Members Urge CFPB to Implement GAO Recommendation to Strengthen Regulatory Oversight Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016. Today, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that documents the dramatic[Read More…]
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Senator Durbin Discusses New Initiatives to Address High Rates of Lead Exposure in Cities
Durbin’s bills to update regulations at EPA and HUD are part of larger push by Senate Democrats to combat lead contamination CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today highlighted new initiatives to protect children in affordable housing from lead poisoning and update the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Meets with the Daily News Editorial Board
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016. This weekend, Hillary Clinton had the opportunity to meet with the same New York Daily News editorial board that met with Senator Sanders last week. Below is the full transcript of her interview. Daily News: Welcome. I really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you about[Read More…]
FDA Approves New Drug for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in Patients with a Specific Chromosomal Abnormality
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Venclexta (venetoclax) for the treatment of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who have a chromosomal abnormality called 17p deletion and who have been treated with at least one prior therapy. Venclexta is the first FDA-approved treatment[Read More…]
U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly Announces Winners of 2016 Congressional Art Competition
MATTESON–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016. Congresswoman Robin Kelly announced the winners of the 2016 Congressional Art Competition for high school students during a reception at South Suburban College’s Lee E. Dulgar Gallery. Paul Somerville, a student at Thornwood High School, won first place for his entry titled, “A Boy in the City.”[Read More…]
Killer Robots: The Case for Human Control
Nations Convene to Discuss Fully Autonomous Weapons © 2016 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch Geneva–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016 – Countries should retain meaningful human control over weapons systems and ban fully autonomous weapons, also known as “killer robots,” Human Rights Watch and the Harvard Law School International Human Rights Clinic[Read More…]
States Poised to Be Leaders on Cost Control in Health Care
Nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago work in the emergency room at the hospital, November 2010. Source: AP/M. Spencer Green Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016. A new report from the Center for American Progress outlines how states are well-positioned to be leaders in implementing[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Saudi Arabia Travel Warning, April 11, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 11, 2016. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to carefully consider the risks of traveling to Saudi Arabia. There continue to be reports of threats against U.S. citizens and other Westerners, as well as locations frequented by them. There have been multiple attacks on mosques which were directed[Read More…]
#TimStrong: Local McDonald’s to Hold Fundraiser for Family of Park Forest Police Officer Tim Jones
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2016. An Olympia Fields McDonald’s is jumping in a community effort to provide financial assistance to the family of critically wounded Park Forest Police Officer Tim Jones. The McDonald’s, located at 2400 W. Lincoln Hwy., plans to donate 30 percent of sales on April 11 from[Read More…]
Logan Square Community Members Block Traffic At Construction Site on Milwaukee Ave.
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2016. About 20 Logan Square tenants and homeowners are currently blocking traffic on Milwaukee Avenue in front of the Twin Towers luxury development construction site, 2293 N. Milwaukee Ave. They are joined by about 100 supporters from We Are / Somos Logan Square, Lifted Voices, Centro Autonomo, Logan[Read More…]
