New collaboration will provide farm trainees with support to launch food enterprises, make five acres of vacant city lots available to farm, and expand local supply chain for food retailers CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Growing Power, a leading local urban agriculture organization, today announced the launch of[Read More…]
Year: 2013
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Florida Department of Environmental Protection Sell out Floridians
Today’s bogus plan on water rules won’t stop slime outbreaks Tampa, FL–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. Florida’s waterways will be covered with more slimy algae outbreaks if a deeply flawed plan announced today between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is allowed to go forward.[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Principal Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest Aboard Air Force One, March 15, 2013
En Route Chicago, Illinois–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013 – 11:26 A.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Two announcements at the top. The first is the Vice President will be leading a delegation to attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Francis. Joining the Vice President as part of that delegation to Rome will be New[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on American Energy — Lemont, Illinois
Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013 – 1:31 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Hello, Illinois! Hello! It is good to be home! (Applause.) Well, let me begin by thanking Ann for the great introduction, the great work she’s doing, the leadership she’s showing with her team on[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Illinois Hardest Hit Increasing Mortgage Assistance to $35,000 per Homeowner
$10,000 Increase Expected to Immediately Help 500 More Working Families Keep Their Homes; 7,000 Homeowners Helped So Far CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today announced that the Illinois Housing Development Authority is increasing the mortgage assistance available through the Illinois Hardest Hit program to $35,000 per household across the[Read More…]
Missile Defense Announcement As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, March 15, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. Today, I am announcing a series of steps the United States will take to stay ahead of the challenge posed by Iran and North Korea’s development of longer-range ballistic missile capabilities. The United States has missile defense systems in place to protect us from limited ICBM[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces Nearly $2 Million in Grants to Strengthen Legal Services for the Poor
Grants Announced at Event Marking the 50th Anniversary of Gideon V. Wainwright Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. Attorney General Eric Holder announced today $1.8 million in new resources to improve access to criminal legal services and strengthen indigent defense across the nation. In remarks during the “50 Years Later: The Legacy[Read More…]
Former Department of Health and Human Services Employee Pleads Guilty in Washington to Wire Fraud Charge in Retention Bonus Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. An employee of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (HHS-ASPR) pleaded guilty today in Washington, D.C., to defrauding the United States by submitting fraudulent employment offers in order to claim retention bonuses totaling $138,875, announced Acting[Read More…]
Two California Men Charged in Boston with Computer Hacking in Connection with Gift Card Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. Two California men have been charged in an indictment unsealed today in Boston with remotely hacking into merchants’ computerized cash registers in order to obtain fraudulent gift cards, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz[Read More…]
United States to Accept Concurrent Jurisdiction Over White Earth Reservation in Minnesota
First Assumption of Federal Jurisdiction Under Historic Tribal Law and Order Act Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2013. The Department of Justice has granted a request by the White Earth Nation for the United States to assume concurrent criminal jurisdiction on the 1,300 square mile White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, Deputy[Read More…]
