President Obama’s visit underscores natural resource priorities President Obama in the Oval Office. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza Tallahassee, FL —(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015. President Barack Obama’s historic visit is a welcome acknowledgement from our nation’s top leader that the Florida’s Everglades are a national treasure worth saving, and[Read More…]
Day: April 21, 2015
ACLU Statement on Death of Freddie Gray in Police Custody
MARYLAND—(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015. ACLU OF MARYLAND STATEMENT: “Our hearts go out to the families of Freddie Gray and others who have died in police encounters in Maryland. Based on what we have seen, everything about the death of Freddie Gray and the way it was handled captures both the fundamental[Read More…]
ACLU Files Suit Regarding Police Harassment in a North St. Louis Municipality
ST. LOUIS –-(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015. Years before Ferguson erupted in the summer of 2014, the St. Louis NAACP had been receiving reports of corruption and abusive policing in St. Louis County municipalities and reached out to the American Civil Liberties Union for help. Today, the ACLU of Missouri filed a lawsuit[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Applauds House Passage of Bill to Allow Video, Audio Monitoring in Nursing Homes
Springfield —(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today applauded the members of the Illinois House of Representatives after it passed her proposal to allow nursing home residents and their families to place video or audio monitoring devices in their rooms to help ensure their safety and well-being. House Bill[Read More…]
IDOT Launches Statewide Listening Tour to Discuss Illinois Infrastructure Needs, Priorities
SPRINGFIELD –-(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015. The Illinois Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the Illinois Capital Development Board, announced today the start of a series of listening sessions over the next month to discuss the state’s infrastructure needs and the steps required to make sure the right investments are being made[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, April 21, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015 Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY KERRY’S TRAVEL VIETNAM IRAN EGYPT TURKEY/SYRIA/REGION IRAN BANGLADESH GREECE HONDURAS YEMEN/IRAN/SAUDI ARABIA/REGION PHILIPPINES/CHINA YEMEN/IRAN CYPRUS/REGION ARMENIA JAPAN UKRAINE/RUSSIA CUBA ARMENIA TRANSCRIPT: MS HARF: Welcome to the daily briefing, everyone. I have two items at the top. First, a travel update. Secretary[Read More…]
United States Files Suit against Michaels Stores Inc. for Failing to Report Serious Safety Hazard in Shattering Glass Vases
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 21, 2015. The Department of Justice and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) jointly announced today the filing of a complaint against Michaels Stores Inc. and its subsidiary Michaels Stores Procurement Co. Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Michaels is a publicly[Read More…]
Futures Trader Charged with Illegally Manipulating Stock Market, Contributing to the May 2010 Market ‘Flash Crash’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015. A futures trader was arrested in the United Kingdom today on U.S. wire fraud and commodities fraud and manipulation charges in connection with his alleged role in the May 2010 “Flash Crash,” when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 600 points in five minutes, announced Assistant[Read More…]
Family Dermatology PcCAgrees to Pay United States More Than $3.2 Million to Settle Alleged False Claims Act Violations
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015. Family Dermatology P.C. which owns and operates a dermatopathology laboratory in Georgia and a number of dermatology practices throughout the Eastern United States, has agreed to pay the United States $3,247,835 plus interest to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by engaging in[Read More…]
Convicted Bank Robber, Drug Dealer and Two Others Sentenced to Prison for $1 Million Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 21, 2015. Four Portland, Oregon, residents were sentenced today in the U.S. District Court in Portland for a multi-year stolen identity tax refund scheme to defraud the United States of more than $1 million in tax refunds, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice[Read More…]
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