Governor Quinn Directs Agency to Assemble Ebola Preparedness Task Force, Announces Informational Hotline and Website CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2014. Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, joined by local health department, hospital, health care and emergency response officials, held a media briefing today to update the public about[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Governor Quinn Visits Chicago Chocolate Business as Illinois Comeback Continues
Unemployment Rate Falls for 7th Consecutive Month, Employers Add 19,300 Jobs CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2014. As Illinois’ unemployment rate continued falling to its lowest point in more than six years, Governor Pat Quinn today visited Vosges Haut-Chocolat in Chicago to discuss the state’s ongoing economic comeback. In September, Illinois’ unemployment[Read More…]
Two Connecticut Men Plead Guilty to Bribery Scheme Involving FBI Agent in New York
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2014. Two Connecticut men pleaded guilty today to bribery charges, admitting that they participated in a scheme to obtain confidential, internal law enforcement documents and information from a former FBI Special Agent in White Plains, New York. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s[Read More…]
Justice Department Sues Wisconsin Mobile Home Park for Discriminating Against Families with Children
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2014. The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the owners and operators of the Twin Oaks Mobile Home Park, a 230-lot mobile home park, in Whitewater, Wisconsin, for refusing to allow families with children to live in certain areas of the park,[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Protecting American Consumers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2014 – 12:00 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Hello. Good job, everybody. Everybody, please have a seat. Well, it is good to be back at CFPB. AUDIENCE MEMBER: Woo! THE PRESIDENT: Yes, this is an enthusiastic and rowdy crowd, this group. (Laughter.) That’s what happens[Read More…]
FDA Approves Labeling with Abuse-deterrent Features for Third Extended-release Opioid Analgesic
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved new labeling for Embeda (morphine sulfate and naltrexone hydrochloride) extended-release (ER) capsules, an opioid analgesic to treat pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate. Embeda is[Read More…]
Hunter Biden’s Cocaine Use and Vice President Biden’s Evolving Perspective on the Drug War
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2014 By: Tony Newman The Vice President’s son, Hunter Biden is making worldwide news after the Wall Street Journal reported that he was discharged from the Navy in February after testing positive for cocaine use. I have spent the last 15 years working at the Drug Policy[Read More…]
South Suburban College’s Breakfast with BCI Workshop Series Presents Implementing Tablets and Smart Phones into Your Small Business on November 6
South Holland, IL—(ENEWSFP)—October 17, 2014. The South Suburban College Business & Career Institute (BCI) presents a Breakfast with BCI Workshop: Implementing Tablets and Smart Phones into Your Small Business. This workshop will be facilitated by Allen Babiarz, BCI Client Solutions & Project Manager on Thursday, November 6, 2014, in the[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders: Fed Must Act on Income and Wealth Inequality
SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)–October 17 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen delivered a speech on income and wealth inequality in the United States: “Janet Yellen is right. Income inequality is the worst it has been since the 1920s. Now that we[Read More…]
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen: Perspectives on Inequality and Opportunity from the Survey of Consumer Finances
Boston, Massachusetts –(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2014. Remarks by Federal Reserve Chair Janet L. Yellen at the Conference on Economic Opportunity and Inequality, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The distribution of income and wealth in the United States has been widening more or less steadily for several decades, to a greater extent[Read More…]
