WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
Day: October 6, 2010
Valco Baby Recalls Jogging Strollers Due to Strangulation Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
Tike Tech Recalls Jogging Strollers Due to Strangulation Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2010. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
Adding Up the Numbers: Understanding Medicare Savings in the Affordable Care Act
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 6, 2010. The comprehensive health care overhaul passed by Congress as the Affordable Care Act and then amended by the Reconciliation Act of 2010 includes changes in the Medicare program that are expected to reduce the federal deficit by $525 billion between now and 2019. Of this amount,[Read More…]
Statement by OMB Acting Director Jeffrey Zients and NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco Re: BP Oil Spill
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2010. “NOAA produced a report at the request of the Unified Command to project the most likely movement of oil. As part of its function to coordinate and review all interagency materials developed in response to the BP oil spill, OMB led a review of a preliminary[Read More…]
Unified Area Command Weekly Update, October 6, 2010
NEW ORLEANS–(ENEWSPF)–Oct. 6, 2010. The following information is an operations update from the Unified Area Command for the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Approximately 18,589 personnel are currently responding to protect the shoreline, wildlife and cleanup vital coastlines. To date, every seafood sample from reopened waters has passed[Read More…]
Marijuana’s Political Future
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2010. Every day there are more and more stories in mainstream media outlets about Prop 19 and the growing national movement to end marijuana prohibition. That alone is a promising development. But what’s even more telling has been the way the tone of the coverage is starting[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan and 7 Other Attorneys General Obtain Millions in Mortgage Relief from Wells Fargo
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2010. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and seven other state attorneys general today announced a settlement with Wells Fargo Bank over allegedly deceptive marketing of extremely risky loans called payment option adjustable rate mortgages (POA). The settlement means Wells Fargo is expected to provide loan modifications to Illinois homeowners[Read More…]
Statement from Governor Pat Quinn on Medal of Honor Recipient Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn today issued a statement regarding Illinois servicemember Sergeant Robert J. Miller posthumously receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic efforts while serving in Afghanistan. “There is no greater hero than one who is willing to lay down his or her life for[Read More…]
$50 Million IL Neighborhood Recovery Initiative Announced
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2010. Governor Pat Quinn today announced the start of a comprehensive effort to help strengthen and revitalize Illinois’ urban communities. Based largely on feedback from the Governor’s Anti-Violence Commission, the Neighborhood Recovery Initiative will focus on rebuilding Illinois’ most vulnerable neighborhoods and protecting young people by offering more[Read More…]