FDA Plan Would have Imposed Burdensome Costs to Craft Brewers and Ranchers Portland, OR–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., issued a statement welcoming the Food and Drug Administration’s announcement it will rewrite its controversial plan to regulate spent grains from brewers. Spent grains – the result of the brewing[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Mayor Emanuel Announces Winners of CleanWeb Challenge Driving Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Innovation
Winners Participated in Year-Long Hackathon Series Using City Data to Create Sustainable Solutions for Pressing Urban Issues CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. After celebrating Earth Day earlier this week, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced today the winners of the Chicago CleanWeb Challenge, a year-long competition launched in[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces City to Plant 5,400 Trees in Neighborhoods Across Chicago in 2014
CDOT, DSS Celebrates Arbor Day with Tree Planting Around Southwest Side Elementary School CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. At an Arbor Day celebration today, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the City will plant about 5,400 trees in neighborhoods across Chicago this year through various programs and projects in the “Building a New[Read More…]
Senators Kirk, Durbin: BP Must Be a Better Neighbor to Lake Michigan, Chicago
Senators Met Today With BP America President John Minge to Discuss Last Month’s Oil Spill Into Lake Michigan at the Company’s Whiting, Ind., Refinery CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today met with BP America Chairman and President John Minge to voice serious concerns[Read More…]
Alaska Supreme Court Rules That State Tax Law Treats Same-Sex Families Unfairly
ANCHORAGE, Alaska–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. The Alaska Supreme Court ruled today that the state unconstitutionally discriminates against same-sex couples by denying them equal access to a property tax exemption for senior citizens and disabled veterans. The rules were challenged by the ACLU of Alaska, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Davis[Read More…]
ACLU Argues Against Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking Before Federal Appeals Court
Police used automatically-created cell phone location data to track individuals’ movements throughout Miami area without a warrant Miami–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) argued before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in a case about whether police need a warrant to track an individual’s location using data[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Welcomes Great Lakes Governors and Canadian Premiers to Chicago
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today welcomed Governors and representatives from the eight Great Lakes states and two Canadian provinces to Chicago for the Council of Great Lakes Governors 2014 executive meeting. The two-day summit is focused on protection of the Great Lakes and finding innovative ways to grow[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Issues Cameroon Travel Warning, April 25, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2014. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risk of travel to Cameroon and cautions U.S. citizens to avoid all travel to the Far North region of Cameroon. The Boko Haram terrorist group is active in the Far North, and has actively targeted foreign[Read More…]
Office on Violence Against Women Announces Two New Grants to Support Prosecutorial and Victim Services in Rural and Tribal Communities in the Bakken Region
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2014. The Justice Department’s Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) today announced the release of two grant solicitations to launch a new $3 million special initiative for the Bakken Region. Located in western North Dakota and eastern Montana, the Bakken region has experienced rapid growth in oil[Read More…]
Remarks by Acting Assistant Attorney General Jocelyn Samuels at the Dept. of Justice’s 2014 Nationwide Tour to Raise Awareness of Sexual Assault on College Campuses
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2014. Good morning and thank you all for inviting me to join you today. As we mark the 20th anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act, I am glad to be here to discuss the Justice Department’s efforts to combat campus sexual assault, and to hear[Read More…]
