[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Building Upon the Legacy of Labor Day, September 3, 2016 (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2016 Hi everybody. Before you fire up the barbecue for the long weekend, I want to talk a little bit about the reason we get to celebrate Labor Day – and that’s the labor movement that helped build this country and our middle class. For generations, every[Read More…]
FBI Releases Documents in Hillary Clinton E-Mail Investigation
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Today, September 2, 2016, the FBI is releasing a summary of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s July 2, 2016 interview with the FBI concerning allegations that classified information was improperly stored or transmitted on a personal e-mail server she used during her tenure. We also are releasing a[Read More…]
Round Two of Reviews Are In: Trump Doubles Down on Dangerous Immigration Policies
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. In his darkest speech to date, Donald Trump doubled down on hate in an anti-immigrant policy speech delivered in Arizona on Wednesday. Trump spoke about undocumented immigrants and DREAMers in dehumanizing terms, cast them as criminals, and confirmed what we all already knew, that he plans[Read More…]
Senator Kirk: Allergic Reactions Can Be Deadly; Families Need Affordable Treatment
Kirk: Allergic Reactions Can Be Deadly; Families Need Affordable Treatment WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Robert M. Califf following recent reports of skyrocketing epinephrine injection prices. Senator Kirk is calling on the FDA to use[Read More…]
Representative Jan Schakowsky: On Labor Day Let’s Give American Workers A Raise
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016 “This Labor Day, I am happy to join in celebrating American workers, the driving force of our powerful economy. Throughout our country’s history, progress has only come through the hard work and gumption of our unrivaled labor force. Today, teachers, builders, health care professionals, caretakers, emergency[Read More…]
Georgetown University Shares Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Report, Racial Justice Steps
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia announced next steps in the university’s ongoing process to acknowledge and respond to its historical ties to the institution of slavery. In sharing the report and recommendations of the Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, DeGioia said that the[Read More…]
