OSHA finds workers exposed to lead at levels up to 20 times the permissible exposure limit SUPERIOR, Wis. –(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. Federal health inspectors found Fraser Shipyards Inc. overexposed workers to lead during the retrofitting of a ship’s engine room. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health[Read More…]
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House GOP Health Care Plan Would Reverse Affordable Care Act Gains, Says New Center for American Progress Report
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 28. Source: AP/Cliff Owen Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. In July, House Republicans, led by Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), released a white paper outlining their potential replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act, or[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: A Record of Serving Our Veterans
President Obama Highlights the Unbreakable Commitment to Our Nation’s Veterans and Work Done over the Past Seven and Half Years to Fulfill that Commitment Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. Over the past seven and a half years, the President has maintained a steadfast commitment to serve our nation’s veterans. In his[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It: New York Times (Editorial Board): Donald Trump Ducks Tax Disclosure
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016 By: The New York Times Editorial Board As Donald Trump’s tweets pile one atop another, generating sensational headlines, issues of true substance are tending to get lost in the shuffle. None is more important for voters to keep in mind than the failure of Mr. Trump[Read More…]
Updated: Additional Package Codes Of Watts Brothers Farms Organic Mixed Vegetables, Organic Super Sweet Corn, and Organic Peas Recalled
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–August 1, 2016. ConAgra Foods is voluntarily recalling additional package codes of Watts Brothers Farms Organic Mixed Vegetables, Organic Super Sweet Corn (Yellow/Gold), and Organic Peas due to the potential for these products to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. These products were first recalled on May 5, 2016[Read More…]
Statement from Hillary for America Senior Policy Adviser Jake Sullivan on Trump’s Ukraine Comments
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—July 31, 2016. Hillary For America Senior Policy Adviser Jake Sullivan released the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s revealing interview with George Stephanopoulos: “Today, Donald Trump was asked about Vladimir Putin and Ukraine. Here is what he said: ‘He’s not going into Ukraine, OK, just so you[Read More…]
In Youngstown, Clinton & Kaine Complete Second Day of Jobs-Focused Bus Tour Calling Trump Unfit to Be President
Youngstown, Ohio–(ENEWSPF)–July 31, 2016. At a rally in Youngstown, Ohio on Saturday night, Hillary Clinton closed out the second day of a jobs-focused bus tour touting her “100 Days Jobs Plan,” the largest investment in American jobs since World War II they would make in their first 100 days in[Read More…]
In Johnstown, Clinton and Kaine Contrast 100 Day Jobs Plan with Trump’s Record of Outsourcing
JOHNSTOWN–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2016. On the second day of their “Stronger Together” jobs-focused bus tour through Pennsylvania and Ohio, Hillary Clinton and Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia continued introducing the American people to their 100 days jobs plan, which will make the largest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: It’s Time to Fill the Vacancy on the Supreme Court, July 30, 2016 (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 30, 2016. Remarks of Vice President Joe Biden and Retired Federal Judge Timothy Lewis as Prepared for Delivery: THE VICE PRESIDENT: Hi, folks. Joe Biden here and I’m sitting with Tim Lewis, a retired federal judge who was nominated to the bench by a Republican President and confirmed[Read More…]
NLGJA Announces 2016 Inductees to LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- NLGJA, The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, is pleased to announce that two new inductees will be enrolled in the LGBTQ Journalists Hall of Fame this fall at the association’s 24th annual convention. This year’s Hall of Fame honorees will be Ina Fried and LZ Granderson. Leroy Aarons founded NLGJA[Read More…]
