Museum cars damaged in sinkhole collapse will be shipped to Warren Mich. DETROIT–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. To help the National Corvette Museum recover from the massive sinkhole that opened under the facility this week, Chevrolet will oversee restoration of the Corvettes damaged. General Motors Design in Warren, Mich., will lead the[Read More…]
Day: February 13, 2014
Sens. Cruz and Lee Introduce State Marriage Defense Act
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Mike Lee, R-Utah, today introduced S. 2024, the State Marriage Defense Act, which respects the definition of marriage held by the people of each state and protects states from the federal government’s efforts to force any other definition upon them.[Read More…]
Study: Alcohol-Positive Drivers Possess Greater Fatal Crash Risk Compared To Non-Alcohol Drug-Positive Drivers
Calverton, MD–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. Drivers with blood alcohol limits of 0.05 percent possess a greater risk of being in a fatal traffic accident than do drivers who test positive for any other licit or illicit substance, according to a study published in the January issue of the Journal of Studies[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Next Steps in Crack Down on Harmful Pet Coke Dust
New Ordinance Would Ban New Pet Coke, Coke, and Coal Facilities in Chicago and Prohibit Existing Facilities from Expanding; City is Finalizing Regulations After End of 50-Day Public Comment Period CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Alderman John Pope (10th), and Alderman Ed Burke (14th) announced yesterday that they will[Read More…]
Sen. Durbin Meets With Leaders From Illinois Community Colleges To Discuss Higher Education Issues
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) met yesterday with leaders from Illinois community colleges to discuss higher education issues including reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, college textbook affordability, student loan debt, and the Community College to Career Fund Act. “I was pleased to meet with representatives[Read More…]
Senators Durbin and Franken Ask Fed To Do More To Protect American Consumers From Payment Card Fraud
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Al Franken (D-MN) yesterday wrote to the Chair of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, asking her and the Federal Reserve Board to enhance payment card security by providing oversight and enforcement of a fraud prevention law that Congress enacted in[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Introduces Bill to Support Military Families By Fixing Inconsistency in GI Bill Benefit Transfer Eligibility
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) yesterday introduced legislation that would support military families by extending Post-911 GI Bill education benefits to foster children and legal wards. The GI Education Benefits Fairness Act was introduced last year on a bipartisan basis in the House of Representations by[Read More…]
Obama Administration to Offer 40 Million Acres in the Gulf of Mexico for Oil and Gas Development
Final Notice of Sales for Central and Eastern Planning Areas WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P.[Read More…]
Salt Lake City’s Becker Joins Mayors for the Freedom to Marry
Salt Lake City–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. Today, more than a month after officiating marriages for same-sex couples in Utah, Mayor Ralph Becker of Salt Lake City joined Mayors for the Freedom to Marry. Mayors for the Freedom to Marry is a national, broad-based and nonpartisan coalition of mayors who believe that all[Read More…]
2014 Indiana Anti-Gay Ballot Measure Killed
New York–(ENEWSPF)–February 13, 2014. Today, the Indiana Senate agreed with the House and advanced for final consideration an amended version of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban the freedom to marry. In so doing, the Senate removed some of the harmful language that would have banned all forms of relationship[Read More…]
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