DePaul University’s College of Law and its Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic assists individuals and Chicago area community based organizations. The Legal Resources Project, which is staffed by Esmeralda Villela (left), Lorena Hernandez, and attorneys Sarah Diaz, Sioban Albiol and Angelica Lopez, provides legal aid for low-income clients and experiential[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
HHS Pursues Detection Tests for Influenza
Tests for influenza viruses to improve diagnosis and speed pandemic response Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. Potential tests to help doctors diagnose influenza sooner and more accurately will advance in development under contracts from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response[Read More…]
FDA Takes Steps to Strengthen Cybersecurity of Medical Devices
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. To strengthen the safety of medical devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today finalized recommendations to manufacturers for managing cybersecurity risks to better protect patient health and information. The final guidance, titled “Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices,” recommends[Read More…]
NRDC President Demands Climate Denier Group Erase Erroneous Claims
American Legislative Exchange Council also should come clean on clean energy and opposing action on climate WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2014 – Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, today demanded that the American Legislative Exchange Council immediately stop misrepresenting NRDC’s position on renewable energy, and urged the group to[Read More…]
Community Members Say Missouri River at Risk from Coal’s Mercury Pollution
Call on MDU to Retire Polluting Heskett Coal Plant Bismarck–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2014. Today, community members who fish, swim, and boat on the Missouri River joined the Sierra Club and the Dakota Resource Council at an event at Kniefel Landing to call on the Montana-Dakota Utilities (MDU) to retire the 50[Read More…]
Illinois Community Leaders Deliver More Than 20,000 Petitions Applauding Governor Quinn for Clean Power Plan Support
Health, Faith, Clean Energy and Business Leaders Urge Gov. Quinn To Prioritize Renewable Energy, Efficiency to Create Illinois Jobs SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2014. Yesterday community leaders from across the state of Illinois delivered more than 20,000 petitions to Governor Pat Quinn’s office in Springfield applauding his support of the U.S. Environmental Protection[Read More…]
What It Takes to Serve on the School Board
University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. If you are thinking of running for your local school board, and would like to know more about the role of the school board member in governing successful school districts, attend this this free workshop. Sponsored by the Governors State University Metropolitan Institute of[Read More…]
Classic Albums Live to Perform the Beatles’ Abbey Road at the Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University on October 25
University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. It’s been 50 years since the Beatles changed rock ‘n roll forever with their first American TV appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in February, 1964. Join us for a trip back in time to the 1960s to experience a live performance of Abbey Road,[Read More…]
Former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge Being Released From Prison While Those He Tortured Continue to Suffer
When Will Chicago’s City Council Pass the Ordinance Providing Reparations for the Burge Torture Survivors? CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 1, 2014. Tomorrow, October 2, former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge is being released from prison and given the opportunity to begin his life anew with the benefit of his police pension funded by[Read More…]
US Labor Secretary Thomas E. Perez Announces Final Rule Raising the Minimum Wage for Federal Contract Workers
Rule raises the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour for covered workers WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 1, 2014. Upholding President Obama’s promise to make 2014 a year of action to expand opportunity, reward work and grow the middle class, U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez today announced a final rule that raises[Read More…]
