States, Chicago, Washington D.C. and New York City Recover $4 Million in False Claims Case Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced Illinois will recover funds from a $4 million nationwide settlement with United Parcel Service (UPS), the world’s largest package delivery company, stemming from a complaint[Read More…]
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Illinois to Drop Internal Emerald Ash Borer Quarantine
2015 Survey Confirms Discovery of Emerald Ash Borer in 10 New Counties SPRINGFIELD, IL–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. The state of Illinois will no longer restrict the movement of any cut, non-coniferous firewood within the state. Illinois joins Missouri, Iowa, and Kentucky in the deregulation of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). The 2015[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Philippines Travel Warning, Oct. 21, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to the Philippines, in particular to the Sulu Archipelago, certain regions and cities of the island of Mindanao, and the southern Sulu Sea area. This Travel Warning replaces the Travel Warning dated May 20, 2015,[Read More…]
Twenty-Five Individuals Indicted for Wire Fraud
Defendants Defrauded the U.S. Army National Guard Recruiting Assistance Program Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. Twenty-five individuals have been charged in 14 separate indictments for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to defraud the United States and the National Guard Bureau of money and property, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft,[Read More…]
Historic Criminal Justice Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee
Bipartisan Bill Reduces Mandatory Minimums, Increases Early Release and Returns Some Discretion to Judges NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2015. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 15 to 5 to advance the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. The bill, introduced by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and sponsored by ten other Senators, would[Read More…]
FDA Approves New Treatment for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2015. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Onivyde (irinotecan liposome injection), in combination with fluorouracil and leucovorin, to treat patients with advanced (metastatic) pancreatic cancer who have been previously treated with gemcitabine-based chemotherapy. According to the National Cancer Institute, there will be 48,960 new[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Oct. 17, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending October 17, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 259,000, an increase of 3,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 255,000 to 256,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
Statement by Vice President Biden on His Intentions to Run for President in 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2015 – 12:18 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning, folks. Please, please, sit down. Mr. President, thank you for lending me the Rose Garden for a minute. THE PRESIDENT: It’s a pretty nice place. (Laughter.) THE VICE PRESIDENT: As my family and I[Read More…]
What a Week! Everyone’s Hopping on the ‘No More Drug War’ Train
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2015 By: Tony Newman I have been working at the Drug Policy Alliance for the last 16 years and I have never seen a week like this. It is hard to keep up with all of the big stories about the disastrous war on drugs and the[Read More…]
Chicago City Council Continuing Down Emanuel’s Dangerous Course of Regressive Taxes, Privatization, and Fees
Chicago Working Families Are Being Asked to Pay More For Less While Banks Continue to Profit Off Public Dole CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2015. This week the Chicago City Council moved forward on a massive property tax increase on residents to fix a budget that has been wrecked by Wall Street[Read More…]
