Scheduled to Depart Thursday to Deliver Holiday Cards to Servicemembers; Reminds Families Across Illinois to Honor Our Troops This Holiday Season CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today announced he will be departing Thursday of this week on his annual journey to personally deliver holiday cards to wounded servicemembers. This[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Governor Quinn Opens Rockford’s New Morgan Street Bridge
$29 Million Project Will Improve Commerce and Quality of Life on Both Sides of the Rock River ROCKFORD–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today joined local and state officials to cut the ribbon and open the new $29 million Morgan Street Bridge over the Rock River. The new bridge is[Read More…]
Department of Defense Releases 2014 Basic Allowance for Housing Rate
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2013. The Department of Defense released today the 2014 Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) rates, which take effect Jan. 1, 2014. Overall rates will increase an average of five percent this year. On average, BAH rates for members with dependents will increase approximately $79 per month and[Read More…]
DoD Identifies Navy Casualty, December 17, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2013. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a sailor who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Petty Officer 1st Class James L. Smith, 38, of Huffman, Texas, died Dec. 11, in Landstuhl, Germany, from a non-combat related incident. Smith was assigned to Naval Mobile Construction[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, December 17, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing DEPARTMENT Secretary Kerry Continued Travel through Southeast Asia Continued Fighting in Juba, South Sudan / Fluid Situation / U.S. Assistance / Travel Warning INDIA Arrest of Indian Official in New York / U.S.-India Friendship / Security of Embassy / Safety of U.S.[Read More…]
Houston Doctor Indicted for Her Alleged Role in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2013. A Houston doctor has been arrested on charges related to her alleged participation in a $158 million Medicare fraud scheme involving false claims for mental health treatment. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern[Read More…]
Alabama Real Estate Developer Pleads Guilty to Filling Protected Mississippi Wetlands
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2013. William R. “Rusty” Miller, a real estate developer from Fairhope, Ala., pleaded guilty today in federal district court in Gulfport, Miss., to the unpermitted filling of wetlands near Bay St. Louis, Miss., in violation of the Clean Water Act, announced U.S. Attorney for the Southern District[Read More…]
Two Northern California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public Real Estate Foreclosure Auctions
Investigation Has Yielded 40 Plea Agreements to Date Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2013. Two Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in Northern California, the Department of Justice announced. Felony[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Calls on Financial Institutions to Publicly Disclose Campus Financial Agreements
Bureau Finds a Continued Decline in College Credit Card Agreements WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—December 17, 2013. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) called on financial institutions to publicly disclose agreements with colleges and universities to market debit, prepaid, and other products to students. Currently, institutions only make these disclosures about college[Read More…]
Readout of President Obama’s Meeting with Tech Company CEOs
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 17, 2013. Today, the President and the Vice President met with executives from leading tech companies in the Roosevelt Room. The group discussed a number of issues of shared importance to the federal government and the tech sector, including the progress being made to improve performance and capacity[Read More…]
