Day: December 3, 2013

Momentum Grows as Immigration Reform Fasts Expand

At Ceremony on National Mall, New Fasters Pick Up Where Others Left Off WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013.  After 22 days of a water-only fast on the National Mall, four long-term fasters of the “Fast for Families” today announced an expansion of the action as they passed the fast on to[Read More…]

Mayor Emanuel, State’s Attorney Alvarez, And City Agencies To Create Inter-Governmental Domestic Violence Task Force

State-of-the-Art Training for Police Officers, Proactive Law Enforcement Response, and Increased City Services to Help Stop Cycle of Domestic Violence CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, the Chicago Police Department (CPD), and the Department of Family and Support Services (DFSS) announced today the creation[Read More…]

City of Chicago and Northwestern University to Expand Access for CPS Students to Top Colleges

Northwestern Academy will Provide Free Rigorous Academics to Challenge CPS Students and College Counseling to Prepare them to Gain Admittance into a Top-Rated Public or Private University CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013.  The City of Chicago and Northwestern University today announced a new program to help Chicago Public School (CPS) students prepare[Read More…]

Governor Quinn Statement on Historic Passage of Comprehensive Pension Reform, December 3, 2013

SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013.  Governor Pat Quinn today issued the following statement regarding the Illinois General Assembly’s historic passage of comprehensive pension reform which will erase the unfunded pension debt and provide 100 percent funding for the systems. After inheriting the worst-funded pension crisis in the nation due to decades of[Read More…]

Federal Disaster Assistance to Help Illinois Unemployed

Residents in 15 Illinois Counties Might be Eligible CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013.  Individuals and business owners out of work as a direct result of tornadoes and high winds on Nov. 17 might be eligible for federal disaster unemployment assistance, the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) said today. The disaster unemployment[Read More…]

Press Availability by Secretary of State Kerry at NATO

Brussels, Belgium–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013. SECRETARY KERRY: Good evening, everybody. Before we get to a discussion of the NATO business, I’d like to just spend a brief moment, if I can, saying something about events that the whole world is watching, and that is the situation in Ukraine. The powerful expressions[Read More…]

State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, December 3, 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing PHILIPPINES Secretary’s Conversation with Philippine Foreign Secretary Del Rosario D.P.R.K. Merrill Newman CUBA 4th Anniversary of Alan Gross Imprisonment EGYPT Draft Constitution / 30 Days to Call for Referendum YEMEN Under Secretary Sherman Meeting with Yemen’s Minister of Defense Second Annual U.S.-Yemen[Read More…]

Three Patient Recruiters for Miami Home Health Company Plead Guilty for Roles in $48 Million Fraud Scheme

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 3, 2013. Three patient recruiters for a Miami health care company pleaded guilty today for their participation in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of[Read More…]

United States Agrees to Comprehensive Settlement with Suffolk County Police Department to Resolve Investigation of Discriminatory Policing Against Latinos

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 3, 2013. The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York announced today that they have tentatively agreed to a settlement with the Suffolk County Police Department (SCPD) which calls for SCPD to implement new[Read More…]

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