Day: August 5, 2013

State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, August 5, 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Embassy Closures / Travel Alert / Potential Threats IRAQ Prison Breaks / U.S. Remains Concerned About Terrorist Activity DEPARTMENT Embassy Security / Post-By-Post Analysis / Emergency Contact Information AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN Al-Qaida DEPARTMENT Historical Data on Embassy Closures YEMEN Counterterrorism Meetings with Yemen’s[Read More…]

Factcheck.org: ObamaCare by the Numbers: More Part-Time Workers?

RNC, July 15: 8.2 Million: Americans Unable To Find Full-Time Work Partly Due To ObamaCare. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2013.  The RNC wasn’t the first to suggest the health care law was blocking part-timers from getting full-time jobs. Early in July, House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor made[Read More…]

Next Steps in Implementation of the Health Insurance Marketplace

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2013. by Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is working every day to implement the health care law that’salready helping millions of Americans.  And come October 1, it will help millions more when the Health Insurance Marketplace[Read More…]

BREAKING NEWS: Clergy, Unions, Community Organizations Taking Over Palmer House Hilton Lobby, Demanding Hotel Rescind Invitation to ALEC

Moral Monday Coalition drops banners, risks arrests to protest corporate-authored legislation Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–August 5 – The Chicago Moral Monday Coalition, an alliance of Chicago clergy, lay people, unions and community organizations, has just taken over the lobby of the Palmer House Hilton, at 17 E. Monroe St., to protest the American[Read More…]

Chicago Officials Tour Kindergarten Classroom Benefiting from First Year Ever of Full-Day Kindergarten for All CPS Students

This Fall, for the First Time Ever, CPS Will Provide Universal Access for Each and Every CPS Student to Attend a Full, 7 Hour Day Kindergarten, Impacting Over 30,000 Children Mayor Emanuel visits with children at Tonti Elementary School – Photo Credit: Brooke Collins // City of Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 5,[Read More…]

Chicago Hosts Successful Lollapalooza 2013

Ninth Annual Festival Offers Fans Safe and Enjoyable Event, Boosts Local Economy CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2013. The City of Chicago proudly celebrates the conclusion of another tremendously successful Lollapalooza Music Festival, which took place in Grant Park over the weekend. Now in its ninth year, the three-day Festival featured music, food,[Read More…]

With Liberalized Laws, Young Adult Marijuana Use Plummets

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 5, 2013. By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director According to polling data released this week by Gallup, 38% of Americans admit to having smoked marijuana in their lives. This rate remains relatively unchanged from Gallup’s previous surveys on this question. 34% responded in the affirmative when asked in[Read More…]

Kirk, Manchin, Davis Bill Would Require Farmer Input on EPA Regulations

Legislation gives rural America a seat at the table when EPA drafts new rules that affect agriculture WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2013.  U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and U.S. Representative Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) today announced their bipartisan, bicameral legislation to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to review[Read More…]

Governor Quinn Signs ‘Patricia’s Law’ and ‘Kelsey’s Law’ to Make Illinois Roads Safe

New Laws Help Ensure that Drivers in Fatal Accidents Don’t Receive Court Supervision and Keeps Driver’s Licenses from Those Under 18 With Violations CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 5, 2013.  Governor Pat Quinn today signed “Patricia’s Law” and Kelsey’s Law,” two new traffic safety measures that will help eliminate the option of court supervision[Read More…]

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