Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers to be aware of products sold online claiming to prevent or treat the Ebola virus. Since the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, the FDA has seen and received consumer complaints about a variety[Read More…]
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California Fair Sentencing Act that Addresses Racial Disparities in Crack and Powder Cocaine Sentencing Passes Out of Assembly
Bi-Partisan Bill Heads to Senate for Concurrence Vote and then on to Governor’s Desk SACRAMENTO, CA –(ENEWSPF)—August 14, 2014. Facing its final Assembly hearing, the California Fair Sentencing Act (SB 1010) authored by Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) won approval today. Mitchell’s bill will correct the groundless disparity in sentencing,[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Rear Adm. Kirby, August 14, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2014. REAR ADM. JOHN KIRBY: Hey, everybody. Sorry I’m a little bit late. Just a few points before we get to your questions. As you know, yesterday, we announced that a team of U.S. military personnel accompanied by USAID conducted an assessment on the situation on Mount[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Yelp to Expand in Chicago
Company to Bring 300 Jobs to New Chicago Office; Attracting Innovative Technology Companies to Chicago is a Key Initiative of the Plan for Economic Growth and Jobs CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Yelp Co-founder and CEO Jeremy Stoppelman today announced that Yelp has signed a lease for over[Read More…]
Feds: Over 100 Financial Institutions Working With Marijuana-Related Businesses
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2014. Over 100 US financial institutions are working directly with marijuana-related businesses in states that allow for cannabis commerce, according to public remarks made Tuesday by a US Department of Treasury representative. Speaking this week at the 2014 Mid-Atlantic Anti-Money Laundering Conference in Washington, DC, Financial Crimes[Read More…]
Washington: Retail Marijuana Sales Total Nearly $4 Million In First Month
Seattle, WA–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2014. Washington state-licensed marijuana retailers sold an estimated $3.8 million in cannabis products in July, the first month during which such sales were allowed under state law. The sales are estimated to have generated about $1 million in tax revenue. To date, the state’s Liquor Control Board[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Urges Illinois-Based Hospira Not To Turn Its Back On America To Dodge Taxes
Senator warns of another potential corporate inversion at U.S. taxpayer expense CHICAGO, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2014. In a letter to the CEO of Lake Forest, Illinois-based Hospira, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today urged the company not to turn its back on American taxpayers and consumers by taking advantage of a[Read More…]
UN Declares Iraq ‘Level 3 Emergency’ to Trigger More Resources, Speed Up Aid Delivery
The distribution of tents and non-food aid continues as the population of Newroz camp grows as more and more Yazidis arrive from Mount Sinjar in Iraq. Photo: UNHCR GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–14 August 2014 – The United Nations has designated its highest level emergency for the humanitarian crisis in Iraq, citing the scale[Read More…]
546,335 Acres in 9 Western States Proposed as Protected Critical Habitat for Yellow-billed Cuckoos
Protection Will Benefit Rare Songbird and Health of Rivers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah and Wyoming SACRAMENTO, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2014. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect more than a half-million acres of critical habitat across the West for the yellow-billed cuckoo, a songbird[Read More…]
Lawsuit Launched to Protect San Diego’s Vanishing Wetlands From Airport Runway Project
SAN DIEGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 14, 2014. Conservation groups today formally notified the Federal Aviation Administration of plans to file a lawsuit to protect sensitive wetlands and endangered species at the Brown Field Municipal Airport near the San Diego border with Mexico. The FAA is funding a runway reconstruction project and failed to[Read More…]
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