SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. St. Patrick’s Day festivities typically mean many Illinoisans will be celebrating with family and friends, but too often, celebrations can turn deadly because of impaired drivers. That is why the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) and the Illinois State Police (ISP) are partnering with more than 150[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Durbin Responds to OCC Chief on Interchange, Meets with Small Business About Benefits of Reform
WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2011. Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter to the Acting Comptroller of the Currency, John Walsh, yesterday, in response to his recent comments about interchange reform. Durbin’s letter corrected the record about what the new interchange law will and won’t do, and urged[Read More…]
Durbin Statement on HELP Committee Hearing Investigating For-Profit Colleges
WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today submitted a statement for the record at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing chaired by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) on Bridgepoint Education, Inc, a for-profit college company. In his statement, Durbin focused on accreditation agencies which, he[Read More…]
Durbin Announces More Than $250,000 in FEMA Grants to Will and Kankakee Counties Firefighters
WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 10, 2011. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced today that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), has awarded $263,966 in grants to fire departments in Will and Kankakee Counties for hiring initiatives aimed at increasing the number of frontline firefighters.[Read More…]
Humans Must Change Behaviour to Save Bees, Vital for Food Production – UN Report
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–10 March 2011 – The potentially disastrous decline in bees, a vital pollinating element in food production for the growing global population, is likely to continue unless humans profoundly change their ways, from the use of insecticides to air pollution, according to a United Nations report released today. “The[Read More…]
Rocky Mountain Bicycles Recalled by Procycle Due to Fall Injury Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
Kid O Products Recalls Wooden Puzzles Due to Choking Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
Wall Mount Fireplaces Recalled by Southern Enterprises; Sold Exclusively by Home Shopping Network
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.[Read More…]
Insights from Oil Spill Air Pollution Study Have Applications Beyond Gulf
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. The oil slick, seen from the window of the Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft. Best known as one of NOAA’s “hurricane hunters,” the plane was outfitted with chemistry instruments for a mission in California during the spring of 2010. NOAA diverted it to the Gulf for[Read More…]
USW Slams Walker’s Assault on Democracy
Pittsburgh–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2011. This statement was released this morning by the United Steelworkers (USW) on actions taken last evening by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and Republican Senators. In a clear violation of Wisconsin’s open meeting law, Wisconsin conservative senators yesterday voted without a quorum to strip the state’s public sector[Read More…]
