Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2013. The Justice Department reached a settlement agreement today with Avant Healthcare Professionals LLC, a healthcare staffing company based in Casselberry, Fla. , resolving allegations that the company posted discriminatory job advertisements on the internet. According to the department’s investigation, hundreds of Avant Healthcare Professionals’ internet-based job[Read More…]
Year: 2013
White House Fact Sheet: Examples of How the Sequester Would Impact Middle Class Families, Jobs and Economic Security
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2013. Unless Congress acts by March 1st, a series of automatic cuts—called a sequester—that threaten thousands of jobs and the economic security of the middle class will take effect. There is no question that we need to cut the deficit, but the President believes it should be[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, February 8, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2013. In Group Letter, Alliance State Presidents Urge President Obama to Protect Seniors Congressional Republicans are taking the economy hostage again — threatening to blow it up unless vital services for seniors are cut. On Thursday, President Obama warned that Republicans would seek to replace the sequester[Read More…]
Prairie State College Presenting 25th Annual Jazz Fest on February 22
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—February 8, 2013. Some of the nation’s top jazz artists will perform at Prairie State College’s (PSC) 25th Annual Jazz Fest at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 22, in the auditorium of the college, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. Featured musicians include Chicago trumpeter Orbert Davis,[Read More…]
Senegal: Hissène Habré Court Opens
Extraordinary African Chambers to Try Former Chadian Dictator Dakar–(ENEWSPF)–Februay 8, 2013. The inauguration of a special court in Senegal marks a turning point in the long campaign to bring to justice the former dictator of Chad Hissène Habré, a coalition of human rights groups said today. Habré is accused of thousands[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Meets with Leaders of Chicago’s Faith Community Receives Report on Recent Visit to Israel
Discussion Includes Insights on Continued Ways to Strengthen Chicago through Embracing of Diversity CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2013. Mayor Rahm Emanuel meets with leaders of Chicago’s faith community (Photo Credit: Patrick Pyszka – City of Chicago) Yesterday, Mayor Emanuel met with a Chicago interdenominational faith delegation that had recently visited Israel to[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Responds to Statement by Catholic Bishops Re: Birth Control Coverage under the Affordable Care Act
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2013. Planned Parenthood Federation of America President Cecile Richards decried the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ continued objection today to the Affordable Care Act’s birth control benefit. The revised accommodation, released last week, will ensure that women can access birth control with no co-pay as part of basic[Read More…]
Earthjustice Files Lawsuit To Stop Further Pollution in the Everglades
Florida governor and cabinet improperly granted new, 30-year Everglades farming leases to Big Sugar and vegetable plantations while taxpayers pay to clean up mess Tallahassee, FL–(ENEWSPF)–February 8, 2013. Earthjustice has filed a legal challenge on behalf of the Florida Wildlife Federation to block Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Cabinet[Read More…]
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Should Release Document Indicating Prior Knowledge of Design Problems at San Onofre Nuclear Reactors
Friends of the Earth calls on NRC to release suppressed document indicating prior knowledge of design problems at Southern California Edison’s crippled San Onofre nuclear reactors Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2013. Today Friends of the Earth sent a letter to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Alison Macfarlane demanding that the agency release[Read More…]
Is the Ozone Layer on the Road to Recovery
EU–(ENEWSPF)–8 February 2013. Satellites show that the recent ozone hole over Antarctica was the smallest seen in the past decade. Long-term observations also reveal that Earth’s ozone has been strengthening following international agreements to protect this vital layer of the atmosphere. According to the ozone sensor on Europe’s MetOp weather[Read More…]
