SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2012. The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) is announcing the reopening its part-time Veterans’ Service Office located in Belleville. The office was closed last September after the amount of travel money appropriated for all VSO offices was reduced in the FY12 budget. During the Fall Veto Session,[Read More…]
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Fighting Unemployment Fraud to Help Grow Job
Enhanced Enforcement Will Protect Unemployment Integrity, Punish Fraud, Save Tax Dollars CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2012. Garnishing tax returns of people wrongfully collecting unemployment insurance benefits is among the initiatives to increase tax fairness and reduce operating costs for businesses, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today. The programs are[Read More…]
COWL Walking Challenge
State health department, Conference of Women Legislators and American Heart Association team up to fight the number one killer SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2012 One in three women dies of cardiovascular disease. To bring awareness to heart disease, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH), Conference of Women Legislators (COWL) and the[Read More…]
International Meeting on Africa’s Great Lakes Should Take Steps Towards Regional Stability: Enough Report
Washington–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2012. The International Contact Group on Africa’s Great Lakes region should focus the efforts of its meeting later this week on enacting strong consequences and accountability measures against the Congolese government for recent electoral fraud, coordinating assistance for military justice reform in Congo, creating a multilateral negotiation process[Read More…]
Syria: Medicine as a Weapon of Persecution
Paris–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2012 – The Syrian regime is conducting a campaign of unrelenting repression against people wounded in demonstrations and the medical workers trying to treat them, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. While MSF cannot work directly in Syria, it has collected[Read More…]
Durbin Announces a More Than $414,000 Investment in Illinois First-Responder Capabilities
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2012. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has made a $414,162 investment in four fire departments in Illinois. Today’s funding will help support and improve the capability of each department and protection[Read More…]
Durbin: Both Parties Must Work Together to Prevent Looming Tax Increase on Working Families
Without compromise, average Illinois family will see their taxes increase by more than $1,000 this year WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2012. With last year’s bipartisan payroll tax cut extension compromise set to expire at the end of this month, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today detailed the additional take-home pay that[Read More…]
Stop Paying Storage Rental Fees, Consider Donating Your Furniture to Good as New Thrift Store
Your donation will can make a difference in the lives of many. Alsip, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 8, 2012. Perhaps you bought a new television for Super Bowl Sunday and that old stand is way too small? Are your children outgrowing their bunk beds? Are you ready to update your décor and wish[Read More…]
HHS Launches Strong Start Initiative to Increase Healthy Deliveries and Reduce Preterm Births
WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 8, 2012. To help reduce the increasing number of preterm births in America and ensure more babies are born healthy, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced more than $40 million in grants to test ways to reverse that trend, as well as a public campaign to reduce early elective[Read More…]
CDC Study Finds Levels of Trans-fatty Acids in Blood of U.S. White Adults Has Decreased
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2012. Blood levels of trans–fatty acids (TFAs) in white adults in the U.S. population decreased by 58 percent from 2000 to 2009 according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published in the Feb. 8 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association. This[Read More…]
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