LITTLE ROCK, Ark.–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013. The Arkansas Supreme Court today reversed a lower court child custody order that prohibited a parent from having overnight visitation with his child in the presence of his long-term domestic partner. The ruling ends a widespread practice in Arkansas custody cases of courts automatically barring[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Attorney General Madigan, Mayor Emanuel File Suit Against Second Pet Coke Site
Suit Calls on Beemsterboer to Remove Illegal Refinery Waste Piles, Halt Intake Chicago CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—November 22, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced a lawsuit against the owner and operator of a bulk materials storage and handling facility asking that piles of petroleum coke (pet coke) and[Read More…]
President Obama Proclaims JFK Day of Remembrance
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 22, 2013 – President Barack Obama today called on Americans to honor the memory of President John F. Kennedy and to celebrate Kennedy’s “enduring impact on American history.” Obama’s proclamation also directed that the American flag be flown at half-staff today in honor of Kennedy’s memory. The President’s proclamation[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, November 21, 2013
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013 – 2:10 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for being here today. I do have a couple of announcements that I want to do at the top in addition to what the President has already talked about today, and then after all of[Read More…]
Historic Video: Walter Cronkite Announces Death of JFK
Video: Senator Elizabeth Warren Makes Case for Minimum Wage Being $22 per Hour
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Published on March 18, 2013: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) made a case for increasing the minimum wage last week during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing, in which she cited a study that suggested the federal minimum wage would have stood at nearly $22[Read More…]
GSU: Walgreen’s Healthcare Clinic Offering a $7,000 Student Scholarship
(Left and right) Wyvon Blackwell, Lecturer, Department of Nursing; Cathy Moynihan, Market Manager, Chicago South/Walgreen’s Healthcare Clinic; Nancy MacMullen, Nursing Department Chair; Elizabeth Cada, Dean of the College of Health and Human Services; Deborah Bordelon, GSU Provost; Donna Calvin, Assistant Professor, Family Nurse Practitioner Coordinator. (PHOTO SUPPLIED) University Park, IL-(ENEWSPF)-[Read More…]
FBI: Wood River Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Charlie M. Jarrett, 71, of Wood River, Illinois, was sentenced on November 20, 2013, in the United States District Court to 10 years in prison for distribution and possession of child pornography, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Stephen R. Wigginton announced today. Jarrett[Read More…]
Video: The World’s Most Eco-friendly Car, Made of Hemp. Yes, Hemp.
The most environmental-friendly car in the world? The Kestrel, made of hemp. Yes, hemp. Hemp is an industrial resource that is banned in the U.S. Check out this electric car built from hemp plastic. That must change (ENEWSPF editorial comment approved).
President Obama Signs Veterans COLA Bill
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 21 – President Barack Obama today signed legislation by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to provide annual cost-of-living adjustments in benefits for veterans with service-connected disabilities and for their survivors. The legislation, for the first time in years, ends a Department of Veterans Affairs practice of rounding down benefits. “I[Read More…]
