Campaign to Encourage Use of Proper Riding Safety Gear; Warns Against Drunk Driving CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2013. The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) today kicked off the “Gear Up-Ride Smart” motorcycle safety campaign in partnership with the Illinois State Police (ISP), Gold Wing Road Riders Association (GWRRA) and A Brotherhood Aimed[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Thirty-Five Maine Lawmakers Co-Sponsor Bill to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
AUGUSTA–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2013. A bipartisan group of 35 state lawmakers are listed as co-sponsors of a bill filed Tuesday to regulate marijuana like alcohol in Maine. LD 1229, the “Act to Tax and Regulate Marijuana,” was referred to the Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, chaired by bill co-sponsor[Read More…]
Justice Department’s Civil Injunction Program Shuts Down Fraudulent Tax Return Preparers and Promoters Nationwide
Federal Courts Enjoined More than 30 Tax Return Preparers and Tax Scheme Promoters in Past Six Months Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2013. The Justice Department today announced recent results of its civil injunction efforts to combat unscrupulous tax return preparers and tax fraud promoters. According to Internal Revenue Service (IRS)[Read More…]
EPA Upholds Clean Water Act, Steps in to Add Impaired Streams to State List
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stepped in this week to revise a biennial report on impaired rivers and streams across West Virginia, after state officials, under pressure from industry interests, left more than 1,000 miles of polluted waterways off the list. EPA officials stated that[Read More…]
ISAF Joint Command Operational Update, March 27, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan–(ENEWSPF)–March 27, 2013 – Afghan and coalition security forces confirmed today the death of a Taliban leader, Sadat, in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, Sunday. Sadat exercised operational control over a group of fighters responsible for conducting multiple attacks on Afghan and coalition forces throughout Helmand province. In addition,[Read More…]
Early Vote Totals for Cook County Voters in Park Forest
Early vote totals for the April 9 Consolidated Election in Cook County courtesy Andrew DiCosmo. Remember that all early voting places are open to all Cook County voters. Data does not necessarily reflect votes cast for Park Forest elections. For more information on early voting in Cook and Will Counties,[Read More…]
Deep Snow Raises Alarms for Midwest, New England Flooding
State College, PA-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather.com reports while spring is officially here, many parts of the United States still feel like they are stuck in winter’s grasp. Snow has continued to fall across parts of the Plains, Midwest, mid-Atlantic and the Northeast. However, as temperatures rise in the coming weeks, that snow will[Read More…]
Center for Reproductive Rights: North Dakota Governor Signs the Nation’s Most Extreme Attack on Women’s Constitutional Rights into Law
Governor also approves law designed to shut down state’s only abortion clinic and unconstitutional bill outlawing abortions based on sex or genetic fetal anomaly NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2013. North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple has signed into law today the earliest and most extreme abortion ban in the country—making virtually all[Read More…]
NARAL Pro-Choice America’s Reaction to North Dakota for Attempts to Return Women to a Pre-Roe Era
Anti-choice Gov. Jack Dalrymple signs six-week abortion ban Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2013. Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, sharply criticized Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R-ND) for signing a bill into law that could effectively ban abortion in the state. This bill outlaws abortion as early as six weeks—before many women[Read More…]
Secretary Salazar Applauds Establishment of Delaware’s First State National Monument
Becomes the 400th National Park site in the nation and the first site in the State of Delaware NEW CASTLE, DE–(ENEWSPF)–March 26, 2013. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, local officials and community[Read More…]
