Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2014. Chairman Durbin, thank you for the opportunity to testify on this extremely important issue. I commend the young cadets who are present today for their discipline and accomplishments. We are here to discuss the hopes and dreams of young talented men and women who wish to[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
The Truth About the Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Premiums: Conservatives Don’t Have the Facts on Their Side
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2014. The Affordable Care Act, or ACA, is delivering on its promise of quality, affordable coverage for millions of Americans. As attention turns to next year’s marketplace premiums, a new report released by the Center for American Progress puts these premiums into context and warns that efforts[Read More…]
Explaining the Gender Wage Gap
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2014. At an event hosted by the White House, the Department of Labor, and the Center for American Progress that examined Boston’s efforts to eliminate the city’s wage gap, the Center for American Progress released a new analysis that explains the controversy surrounding the commonly cited statistic[Read More…]
Missouri and Oklahoma Executions Will Violate International Law: ACLU Petitions Human Rights Tribunal
Execution in Missouri Less Than Two Days Away NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2014. This morning, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a petition with the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights showing that the upcoming executions by lethal injection in Missouri and Oklahoma will most certainly violate international[Read More…]
Utah Judge Orders Recognition of Valid Marriages of Same-Sex Couples
Order Given a 21-Day Stay to Allow State to Respond SALT LAKE CITY–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2014. A federal judge ordered the state today to recognize the marriages of same-sex couples who were legally married in Utah after a federal court struck down a state ban, but before the U.S. Supreme Court[Read More…]
Federal Judge Strikes Down Oregon Ban On Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
PORTLAND, Ore.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2014. U.S. District Court Judge Michael McShane ruled today that Oregon’s exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage is unconstitutional—paving the way for couples to begin marrying immediately. “I am so thrilled to have the freedom to marry the love of my life. Marriage strengthens families like mine,[Read More…]
Michigan Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due To Possible E. Coli Contamination
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May, 19, 2014 – Wolverine Packing Company, a Detroit, Mich. establishment, is recalling approximately 1.8 million pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The ground beef products were produced between March[Read More…]
Kraft Foods Group Voluntarily Recalls Select Cottage Cheese Products Due To Out-Of-Standard Storage Temperatures
Certain Knudsen Cottage Cheese, Breakstone’s Cottage Cheese, Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese and Daily Chef Cottage Cheese Products Included in the Recall NORTHFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2014 — Kraft Foods Group is voluntarily recalling select Knudsen Cottage Cheese, Breakstone’s Cottage Cheese, Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese, and Daily Chef Cottage Cheese products. Some[Read More…]
Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty in Ricin Letter Investigation
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 19, 2014. James Everett Dutschke, 41, of Tupelo, Mississippi., was sentenced today by United States District Judge Sharion Aycock, in Aberdeen, Mississippi., to a 300 month prison sentence for developing and possessing the biological agent ricin and subsequently mailing ricin-laced, threatening letters including one that threatened bodily harm[Read More…]
Former Wellcare Chief Executive Sentenced for Health Care Fraud
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 19, 2014. Former WellCare Chief Executive Officer Todd S. Farha, 45, of Tampa, Florida, was sentenced today in the Middle District of Florida to serve 36 months in prison for defrauding the Florida Medicaid program. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division[Read More…]
