Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The early voting numbers for Park Forest were even higher than yesterday’s estimates. Mr. Jonathan Williams of the Cook County Clerk’s Office called eNews Park Forest and shared updated figures. It turns out 615 voted Monday at Park Forest Village Hall. As of this writing early Tuesday[Read More…]
Day: October 25, 2016
New York Attorney General Schneiderman Announces First-Of-Its-Kind Analysis Illustrating Gun Trafficking Into NY
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman New Research Shows That 74% Of All Guns Recovered By Law Enforcement Originated Out-of-State; Nearly Nine Out Of Ten (86%) Of Recovered Handguns — The Weapon Of Choice For Violent Criminals — Come From Out-Of-State NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. Attorney General Eric T.[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Announces Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge
Nation’s Newest Wildlife Refuge Represents Coordinated Response to Conserving Key Shrubland Habitat in the Northeast WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. Following an extensive public process, and with overwhelming public support, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized the creation of Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge, dedicated to conserving and managing shrubland[Read More…]
Elderly May Face Increased Dementia Risk After a Disaster
Fishing village in Ohama Miyato, Japan, after 2011 tsunami Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. Elderly people who were uprooted from damaged or destroyed homes and who lost touch with their neighbors after the 2011 tsunami in Japan were more likely to experience increased symptoms of dementia than those who[Read More…]
Mediterranean Death Toll in 2016 ‘Worst We Have Seen’ – UN Refugee Agency
Refugees and migrants rescued at sea by the Italian coast guards after adrift in the Mediterranean Sea disembarked at the port of Augusta in Sicily, May 2016. Photo: UNHCR/Patrick Russo GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–25 October 2016 – With just two months left in 2016, and despite a substantial drop in the number of[Read More…]
Federal Judge Approves FTC Order for Owners of Certain Volkswagen and Audi “Clean” Diesels to Receive Compensation
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. A federal district court judge in San Francisco today signed a $10 billion settlement order, starting the formal process for owners of certain Volkswagen and Audi 2.0 liter diesel cars to receive compensation for the vehicles they bought. Under the $10 billion Federal Trade Commission order, in[Read More…]
SEIU: Rising Insurance Premiums Signal Next Congress Must Get Serious About Healthcare Costs
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2015. SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement in response to an increase in premium rates from insurance companies for some plans offered through healthcare.gov: “The fact that insurance companies are increasing healthcare premiums is not news to working people, but it is a[Read More…]
NOAA Awards $10.44 Million in Coastal Science Research Funding
Multi-year awards to focus on sea level rise, hypoxia and harmful algal blooms Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016 NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science will award $10.44 million over the next five years for 10 projects to address sea level rise, hypoxia and harmful algal blooms (HABs). Among the projects[Read More…]
NOAA Announces $6 Million in Grants Speed New Research and Technologies to Improve Severe Weather Forecasts
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. NOAA Research yesterday announced $6 million in funding to get scientific and technological advances from the government and academia to NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) more rapidly, improving severe weather and water hazards forecasting. “NOAA has sharpened its focus on speeding up this important transition of[Read More…]
Federal Agencies Express Support for Updated Safe Infant Sleep Recommendations
Revised recommendations incorporate latest research on sleep-related risks to infants Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. Federal agencies concerned with infant health and welfare today announced their support of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated recommendations on safe infant sleep. The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, part[Read More…]
