Ahead of Summer Months, New Crime Reduction Strategies Announced to Tackle Gang Violence And Integrate Responses to Problem Businesses, Aiming to Reduce Crime in Chicago’s Neighborhoods CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today new coordinated crime-fighting strategies aimed at integrating efforts to combat not only gang-related violence but also[Read More…]
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Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, May 29, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2012. Japan Government Eyes Summer Electricity Rationing Plan Industry/Regulatory/Political The Japanese government and four regional power companies will announce electricity rationing contingency plans by mid-June. With all of Japan’s nuclear reactors offline, the government is predicting power shortages in the western and northern areas of the country.[Read More…]
Statement from Governor Quinn on General Assembly Passage of Hiring Veterans Tax Credit
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today released a statement regarding the passage of SB 3241, which provides up to a $5,000 tax credit to employers of post-9/11 Veterans. “I salute the members of the General Assembly for passing the Hiring Veterans Tax Credit, an important initiative I proposed during[Read More…]
Statement from Governor Quinn on General Assembly Passage of Legislation to Save Medicaid
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today released a statement regarding the Senate’s passage of SB 2194, which raises the price of cigarettes by $1-a-pack to prevent children from smoking, and is the final part of his plan to restructure Medicaid. “I want to thank the members of the General[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Victoria Nuland, May 29, 2012
Index for Today’s Briefing SYRIA Expelled Charge d’Affaires Zuheir Jabbour / Massacre in Village of Houla Russian Investigation Kofi Annan Statement / UN Chapter 7 Resolution / UN Monitors Qods Force Training / Shabiha Force / Ethnic Cleansing NEPAL Nepalese Constitution RUSSIA Magnitsky Case Ambassador McFaul Speech in Moscow BURMA[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2012 – 3:45 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Everybody, please have a seat, and welcome to the White House. It is an extraordinary pleasure to be here with all of you to present this year’s Medals of Freedom. And I have[Read More…]
Joint UN-Arab League Envoy Urges Syrian President to Take ‘Bold Steps’ to End Violence
NEW Y ORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 May 2012. In a meeting with the Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, the Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States on the Syrian Crisis, Kofi Annan, today stressed that a peace plan, put forward in March, cannot succeed without “bold steps” to[Read More…]
Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access Reply to the Disappointing Response from the Obama Administration
VIRGINIA—(ENEWSPF)—May 29, 2012. White House replies to Veterans petition: http://wh.gov/4xd Thousands of Veterans requested the Obama Administration to look into the reliable science now available showing exactly how cannabis works to alleviate suffering of Veterans pain and save the lives of Veterans with brain injuries such as PTSD and therefore make[Read More…]
More Than 2,000 March in Downtown Denver, Demand Wells Fargo Pay Its Fair Share
March Led By Broad Coalition of Faith, Labor, Community and Immigrant Rights Groups Denver, Colorado–(ENEWSPF)–May 29, 2012. Thousands of people took to the streets of downtown Denver today to protest Wells Fargo’s reckless behavior as America’s biggest tax-dodging corporation. Workers from around the country joined Coloradans from all walks of[Read More…]
Federal Housing Finance Agency Reports Mortgage Interest Rates, May 29, 2012
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 29, 2012. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today reported that the National Average Contract Mortgage Rate for the Purchase of Previously Occupied Homes by Combined Lenders, used as an index in some ARM contracts, was 3.93 percent based on loans closed in April. Beginning in March, FHFA[Read More…]
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