SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2013. South Suburban College’s Office of Continuing Education is offering two new sections for the CNA–Basic Nurse Assistant Training Program, which is now available only as a non-credit course. Successful completion of the CNA course is required in order to become eligible to take the State[Read More…]
Year: 2013
AARP Encourages People with Medicare to Take Advantage of Open Enrollment
Changes can be made to Medicare plans from October 15 through December 7; Distinction between Medicare and Affordable Care Act open enrollment is important WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013. AARP encourages its members and all older Americans with Medicare to take advantage of the Medicare open enrollment period between October 15th[Read More…]
LIUNA General President Terry O’Sullivan: Paying the Price for 20 Years of Duct-Taping Our Infrastructure
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2013. Laborers International Union of North America General President Terry O’Sullivan published the follow op-ed in The Hill: With much of the focus on the government shutdown and its potential impact on the economy, a critical cost of congressional polarization and paralysis has been overshadowed: Our nation[Read More…]
Testimony of Secretary Lew before the Senate Finance Committee on the Debt Limit, Oct. 10, 2013
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2013. Chairman Baucus, Ranking Member Hatch, and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the potential impacts of a failure by Congress to increase the debt ceiling. This is an important moment in American history, and Congress has an important choice to[Read More…]
Defaulting on U.S. Debt Will Inflict Major Damage to U.S. Economy, Cost Taxpayers Hundreds of Billions of Dollars
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013. It is extremely difficult to construct a credible scenario in which the United States hits the debt ceiling on October 17 without inflicting major damage to the U.S. and world economies, according to a new report released today by the Center for American Progress. According to[Read More…]
Report Finds Pesticides as the Cause of Bee-Kills in Minnesota
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013. A recent investigation into the death of thousands of bees last month in Minnesota revealed that fipronil, a widely used insecticide, was to blame. In mid-September, three colonies of bees in Minneapolis were found twitching and dying on the ground. Local apiarist Mark Lucas paints a[Read More…]
ACLU Announces Lawsuit Challenging Three Ohio Budget Amendments Restricting Reproductive Rights
Amendments Logrolled into the Massive State Budget Bill Violate the Ohio Constitution’s Single Subject Rule CLEVELAND, OH–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2013. Today, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio announced a lawsuit challenging three controversial abortion-related amendments passed in June as part of the massive state budget bill. The suit alleges all[Read More…]
Marriage Coalition Releases Ad Outlining Broad, Faith-Based Support For the Freedom to Marry in New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, NM–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2013. Today, nearly 140 faith leaders from rural and urban ministries across the state and representing a broad cross-section of denominations and faith traditions, endorsed the freedom to marry for all New Mexicans in a full page ad that ran in the Albuquerque Journal, The Santa Fe[Read More…]
Press Availability by Secretary of State Kerry in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 10, 2013
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2013. SECRETARY KERRY: Well, I know that President Obama was very disappointed to cancel his visit, especially given his personal connection and commitment to the region. But I also know that he believes very deeply in the importance of the relationship between the United States and[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Army Casualty, October 9, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2013. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Spc. Angel L. Lopez, 27, of Parma, Ohio, died Oct. 5, in Zabul province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with small arms fire. He[Read More…]
