NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2015. Last week Patriot Coal attempted to take $18 million of the $22 million put aside to cover the healthcare obligations for retired Squaw Creek coal miners and their families and use it to pay its lawyers instead. Hillary Clinton strongly criticized the proposal and late last[Read More…]
Day: October 9, 2015
Mayor Emanuel and Department Of Procurement Services Announce YouTube Channel to Increase Transparency of City Procurement Process
Channel will also increase accessibility and opportunity for MBEs/WBEs and small businesses CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Department of Procurement Services (DPS) today announced the creation of a YouTube Channel and livestreaming capability, designed to bring additional transparency to the procurement process. “From day one, government transparency[Read More…]
Chicago Launches Email Notification System to Update Chicagoans About Construction Projects In Their Neighborhood
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that the Chicago Department of Water Management has launched a new email notification system that will automatically release updates to Chicagoans on the progress of water and sewer main construction projects in their neighborhoods. The new email service, called WaterAlert, will give[Read More…]
City of Chicago Surpasses Mayor Emanuel’s Goal of Installing 100 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes, Commits to More
Since 2011, Chicago has installed more miles of protected bike lanes than any other city in U.S. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced today that the City of Chicago has surpassed its goal of installing 100 miles of protected bike lanes, completing 103 miles to date, and is committed[Read More…]
UN Security Council Authorizes Operations to Disrupt Migrant Smuggling of Coast of Libya
Migrants at a detention centre in the city of Zawiya, Libya. Photo: Mathieu Galtier/IRIN NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–9 October 2015 – Acting to help “save the threatened lives of migrants or of victims of human trafficking” and to disrupt criminal enterprises operating on the high-seas off the coast of Libya, the United[Read More…]
‘The Stakes are High,’ UN Chief Tells Climate Finance Meeting in Peru
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second left) speaks at Climate Finance Ministerial lunch in Lima, Peru. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe PERU–(ENEWSPF)–9 October 2015 – Stressing that financial resources are central to meeting the goals of the transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Agenda, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that in order[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Calls on VA and Department of Education to Review DOD’s Findings on University of Phoenix and Take Action
For-profit college is under investigation by at least three State Attorneys General, the SEC, the FTC & the Education Department’s Inspector General WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)—October 9, 2015. Following the decision by the Department of Defense (DOD) to place the University of Phoenix on probation and prohibit the company from enrolling new[Read More…]
Bill O’Reilly on the House Benghazi Committee: ‘Of Course It’s Political’
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015. A penchant for truth telling is spreading across the Republican Party. Last night on FOX, leading conservative voice Bill O’Reilly echoed House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy’s comments on the House Benghazi Committee’s partisan nature. While the American people have always known that the Benghazi Committee is a taxpayer-funded campaign[Read More…]
Use of Long-acting Reversible Contraceptive Methods Continues to Increase in the United States
Increases in These Highly Effective Methods Seen Across Virtually All Groups of Women NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 9, 2015. U.S. women are increasingly turning to highly effective long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods—particularly IUDs. According to “Changes in Use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive Methods Among United States Women, 2009–2012,” by Guttmacher Institute researchers[Read More…]
NARAL Pro-Choice America Statement on 4th Hearing to Defund Planned Parenthood
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Statement from Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America: “Once again, we are being subjected to the consequences of anti-choice politicians’ obsession with Planned Parenthood. It’s little wonder Rep. McCarthy would drop out of the race for House speaker this morning, given the dysfunction and[Read More…]
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