Company Adds 300 Jobs, Spurs Economic Growth in Southeastern Illinois PARIS –(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Director Adam Pollet and North American Lighting Inc. announced today that the automotive industry lighting supplier plans to create 300 jobs and invest $50 million to expand its Paris[Read More…]
Day: April 18, 2013
Illinois March, 2013 Unemployment Rate Holds at 9.5 Percent
Job Growth Up Over Year Yet Down Over Month CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April18, 2013. The March unemployment rate was 9.5 percent, unchanged from February, according to preliminary data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). As expected, Illinois recorded -17,800 fewer jobs[Read More…]
Mississippi Resident Charged with Sending Threatening Communications to President, Others
OXFORD, MS–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. Felicia C. Adams, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, and Daniel McMullen, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Mississippi, today announced that Paul Kevin Curtis, 45, of Corinth, Mississippi, has been arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with (1) knowingly depositing[Read More…]
Graphic Video: Fertilizer Plant Explosion Near Waco, Texas
Graphic video of the fertilizer plant explosion near Waco, Texas. Please watch at your own discretion.
Governor Quinn Declares State of Emergency, April 18, 2013
State Readies Personnel, Resources to Assist Local Governments CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today declared a state of emergency as state agencies prepared to provide assistance to local governments throughout the northern half of Illinois dealing with severe river and flash flooding. The state of emergency ensures that state[Read More…]
CDC: Infections From Some Foodborne Germs Increased, While Others Remained Unchanged in 2012
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. The nation’s annual food safety report card is out and it shows that 2012 rates of infections from two germs spread commonly through food have increased significantly when compared to a baseline period of 2006-2008, while rates of most others have not changed during the same[Read More…]
Nebraskans’ Message: We Know More Now Why Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Would be a Colossal Mistake
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013 – The U.S. State Department is holding a public hearing today in Grand Island, Nebraska, on a new route for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Anthony Swift, an attorney in the international program at the Natural Resources Defense Council, made these comments concerning the hearing:[Read More…]
NRDC: Energy Efficiency Bill Promotes the Cleanest, Cheapest Energy
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013 – Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation to speed the transition to a more energy efficient economy and save consumers money by promoting available efficiency technologies for homes, businesses and industrial facilities. Franz Matzner, associate director of government affairs for the[Read More…]
Senators Shaheen, Portman Renew Push for Bipartisan Energy Efficiency Bill
Reintroduced legislation will create jobs, drive national energy efficiency strategy Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. In a renewed push for a national energy efficiency strategy, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Rob Portman (R-OH) will team up again today on Capitol Hill to reintroduce the Shaheen-Portman Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness (ESIC) Act. [Read More…]
Tribe Opposes Proposal to Turn Grays Harbor into an Industrial Crude Oil Zone
Full environmental review of “pipelines-on-wheels” requested Taholah, WA–(ENEWSPF)–April 18, 2013. Today, the Quinault Indian Nation submitted comments to the City of Hoquiam and Washington Department of Ecology opposing the first of at least three proposed oil shipping facilities that could transform Grays Harbor into an industrial crude oil zone. [Read More…]