Measure To Outlaw Straw Purchasing and Gun Trafficking Has Bipartisan Support WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. The Senate Judiciary Committee, on a bipartisan vote, Thursday approved legislation authored by Chairman Patrick Leahy and coauthored by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) that would for the first time explicitly make illegal the abusive practice of[Read More…]
Year: 2013
A 40 Percent Zero-Carbon Energy Target by 2035 for the World’s Largest Economies
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. The Center for American Progress today released a proposal for the Major Economies Forum to adopt a 40 percent zero-carbon electricity target by the year 2035. The forum includes the world’s 17 largest carbon emitters, who together account for 80 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Alleges Financial Advisor Deceived Springfield Area Seniors
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Secretary of State Jesse White took coordinated action today against a Springfield man for fraudulently marketing and selling insurance investment products to seniors. Madigan filed a lawsuit earlier today in Sangamon County Circuit Court against Richard Lee Van Dyke Jr. and his[Read More…]
State Health Department Urges Greater HIV/AIDS Education, Awareness for Women & Girls
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2103. HIV/AIDS remains a serious public health issue for women and girls. In Illinois, more than 7,000 women and adolescent girls are living with HIV. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) joins healthcare advocates nationwide urging education and testing on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day,[Read More…]
Medical Marijuana Moves Forward in New Hampshire
CONCORD–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. A bill to allow New Hampshire residents to use medical marijuana in the treatment of their debilitating medical conditions moved one step closer to becoming law Thursday when it was approved 14-1 by the House Committee on Health, Human Services, and Elderly Affairs. It will now be[Read More…]
Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, At the Security Council Stakeout, March 7, 2013
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. Ambassador Rice: Good morning, everyone. Today the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2094, strongly condemning North Korea’s highly provocative February 12 nuclear test and imposing significant new sanctions under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. The strength, breadth, and severity of these sanctions will raise the[Read More…]
UN Security Council Tightens Sanctions on DPR Korea in Wake of Latest Nuclear Blast
NEW YORK–(ENWESPF)–7 March 2013 – Following its strong condemnation of the nuclear test conducted last month by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United Nations Security Council today tightened sanctions on the country’s trade and banking, as well as travel by targeted officials. Detailing the new sanctions through[Read More…]
Two Northern California Real Estate Investors Agree to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging at Public Foreclosure Auctions
29 Individuals Have Agreed to Plead Guilty to Date WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. Two Northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their role 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…]
Representative Schakowsky and Senator Feinstein Introduce Health Insurance Rate Review Legislation
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013 – Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on introducing the Health Insurance Rate Review Act: Rep. Jan Schakowsky yesterday introduced the Health Insurance Rate Review Act of 2013 to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to block or modify unreasonable health insurance rate[Read More…]
Major Electric Utilities in Federal Court for Air Pollution Violations
Corporate owners of dirty coal plant face hundreds of millions in potential fines and upgrades COLSTRIP, MT–(ENEWSPF)–March 7, 2013. Corporate owners of one of the largest and most polluting coal plants in the nation, Colstrip Generating Facility located in Montana, landed in federal court today for what the Sierra Club[Read More…]
