Author: eNews Park Forest

Congresswoman Kelly Announces $2.6 Million in Federal Grants for Eight Fire Departments

Park Forest Fire Department awarded $320,071 federal grant CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016.  Congresswoman Robin Kelly announced today that eight fire departments in the South Suburbs and Kankakee County have received a total of more than $2.6 million in federal grants that will fund additional hiring, vehicle acquisition and emergency equipment. “One[Read More…]

Students To Rally in Downtown Chicago for National Voter Registration Day #WhyWeVote

Launch 30 registrations drives throughout the city Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Hundreds of Chicago students and residents are expected to come together at Daley Plaza to share #WhyWeVote, a campaign for mass voter participation connecting youth issues to the Nov. 8 election. The rally will be held in Daley Plaza, 50 W Washington, Chicago, IL, on Tuesday,[Read More…]

Trump Camp Gets Touchy-Touchy About All the Pre-Debate Coverage of Trump’s Compulsive Lying

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2016 By Kerry Eleveld Kellyanne Conway doesn’t “appreciate” all this emphasis on the media serving as fact-checkers. Tallying up Donald Trump’s perpetual lies is suddenly all the rage, with both the New York Times and Politico posting back-to-back stories on Trump’s penchant for lying. Now his campaign[Read More…]

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The Damage Done: How Illinois Is Unravelling Its Human Services

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Illinois budget impasse has been a disaster for the state’s human service infrastructure.  The most respected and prominent human service providers are being run out of our state. Entire human service programs – like homeless services and sexual assault prevention – are in danger of going extinct[Read More…]

Durbin, Kirk Introduce Bill To Name Evanston Post Office After Abner Mikva (Videos)

Companion Bill Introduced In House Of Representatives By Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) introduced legislation in the Senate to designate the U.S. Post Office facility located at 1101 Davis Street in Evanston, Illinois, as the Abner J. Mikva Post Office Building. Companion[Read More…]

Study: Marijuana Use Linked To Lower BMI

Coral Gables, FL-(ENEWSPF)- Cannabis use is associated with lower body mass index (BMI) over time, according to data published in The Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics. Investigators at the University of Miami assessed the relationship between marijuana use and BMI in a nationally representative longitudinal sample (The National Longitudinal[Read More…]

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