Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013. The Federal Trade Commission is teaming up with other government agencies and organizations to mark the first Military Consumer Protection Day (MCPD) on July 17 and kick off a year-round campaign to empower military and veterans’ communities with resources to deal with managing money, protecting personal[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Governor Quinn Announces Decatur Clean Water Projects to Create 160 Jobs
Illinois Clean Water Initiative Will Invest Nearly $13 Million to Rehabilitate and Modernize Decatur Sewer System and Wastewater Treatment Plant DECATUR–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today announced $13 million in low-interest loans to update the Decatur sewer system and wastewater treatment plant. Funded through Governor Quinn’s $1 billion Illinois[Read More…]
Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations Succeed in Improving Care, Lowering Costs
Model is part of broader HHS efforts to reform the delivery of health care Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 16, 2013. Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced positive and promising results from the first performance year of the Pioneer Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Model, including both higher quality care[Read More…]
Morrow Ruetten Named New Dean of the GSU Library
Lydia Morrow Ruetten. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)- President Elaine P. Maimon recently announced the appointment of Lydia Morrow Ruetten, Interim Dean of the GSU Library and tenured faculty member, to Dean of the GSU Library. Morrow Ruetten holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Governors[Read More…]
FDA Permits Marketing of First Brain Wave Test to Help Assess Children and Teens for ADHD
Silver Springs, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of the first medical device based on brain function to help assess attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents 6 to 17 years old. When used as part of a complete medical and psychological examination, the device[Read More…]
Recommendations to Bridge the Disconnect Between Teacher Professional Learning and Student Achievement
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. Professional development in education has gotten a bad reputation from both education policymakers and practitioners alike, largely due to its ineffective outcomes and disconnect from student achievement. Despite these shortcomings, a new report released today by the Center for American Progress finds that the time is ripe for[Read More…]
New Energy Technologies and the Utility Death Spiral Shouldn’t Lead to an ‘Electrical Divide’
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. Today the Center for American Progress released a report highlighting what could result from the coming “utility death spiral” and higher levels of distributed energy technologies: the “electrical divide.” If these deeply transformative changes in the U.S. power sector are not managed properly, 21st century America[Read More…]
ACLU and Seven Same-Sex Couples Continue Case to Secure Domestic Partnership Protections in Montana
Amended complaint challenges discriminatory statutes governing police benefits, worker’s compensation, end-of-life decisions and more HELENA, MT–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. The ACLU and plaintiffs, seven loving, committed same-sex couples, moved forward today with efforts to secure domestic partnership protections by filing an amended complaint in Donaldson and Guggenheim v. State of Montana,[Read More…]
Intellectually Disabled Prisoner Warren Hill’s Scheduled Execution Tonight
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2013. In a matter of hours, the state of Georgia plans to execute Warren Hill, whom experts for the state and the defense have unanimously found to be intellectually disabled. “This case is highly unusual in that no state expert disputes that Mr. Hill falls within the[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Breaks Ground on $10.6 Million Widening Project for I-57 Near Marion
Illinois Jobs Now! Project Will Improve Key Southern Illinois Highway and Create Hundreds of Construction Jobs; $69 Million in Additional Projects Underway in Marion Area MARION—(ENEWSPF)—July 15, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today joined state and local officials to break ground on a $10.6 million I-57 widening project near Marion. The[Read More…]
