WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement regarding President Obama’s plan to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay: I have long supported our military and national security leaders in their calls to close Guantanamo. For almost a decade, the American people and my Senate[Read More…]
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Senator Durbin: The Senate Needs to Do Its Job & Give President Obama’s Supreme Court Nominee a Fair Hearing and a Timely Vote (Video)
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) spoke on the Senate Floor today to tell his Republican colleagues that “the Senate can’t afford to sit on its hands for one year and leave the Supreme Court hanging in the balance.” Durbin called attention to the practical and[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Plan to Close the Prison at Guantanamo Bay, Feb. 23, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2016- 10:30 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. In our fight against terrorists like al Qaeda and ISIL, we are using every element of our national power — our military; intelligence; diplomacy; homeland security; law enforcement, federal, state and local; as well as the example of[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Orders Citibank to Provide Relief to Consumers for Illegal Debt Sales and Collection Practices
Citibank Sold Credit Card Debt with Inflated Interest Rates; Debt Collectors for Citibank Altered Affidavits Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today took two separate actions against Citibank for illegal debt sales and debt collection practices. In the first action, the CFPB ordered Citibank to provide[Read More…]
Historic Pullman Garden Club to Host Discussion on Making Pullman a Sustainable Community on Feb. 28
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 23, 2016. The Pullman District has for a number of years been deemed an historic landmark community. As of March of 2015, Pullman also had been designated by President Barack Obama as a National Monument; a testament to its national historical significance. Historic Pullman Garden Club members, as well[Read More…]
Study: Long-Term Cannabis Use Associated With Improved Pain Relief, Reduced Opioid Use
ISRAEL–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2016. The long-term, daily use of cannabis is associated with improved analgesia and reduced opioid use in patients with treatment-resistant chronic pain conditions, according to clinical trial data reported online ahead of print in The Clinical Journal of Pain. Investigators with Hebrew University in Israel evaluated the use[Read More…]
Corn Industry Injects More Fear into GMO Labeling Debate with False Claims of Higher Food Prices
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2016. Center for Food Safety today criticized a study being promoted by the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) regarding the cost of labeling genetically engineered (GE) foods. CRA’s study follows in a line of discredited industry funded studies that claim GE food labeling will raise food prices. Yet[Read More…]
Freeport Resident Sentenced to 33 Months in Federal Prison for Tax Fraud
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–February 22, 2016. A Freeport resident was sentenced today in federal court on a federal tax fraud charge. The defendant, DOMINIQUE CASTLE, 29, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala to 33 months in federal prison, and ordered to serve 3 years of supervised release following her[Read More…]
Prairie State College’s 28th Annual Jazz Fest
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2016 The 28th Annual Prairie State College Jazz Fest recently was held in the Barnes & Noble College Auditorium on campus. Featured performers included (from left) PSC Professor Valerie Nicholson on piano, Junius Paul on bass, Ernie Adams on drums, Orbert Davis on trumpet, and Ed Petersen[Read More…]
Vaginal Ring Provides Partial Protection from HIV in Large Multinational Trial
NIH-funded study finds protective effect strongest in women over age 25. Woman holding the dapivirine vaginal ring tested in the NIH-funded ASPIRE study. International Partnership for Microbicides Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2016. A ring that continuously releases an experimental antiretroviral drug in the vagina safely provided a modest level of protection[Read More…]
