Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014 – 1:26 P.M. EST MR. EARNEST:Good afternoon, everybody.I trust you all had a peaceful and relaxing Thanksgiving holiday. Q We did. MR. EARNEST:Glad to hear it. Q And yours? MR. EARNEST:It was very nice.Thank you for asking.We did not, at the end of last week, put[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
What We Can Learn from Ferguson: a Q&A with Roosevelt University Sociologist Alfred DeFreece
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014. Alfred DeFreece, assistant professor of sociology, is faculty advisor to the Black Student Union and an affiliated faculty member with Roosevelt’s St. Clair Drake Center for African and African American Studies. DeFreece, who started at Roosevelt in 2010, teaches classes such as “Race and Ethnic Relations” and[Read More…]
Sophisticated HIV Diagnostics Adapted for Remote Areas
New tool is low-cost, with no electricity needed – NIH study Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014. Diagnosing HIV and other infectious diseases presents unique challenges in remote locations that lack electric power, refrigeration, and appropriately trained health care staff. To address these issues, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health[Read More…]
Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria, Iraq, Dec. 1, 2014
TAMPA, Fla.—(ENEWSPF)–Dec. 1, 2014 – U.S. military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria using fighter, bomber and remotely-piloted aircraft to conduct 27 airstrikes Nov. 28 through today, U.S. Central Command officials reported today. Separately, officials said, U.S. and partner-nation military forces conducted[Read More…]
Education Department Clarifies Requirements for Offering Single-Sex Classes
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released guidance today for K-12 schools that offer or want to offer single-sex classes. In response to numerous inquiries about the legality of single-sex classes, OCR issued guidance that charts a path for schools on how[Read More…]
Economic Growth and Anti-Fraud Programs Lead to Tax Cuts for Nearly 50 Percent of Employers in Illinois
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014. Unemployment insurance tax rates will fall or remain at the minimum for most employers in 2015 because the economy is outperforming expectations used in 2011 reform legislation that created tools to prevent waste, fraud and abuse in the temporary assistance program, the Illinois Department of Employment[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Launches 2014 Holiday Card Drive for Wounded Troops
Encourages Illinois Residents to Support Our Veterans and Servicemembers at Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by local students to light the state of Illinois’ Christmas tree and launch the annual Illinois Heroes Holiday Card Drive. The Governor encouraged students from across[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, Dec. 1, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 1, 2014. Index for Today’s Briefing SECRETARY KERRY’S TRAVEL QATAR IRAQ COUNTERTERRORISM TURKEY/SYRIA DEPARTMENT/COUNTERTERRORISM TURKEY/SYRIA EGYPT IRAQ/ISIL IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN IRAN EGYPT TAIWAN HONGKONG AZERBAIJAN MIDDLE EAST PEACE/REGION PAKISTAN NORTH KOREA SYRIA/UNITED NATIONS TRANSCRIPT: 1:21 p.m. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. I just[Read More…]
Former Ohio Deputy Treasurer and Friend Sentenced for Roles in Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2014. Ohio’s former deputy treasurer and a Chicago businessman were sentenced to federal prison today for their roles in a bribery and money laundering scheme involving the Ohio Treasurer’s Office. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark[Read More…]
T.RAD Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging and Price Fixing on Automobile Parts Installed in U.S. Cars
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2014. An executive of Japan-based T.RAD Co. Ltd. has agreed to plead guilty and to serve one year and one day in a U.S. prison for participating in a conspiracy to fix prices of radiators installed in cars sold in the United States and elsewhere, the Department[Read More…]
