Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011 – 4:26 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I want to welcome President Martinelli to the Oval Office, to the White House. As I think all of you know, the relationship between the United States and Panama is a historical relationship, and a strong friendship that isn’t[Read More…]
Month: April 2011
Readout of President Obama’s Meeting with Influential Hispanics on Fixing the Broken Immigration System
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011. In a meeting in the Roosevelt Room today, the President and Senior Administration officials met with influential Hispanics from across the country to discuss the importance of fixing the broken immigration system for our nation’s 21st century economic and security needs so that America can win[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama in Announcing Personnel Changes in the National Security Team
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011 – 3:13 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Everybody, please have a seat. Good afternoon, everybody. I want to begin by saying a few words about the devastating storms that have ripped through the southeastern United States. The loss of life has been heartbreaking, especially in Alabama. In[Read More…]
Cook County Sheriff’s Office Declared Shakman Compliant
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011. Forty-two years after a lawsuit was filed alleging elected officials in Chicago were improperly allowing politics to influence hiring and promotional practices, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office has become the first public office to be dismissed from that lawsuit. After two years of on-site monitoring and reports[Read More…]
Student Group from Chatham Glenwood High School Wins Statewide Radon Video Contest
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011. A group of teens at Glenwood High School in Chatham are helping spread the message about radon’s health hazards across Illinois through a 60-second YouTube video they produced and submitted to the “2011 Illinois High School Radon Video Contest.” On Thursday, the students learned their video won[Read More…]
Arson Awareness Week Begins Sunday, May 1st
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011. In conjunction with Arson Awareness Week 2011, the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal (OSFM) is focusing attention on serial arsonists and is aiding law enforcement, fire departments, and communities with tools and tactics to help prevent arson. “A serial arsonist can devastate a community and[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Sues Chicago Area Company for Home Flood Control Scam
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed suit against a Bensenville company for scamming Illinois homeowners out of thousands of dollars for flood control work in their homes that was never completed. Madigan’s lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, alleges Eveready Flood Control and its president, Patrick[Read More…]
Park Forest Man One of Four New NIU Board of Trustee Appointments Made by Governor Quinn
Robert T. Marshall Jr. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) DeKalb, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2011. Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has announced four appointments to the governing board of Northern Illinois University. Newcomers Anthony A. Iosco and Robert T. Marshall Jr. begin new terms, while veteran trustees Marc J. Strauss and Cherilyn G. Murer were reappointed[Read More…]
Libya Faces Potential Food Crisis Unless Stocks Are Replenished Soon, UN Warns
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 April 2011 – Unless a major effort is undertaken to replenish food stocks in Libya the country is at risk of a major food crisis within the next two months, a senior United Nations official warned today. Daly Belgasami of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said that[Read More…]
Yemen: UN Chief Appeals for Restraint Amid Further Violent Clashes
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–28 April 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appealed for restraint after more violent clashes during protests in the Yemeni capital reportedly left 12 people dead and several hundred wounded. The clashes that erupted yesterday during demonstrations in Sana’a are the latest incident in the unrest that has gripped[Read More…]
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