Enforcement of state law helps protect shark populations throughout the world SPRINGFIELD, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2014. Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police have issued 20 citations to four businesses in northern Illinois for selling shark fin products. The citations were issued on February 28, 2014 as part of a continuing[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Illinois iBid Website to Auction Heavy Construction Equipment
CMS is Offering More than 550 Pieces of Equipment for Bids on 3/17 SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2014. The Department of Central Management Services (CMS) announced today that it will be holding its largest web-based auction of surplus heavy equipment ever through the state’s online “iBid” website. The state’s equivalent of “eBay,” [Read More…]
DoD Releases Fiscal 2015 Budget Proposal and 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 4, 2014. President Barack Obama today sent Congress a proposed defense budget of $495.6 billion in discretionary budget authority to fund base defense programs in fiscal year 2015. The request is $0.4 billion less than the enacted FY 2014 appropriation and is consistent with the current budget[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 4, 2014
Kyiv, Ukraine–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2014. SECRETARY KERRY: Good afternoon, everybody. Let me say, first of all, how incredibly moving it was to walk down Institutska Street and to have a chance to be able to pay my respects on behalf of President Obama and the American people at the site of[Read More…]
Singapore Shipping Company, Crew Member, Plead Guilty to Illegally Discharging Oily Waste
Company Agrees to Pay $1.2 Million Penalty; $300,000 Will Fund Long Island Sound Projects Washington, DC–(ENEWPSF)–March 4, 2014. Singapore-based ODFJELL ASIA II PTE LTD (ODFJELL) and one of its senior crew members pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Hartford, Conn., for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships[Read More…]
Remarks by the First Lady at 2014 International Women of Courage Awards
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2014 – 11:46 A.M. EST MRS. OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you all. Please. Well, good morning. I want to start by thanking my dear friend Ambassador Russell for that very kind introduction and for her phenomenal work as our ambassador for global[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama Announcing the FY2015 Budget
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2014 – 11:38 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. I’m here at Powell Elementary School, and just had a chance to see some of the outstanding students here. And I thought it was appropriate for me to say a few words about the budget that I[Read More…]
D.C. Council Passes Far-Reaching Marijuana Decriminalization Legislation
Legislation Ends Marijuana Possession Arrests in D.C.; Bill Goes to Mayor Vincent Gray for Signature NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—March 4, 2014. In a vote today of 10-1, the D.C. Council approved legislation that would eliminate criminal penalties for the possession of one ounce or less of marijuana in the nation’s capital and[Read More…]
Robert Reich Slams Paul Ryan’s House Budget Committee Report
Analysis Professor Robert Reich slammed Repl Paul Ryan’s House Budget Committee just-released report on poverty. Reich made the comments on his Facebook page: Rep. Paul Ryan’s House Budget Committee just released a report entitled "The War On Poverty: 50 Years Later" that notes the scandalous reality of American poverty today[Read More…]
Free Healthy Living Group to Meet March 13
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 4, 2014. We all want to be happy and healthy. So let’s share our knowledge and experience, and the wisdom of experts, to help each other and ourselves in our ongoing quest for health and happiness. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, is[Read More…]
