CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) is hosting a free Helping Our Hometown Heroes benefits fair for veterans on Wednesday, October 19th at Northeastern Illinois University’s Alumni Hall at 5500 N. St. Louis Avenue in Chicago, Ill. The fair will bring federal, state and local agencies[Read More…]
Day: October 14, 2011
Durbin Announces Over $26.4 Million Investment in Illinois Communities and Housing Agencies
Cook County to receive $15.3 million for community development, shelter housing and affordable housing programs WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that Illinois communities and housing agencies will receive $26,425,768 in grant funding from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The[Read More…]
Durbin Announces $2.4 Million FEMA Grant for Flood Protection Efforts in Addison
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the Village of Addison has been awarded a $2,467,869 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for flood protection efforts. “This project will protect the health, safety and welfare of Addison residents,” said Durbin. “By supporting flood[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Jay Carney Aboard Air Force One, October 14, 2011
En Route Detroit, Michigan–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011 – 11:37 A.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us on our trip to Detroit. You all have the information we handed out about the visit, what we’re doing there, so I won’t go over that with you here. Instead I[Read More…]
Obama Administration Releases Creating Pathways to Opportunity Report
Report Highlighs Work Done to Help Underserved Communities, Strengthen the Middle Class WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the White House released Creating Pathways to Opportunity, a report highlighting the work the Obama Administration has done to date to help Americans climb the ladder to the middle class and stay there. The[Read More…]
Arrests Made In Theft Of Expensive Steel Bridge Outside Pittsburgh
New Castle, PA-(ENEWSPF)- Two men have been arrested and charged in connection with the theft of a bridge outside of Pittsburgh. Yes, a bridge. A steel bridge. From WTAE Pittsburgh: Pennsylvania State Police arrested two people who are accused of stealing a steel bridge worth an estimated $100,000 that was[Read More…]
NYTimes: Kansas City Bishop Is Indicted for Failing to Report Abuse
Kansas City, MO-(ENEWSPF)- The New York Times reports: The Roman Catholic bishop of Kansas City, Robert Finn, and the diocese he leads have been indicted by a county grand jury on a charge of failure to report suspected child abuse in the case of a priest who had been accused[Read More…]
Statement from Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank on Retail Sales in September 2011
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released retail sales data for September 2011. Retail sales surged 1.1 percent, exceeding private sector expectations of a 0.7 percent advance. Motor vehicle and parts sales jumped 3.6 percent. Sales excluding automotive dealers jumped 0.6 percent, also above private-sector[Read More…]
Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Call on Super Committee to Protect Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security for Seniors
Protecting Programs Critical to Seniors’ Health and Financial Security WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. House Democratic Caucus Seniors Task Force Co-Chairs Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Doris Matsui (D-CA) sent a letter to members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction yesterday to reject proposals that would reduce benefits to[Read More…]
Seed Time-Capsule Will Aid Study of Plant Evolution Amid Environmental Change
TORONTO, ON–(ENEWSPF)–October 14, 2011. Everything that scientists can ever know about long-gone creatures is what they can deduce from fossils. But what if they could resurrect actual specimens and compare their features with their modern-day descendants? That’s a notion that has University of Toronto biologists helping to create a seed[Read More…]
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