Town hall to feature expert testimony on need for services, city policy shift CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2014. With the city poised to terminate hundreds of paying clients from its mental health clinics, mental health advocates will hold a town hall meeting to protest the move and hear testimony from experts and[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Sues For-profit College Chain ITT for Predatory Lending
ITT Pushed Consumers into High-Cost Student Loans Likely to Fail WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2014. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit against ITT Educational Services, Inc., accusing the for-profit college chain of predatory student lending. The CFPB alleges that ITT exploited its students and pushed them[Read More…]
Historic Injunction for Marriage Equality in Texas
(Graphic: HRC.ORG) Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Today, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia ruled that Texas’ ban on marriage for lesbian and gay couples is unconstitutional in the lawsuit brought by Cleopatra DeLeon, Nicole Dimetman, Vic Holmes and Mark Phariss who were represented by the law firm Akin Gump. The ruling is stayed[Read More…]
FBI: Jury Convicts Macoupin County Man of Possession of Heroin with Intent to Distribute
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Sentencing is scheduled in June 2014 for a Mt. Olive, Illinois man after a jury convicted him of possession of heroin with intent to distribute. The jury deliberated for approximately 30 minutes on February 20, 2014, before finding David L. Simpson, 51, guilty. During the trial, which began[Read More…]
Pharmacist Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Obtaining $1.7 Million from Health Insurers for Drug He Never Dispensed
Rockford, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago pharmacist was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after being convicted at trial of collecting more than $1.7 million through false claims he submitted to insurance companies for a drug that he never dispensed and stealing the identities of unsuspecting pharmacy customers to make that[Read More…]
FBI: United States Attorney Announces Charges Against Investor Who Defrauded Carmel Victims
Indianapolis, IN-(ENEWSPF)- Joseph H. Hogsett, the United States Attorney, announced February 24 that an Ohio man has been charged with devising a scheme to fraudulently obtain money from investors in order to enrich himself by using his position as an investment adviser broker to solicit investors with promises that money[Read More…]
American Religious Landscape Transforming as Support for Same-sex Marriage Dramatically Increases
Nearly one-third of Millennials who left childhood religion cite negative church teachings about gay and lesbian people as important factor WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2014. In the decade since Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage, Americans’ support for allowing gay and lesbian people to legally wed has jumped 21[Read More…]
Busting ‘El Chapo’ Accomplishes Zilch
Another Mexican crime boss in the clink won’t win our failed drug war. NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2014. On Saturday, the world’s most wanted drug lord, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, was captured in a high-profile arrest in the Mexican city of Mazatlán, ending a 13-year search since he last escaped[Read More…]
Organic Farmer Faces Jail Time for Refusing to Spray Pesticide
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2014. The French agriculture ministry is prosecuting Emmanuel Giboulot, an organic winemaker, for failing to apply insecticide to his vines. The ministry wants insecticide to be sprayed to control the leafhopper Scaphoideus titanus, believed to be responsible for the spread of the grapevine disease, but Mr. Giboulot[Read More…]
Southland College Prep Charter High School Singers and Band to Perform in Concert with Grande Prairie Singers, Tracing History of Slavery in America on March 9
(PHOTO SUPPLIED) Richton Park, IL.—(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2014—Southland College Prep Charter High School’s singers and band, some 100 performers strong, will be special guests at the Grande Prairie Singers’ concert,“ I Remember When the Stars Fell,” a musical journey through the history of slavery in America. The concert, open to the[Read More…]
