Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Security Issues Worldwide Aung San Suu Kyi Visit Mexican High-Level Dialogue RUSSIA Russian Government’s Decision to end USAID activities in the Russian Federation PAKISTAN Status of U.S. Embassy and Consulates / Protests Secretary’s Meeting with Foreign Minister Khar Marc Grossman’s Visit[Read More…]
Day: September 18, 2012
Chicago Teachers Union Suspends Strike
Classes for Chicago’s 350,000 public school students resumes on Wednesday CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 18, 2012. The Chicago Teachers Union has voted to suspend its seven day strike. Chicago public schools will re-open on Wednesday. The action was taken by voice vote by the union’s House of Delegates without voting on the new[Read More…]
SEIU: Romney Reveals Disdain for Working Families
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. After media reports of Mitt Romney’s remarks in which he derided 47 percent of Americans, Mary Kay Henry, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), issued the following statement: “Mitt Romney’s clear disdain for 47 percent of the American people is just the latest sign[Read More…]
Aeration: A Handy Hand Tool May Do the Trick
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. This hand tool is ideal for aerating tight spaces around walkways. If your lawn is hard, almost painful to walk on, you might need to aerate. If you lawn is coated with weeds, especially plantain and crabgrass, you probably need to aerate. If you try to[Read More…]
USW Applauds Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decision in Voter ID Case
Pittsburgh–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. The United Steelworkers (USW) union today lauded the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling ordering a lower court to reconsider its decision to support a restrictive new voter suppression law. “The Pennsylvania so-called Voter-ID law disenfranchises women, minorities, the elderly and the young and must be halted before the election[Read More…]
Pennsylvania Pastors: State Supreme Court Voter ID Decision ‘Encouraging’
Philadelphia, Penn. –(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. Pennsylvania members of People For the American Way Foundation’s African American Ministers Leadership Council cautiously praised a Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision today that could prevent a suppressive voter ID law from taking effect before November. The state Supreme Court ordered a lower court that had[Read More…]
Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Returned to Lower Court
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court sent the state’s voter ID law back to the lower court, which will consider whether the law can be implemented before the election without preventing eligible citizens from voting. The Brennan Center for Justice released the following statement from Democracy Program Director[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Pennsylvania Voter ID Decision
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. Today’s news that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will send the voter ID law back to the lower court to evaluate whether the law disenfranchises voters is a positive step. But it is also a reminder of how cumbersome voter ID laws have become to voters. [Read More…]
FDA Approves First Breast Ultrasound Imaging System for Dense Breast Tissue
Device designed to help health care providers detect smaller tumors Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first ultrasound device for use in combination with a standard mammography in women with dense breast tissue who have a negative mammogram and no symptoms of[Read More…]
La FDA Publica Una Alerta de Seguridad Relacionada Con la Intestinomicina, Un Medicamento Comercializado Para el Tratamiento de la diarrea infecciosa
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. La Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de los EE.UU. está alertando a los consumidores para que no usen Intestinomicina, un medicamento fabricado en El Salvador y comercializado para el tratamiento de la diarrea infecciosa e infecciones agudas intestinales. Los consumidores que han comprado este producto[Read More…]