WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) yesterday joined leading Democratic Senators to press the Obama administration on the use of private prisons and contract facilities by the Department of Homeland Security. The letter comes amid an internal review at DHS regarding its use of private prisons, and the[Read More…]
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Respecting Tribal Wisdom, Revitalizing Indian Education
Secretary Jewell hiking on a field trip with Native American students to Saguaro Nation Park in Arizona. Photo by Tami Heilemann, Interior. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016 By:Ann Marie Bledsoe Downes, Acting Director of the Bureau of Indian Education Under President Obama’s Generation Indigenous initiative to break the cycle of poverty[Read More…]
Dialysis Organizations Team Up with CDC to Protect Patients
Coalition aims to cut infections, expand CDC prevention efforts nationwide Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. CDC is teaming up with a broad coalition of kidney and dialysis organizations to reduce the number of bloodstream infections in dialysis patients. Each year, about 37,000 people get potentially deadly bloodstream infections related to their[Read More…]
South Suburban College Student Artists Win Best Group Project Award for Tinley Park’s Benches on the Avenue Contest
Pictured: SSC Students received the award for Best Group Project in Tinley Park’s Benches on the Avenue contest for their entry “The Marauder’s Bench.” SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. Eight South Suburban College (SSC) Art & Design students were presented with a municipal award from Tinley Park recently for[Read More…]
Southern Poverty Law Center: United States Crime Rates Still at Historic Lows
Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama MONTGOMERY, Ala. –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. The following statement regarding the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting program’s annual Crime in the United States report, released September 26, 2016, is from Lisa Graybill, deputy legal director at the Southern Poverty Law Center. “The FBI’s latest findings[Read More…]
Café Valley Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared (Walnuts) In Certain Mini-Muffins
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. Café Valley of Marion, Indiana is recalling 543 cases of Banana nut mini muffins labeled as Lemon poppy seed mini muffins, because they may contain undeclared walnuts. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to walnuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It — Sharda Sekaran on Huff Post: Charlotte Police Foment Unrest and Attempt to Use Marijuana to Justify Killing Keith Lamont Scott
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016 By: Sharda Sekaran Managing Director of Communications, Drug Policy Alliance Keith Lamont Scott is dead at the age of 43. A father of seven children with a wife of 20 years and a cognitive impairment from a motorcycle accident, Mr. Scott is gone from this earth[Read More…]
Architect Stiffed by Trump Speaks Out Post Debate (Video)
https://youtu.be/7r74EERDr08 NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. During last night’s presidential debate, Hillary Clinton discussed the many small business owners hung out to dry by Donald Trump, including Manhattan-based architect Andrew Tesoro who was stiffed out of over $100,000 dollars on a design project for the clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor. Despite[Read More…]
Statement From David Orr Regarding Election Day Registration Ruling
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Cook County Clerk David Orr released the following statement regarding the Election Day ruling issued today that impacts Illinois: I am extremely disappointed that a US District Judge granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting Election Day Registration in precincts. This lawsuit was a thinly-veiled partisan effort by the right-wing[Read More…]
Clinton ‘Clobbers’ Trump in Battleground States
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. Today, Americans in battleground states from Nevada to New Hampshire are waking up to reviews of last night’s debate and they’re not good for Donald Trump, believe me. Trump was grossly unprepared for this debate and showed himself to be grossly unprepared for the presidency. He[Read More…]
