Day: October 27, 2016

Nevada’s Tea Party Secretary of State Rejects Indian Tribes’ Request for Reservation Polling Sites

NEVADA–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016 By Meteor Blades Barb and Oliver Semans, both enrolled members of the South Dakota Rosebud Sioux Tribe, or Sicangu Oyate, helped form the Native voter advocacy group Four Directions, after leading the historic Native vote project in the state’s 2002 U.S. Senate race. Their efforts helped two[Read More…]

Watching Trump Surrogate Try to Defend Old White Lady Holding ‘Blacks for Trump’ Sign is Fantastic (Video)

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016 By Walter Einenkel Trump supporter and all-around wackadoo Betsy McCaughey (pronounced McCoy, as in the famed family feud) is one of CNN’s embarrassing set pieces this election season. A quick refresher on Ms. McCaughey can be found in Bethesda 1971’s diary from this past August. Here’s a perfect passage[Read More…]

Richard V. Green Recognized with Griffith Award from Prairie State College

PSC President Dr. Terri L. Winfree (left) and Helen Manley, PSC’s coordinator of student life (right) congratulate Richard V. Green on receiving the 2016 Dr. James H. Griffith Community Service Award at PSC. CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016. Prairie State College (PSC) honored Richard V. Green of Matteson with the 2016[Read More…]

Twenty-Four Defendants Facing Federal Drug Charges for Transporting Heroin and Cocaine to Chicago Aboard Amtrak Trains

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016.  Federal charges unsealed today accused 24 individuals of various drug offenses for allegedly using Amtrak trains to transport heroin and cocaine to Chicago from California. One of the defendants is an Amtrak employee who allegedly stole a package of cocaine upon arrival at Chicago’s Union Station.[Read More…]

Senators Question Wells Fargo’s Independent Auditor KPMG about Failure to Identify Illegal Activity

Senators Raise Concerns About KPMG’s Audit Quality and Effectiveness of Implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley Requirements Washington, DC -(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016.  In a letter sent today to Wells Fargo’s independent auditor KPMG, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) raised questions about[Read More…]

VA Chiropractic Residency Sites First in Nation to Receive Accreditation

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016.  The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) chiropractic residency programs have reached a historic first by receiving accreditation from the Council of Chiropractic Education.  These are the first residency programs in the nation ever to be awarded this distinction, a significant advancement in the evolution of chiropractic[Read More…]

Political Polarization Among Voters Likely to have Significant Effect on Future Health Policy, Including Affordable Care Act

Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016.  An in-depth analysis of results from 14 national public opinion polls that looked at how Republican and Democratic likely voters in the 2016 presidential election view the health policy issues raised during the election campaign shows that the two parties’ voters have markedly different values,[Read More…]

Interior Department to Auction Over 79,000 Acres Offshore New York for Wind Energy Development

Fourteen companies qualified to bid in 6th competitive lease sale WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016.  As part of President Obama’s comprehensive Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop domestic clean energy resources and cut carbon pollution, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director[Read More…]

Court Allows Continued Intensive, Unstudied Fracking in Greater Chaco

Northwest New Mexico oil drilling will continue despite risks to communities, cultural resources and environment Santa Fe –(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016.  Hopes for a respite from a fracking boom plaguing Navajo and public lands in New Mexico’s Greater Chaco area were thwarted Thursday when the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld[Read More…]

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