Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today awarded $5 million in grants from the national foreclosure settlement to fund the creation and implementation of new mortgage foreclosure mediation programs in counties with significant needs but without current programs. The funding comes from Madigan’s role in securing a $25 billion[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Governor Quinn Breaks Ground on New Supportive Housing for Veterans with Families
Hope Manor II Apartments will Connect Residents with Services Needed to Live Independently CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Governor Quinn today was joined by the Volunteers of America of Illinois to break ground on the Hope Manor II Apartments – one of the first large-scale housing developments in the nation designed to[Read More…]
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel Statement on Syria, April 25, 2013
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. This morning, the White House delivered a letter to several members of Congress on the topic of chemical weapons use in Syria. The letter, which will be made available to you here shortly, states that the U.S. intelligence community assesses with some degree of varying[Read More…]
Testimony by Secretary Jacob J. Lew before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on the Treasury Budget for Fiscal Year
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Chairman Crenshaw, Ranking Member Serrano, members of the Subcommittee, thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak about the Treasury Budget. I would like to turn to the current state of economic conditions. The United States economy has made substantial progress toward recovering from[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at Dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library
Dallas, TX–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013 – 10:42 A.M. CDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you. Please be seated. To President Bush and Mrs. Bush; to President Clinton and now-former Secretary Clinton; to President George H.W. Bush and Mrs. Bush; to President and Mrs. Carter; to current and former[Read More…]
U.S. Department of Education Releases Blueprint to Elevate and Transform the Teaching Profession, Calls Educators to Action
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Today the U.S. Department of Education (ED) will release the Obama Administration’s blueprint for elevating and transforming the teaching profession, also known as the Blueprint for RESPECT (Recognizing Educational Success, Professional Excellence, and Collaborative Teaching). RESPECT was first launched in February of 2012 as a national[Read More…]
New Federal Bill Would End Discriminatory Policy Restricting Reproductive Health Care Coverage For Peace Corps Volunteers
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Today Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced the Peace Corps Equity Act of 2013, a federal bill that would end the discriminatory policy prohibiting Peace Corps volunteers from receiving abortion coverage in the cases of rape, life endangerment of the woman, and incest. Virtually all other women[Read More…]
Dramatic Changes in Global Attitudes Toward Domestic Violence
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Global attitudes about domestic violence have changed dramatically since 2000, according to a new University of Michigan study that analyzes data from 26 low- and middle-income countries. Nigeria had the largest change, with 65 percent of men and 52 percent of women rejecting domestic violence in[Read More…]
Periodic Bursts of Genetic Mutations Drive Prostate Cancer
Sequencing of 57 Prostate Cancer Genomes Shows Cancer Gains Powerful Advantage with Abrupt Intervals of Complex, Large Scale DNA Reshuffling NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013 — Cancer is typically thought to develop after genes gradually mutate over time, finally overwhelming the ability of a cell to control growth. But a new[Read More…]
Conservation Groups Challenge TVA’s Expensive Decision on Gallatin Plant
Environmental impacts of retrofitting aging coal facility not addressed Nashville, TN–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2013. Conservation groups have filed a legal challenge to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) on the grounds that TVA violated the National Environmental Policy Act when the federal power company finalized its plan to spend more than one[Read More…]
