Chicago — (ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today convened a summit to address campus sexual violence and announced new legislation to strengthen responsiveness to incidents at Illinois colleges and universities to ensure a safe environment for students and a timely process to respond to and investigate allegations of[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Alaskan Man Convicted of Sexually Exploiting Children in Cambodia
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. An Anchorage, Alaska, man was convicted yesterday for sexually exploiting children in Cambodia over the course of four years and attempting to arrange a child sex tourism trip for himself and others to Cambodia, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, March 23, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2015 – 12:56 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. I hope you all had a good weekend. Let me do a couple of quick things before we get started. The first is, we got some sad news over the weekend that Jerry Warren, who had served[Read More…]
Carmel Food Group Recalls Rising Moon Organics Frozen Ravioli Due to Possible Health Risk
Hayward, CA–(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. Carmel Food Group today issued a voluntary recall of certain Rising Moon Organics frozen Ravioli items, because of possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes. The frozen ravioli products were produced with organic spinach which was found in test results performed by the spinach supplier to show the[Read More…]
New Report Highlights Elitist Priorities of Mayor Emanuel’s Austerity Agenda, Lays Out Specific Plan for Shared Prosperity
Community Leaders Express Outrage at Emanuel Administration Double Standard CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—March 24, 2015. Today, parents, early childhood workers, elected officials, and community leaders held a press conference outside of Loop Capital Markets on LaSalle Street, to react to a new report by the ReFund America Project at the Roosevelt Institute,[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly’s Resolution Condemning Boko Haram Passes House
WASHINGTON – (ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2015. Congresswoman Robin Kelly (D-IL) today unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives condemning terrorist group Boko Haram for its repeated attacks on innocent men, women and children in Nigeria. Prior to the vote, Kelly spoke out on the House floor against[Read More…]
Chicago Leads New York City in Use of Stop-and-frisk by Police, New Study Finds
ACLU report also finds pedestrian stops disproportionately aimed at minority residents CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2015. Chicago police are now among the nation’s leaders in the use of the controversial “stop-and-frisk” practice, replacing New York City which had been notorious for the technique. That startling finding is at the core of[Read More…]
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company to Pay $44 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2015. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company has agreed to pay $44 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it knowingly issued insurance policies that were ineligible under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) federal crop insurance program and falsified documents, the Justice Department announced today. [Read More…]
Michigan Physician Pleads Guilty for Role in $3.6 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2015. A Detroit-area medical doctor who referred Medicare beneficiaries for home health services in exchange for illegal cash kickbacks as part of a $3.6 million home health care fraud scheme pleaded guilty today for his role in the scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the[Read More…]
Settlement with Continental Carbon Company to Reduce Air Pollution at Manufacturing Facilities in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2015. In a settlement with the United States and the states of Alabama and Oklahoma, Continental Carbon Company has agreed to install pollution control technology that will significantly cut emissions of harmful air pollutants at manufacturing facilities in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas, the Department of Justice and[Read More…]
