WALES–(ENEWSPF)–4 September 2014. NATO leaders at the Wales Summit on Thursday (4 September 2014) pledged to provide strong support to help Ukraine improve its own security at a meeting with Ukraine President Poroshenko. “Our support is concrete and tangible,” said NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. “We highly value Ukraine’s[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
NATO Reaffirms Continued Support to Afghanistan
WALES–(ENEWSPF)–4 September 2014. NATO Leaders at the Wales Summit reaffirmed on Thursday (4 September 2014) their commitment to supporting Afghanistan and called on the two presidential candidates to work together and to conclude the necessary security agreements as soon as possible, as they have said they will. The ISAF Heads[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Proposes Accountable Care States Model to Control Health Care Costs, Saving $1.7 Trillion
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014. Although growth in health care spending has slowed dramatically in recent years, leading health care experts agree in a report released today that additional policies will be needed to sustain the slowdown. The Center for American Progress, in conjunction with several current state officials from Arkansas,[Read More…]
CAP and PERI Report to Outline Ways U.S. Can Reduce Carbon Emissions by 40 Percent, Create 2.7 Million New Jobs
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014. As climate leaders and policymakers meet today in Nevada for the seventh Annual National Clean Energy Summit, the Center for American Progress and the Political Economy Research Institute, or PERI, have announced the release of a groundbreaking report that quantifies the investment and technology deployment needed[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Warns Illinois Residents to Health System Data Breach
Attorney General Urges Patients of Community Health Systems to Sign Up for Free Credit Monitoring in Wake of Breach of Personal Information Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan issued an alert to a data breach reported by Community Health Systems Inc. that compromised personal information of more than 264,000[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Announces Nearly 20 Percent Reduction in Workers’ Compensation Costs
Governor’s Historic Reforms Continue to Drive Illinois’ Comeback and Increase Savings for Businesses Across Illinois CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today announced that workers’ compensation costs in Illinois have dropped 19.3 percentage points since the passage of workers’ compensation reform in 2011. This drop, reported by the National Council[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Statement on Indiana and Wisconsin Court Ruling on Marriage Equality
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today issued the following statement on the U.S. appeals court ruling in Chicago that same-sex marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana are unconstitutional: “This ruling is another victory for all people of our great country. “In Illinois, we do not discriminate when it comes[Read More…]
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Indiana, Wisconsin Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit today affirmed district court rulings from Indiana and Wisconsin striking down the states’ marriage bans. The decision will go into effect in 21 days, unless the defendants seek a stay of the ruling. Before the court were three[Read More…]
Amici Briefs Filed With the Supreme Court Urging Justices to Speedily Affirm Freedom to Marry
States, Businesses, and Families All Urge Supreme Court to Speedily Affirm Freedom to Marry, Citing the Harms and Unfairness of Delay Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014. Today, laying out the urgency of bringing an end to tangible harms and national disparities, states, businesses and family groups filed friend-of-the-court briefs with the Supreme[Read More…]
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down Indiana and Wisconsin Marriage Bans
New York—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2014. Today the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled in favor of the freedom to marry, upholding lower-court decisions in Indiana and Wisconsin and rejecting marriage discrimination as a violation of the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection. Judge Richard Posner, appointed by President Reagan, wrote[Read More…]
