Washington–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010. The U.S. Department of Treasury and the Department of Education today announced $11 billion in allocation authority to issue qualified school construction bonds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). Qualified school construction bonds can be used to finance the construction, rehabilitation or[Read More…]
Day: March 17, 2010
Call For Wal-Mart Boycott Yields Small Victory
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010. One day after MPP called for a nationwide boycott of Wal-Mart stores in order to protest the company’s contemptible and baseless firing of Michigan medical marijuana patient Joe Casias, the world’s largest public corporation is already changing its position — albeit not to the extent we[Read More…]
FDA Update on the Investigation into the Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak, March 17, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010. As part of the Salmonella Montevideo investigation, the Food and Drug Administration has been actively investigating the supply chain of black and red pepper supplied to Daniele International Inc., Pascoag, R.I. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 252 people have been infected with[Read More…]
ANA Joins Coalition Urging Health Reform Passage
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010. The American Nurses Association (ANA), the largest nursing organization in the U.S., joined a coalition of organizations at an event on Capitol Hill today to urge Congress to pass health reform legislation now. The coalition unveiled a letter with signatures from over 200 national organizations[Read More…]
ANF Haiti Disaster Relief Fund
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010. The American Nurses Foundation (ANF), the charitable and philanthropic arm of American Nurses Association (ANA), is pleased to join the international nursing community to help rebuild the nursing infrastructure in Haiti through the International Council of Nurses (ICN). The massive earthquake in Haiti has affected countless[Read More…]
Representative Halvorson Announces Deadline for Congressional Art Competition
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010. Working to bring the creativity and artistic talent of Illinois’ youth to Washington, D.C., Rep. Debbie Halvorson (IL-11) has announced a deadline of March 29nd for high school students and teachers to submit interest in participating in the annual Congressional Art Competition. Once students submit their[Read More…]
Report: America’s Middle Class Shouldering the Brunt of Health Insurance Crisis
Princeton, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010. The two recessions that Americans have weathered in the first decade of the 21st century have taken a tremendous toll on people’s ability to afford health insurance—and employers’ capacity to offer it. A new report from the nonpartisan Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), documents that while[Read More…]
House Committee Releases Report Re: Benefits of Health Care Reform for All 435 Congressional Districts
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010. The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce has prepared, for all 435 congressional districts, a district-level analysis of the impact of health care reform legislation. This analysis includes information on the impact of the legislation on families, small businesses, seniors in Medicare, health care providers,[Read More…]
Film Screening ‘A Chemical Reaction’ Saturday, March 20
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010. The film ‘A Chemical Reaction’ will be screened on Saturday, March 20 at 3 p.m. at Columbia College’s Ferguson Auditorium 600 S. Michigan, Chicago. ‘A Chemical Reaction’ explores how the elimination of lawn pesticides transformed one community in Canada, and how their actions impacted the[Read More…]
FSIS Issues Public Health Alert For Ready-To-Eat Deli Meat Products
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to illnesses possibly associated with ready-to-eat (RTE) deli meat products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. FSIS was informed by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) that[Read More…]
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