How many times have we heard names like Peterson’s, only to forget them after they’ve gone away? We may have heard the last of Drew Peterson for a while, at least until he is sentenced. From the Southtown Star: Drew Peterson won’t get a new trial, a Will County judge[Read More…]
Opinion
Prescriptions to Stem Surging Health Care Costs
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. In this week’s TIME magazine cover story, contributor Steven Brill sheds light on the exorbitant health care costs plaguing our nation and reveals the shocking degree to which we allow hospitals, laboratories, and medical suppliers to profit at the expense of their patients. National health spending[Read More…]
Toner at the Star: Judge tosses suit filed by SD 227 counselor who wrote sex book
With all the lawsuits clogging the wheels of justice, this one getting tossed caught me by surprise. From the Southtown Star: A federal judge has tossed out the $1 million lawsuit a former Rich Central High School counselor and basketball coach filed against Rich Township High School District 227 after[Read More…]
The Ethics of Access: U-M Doctors Compare Two Federal Health Care Reform Efforts
Learning from problems with Reagan-era emergency access law could help improve Obama-era Affordable Care Act, trio of U-M doctors says ANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. Two major health reform laws, enacted 25 years apart, both try to meet an ethical standard to provide broad access to basic health care. Neither[Read More…]
Southtown Star: Rescuers sue in 2011 gas blast in Park Forest
We knew the lawsuits would come from this one, we did not anticipate this one. Did not realize the rescuers were injured as they were, nor that the contractors ran away. From the Southtown Star: Two men hurt when they rescued a Park Forest woman from her burning townhouse after[Read More…]
Survey: Latinos Reject Rubio Approach to Climate Change, Clean Energy
Poll Shows Latinos Overwhelmingly Support Obama Call For Action on Industrial Carbon Pollution WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013 – About three out of four Latinos believe that climate change is a serious problem and a substantial majority support President Obama using his authority to reduce its main cause: dangerous carbon pollution, according[Read More…]
Earthjustice: Obama Administration Delay Leaves Waters of the United States in Peril
White House Sits On Clean Water Act Guidance To Restore Protections to Waters of the United States Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. In April 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a policy to help restore Clean Water Act protections to waters across the country and to return common-sense safeguards to[Read More…]
Real Average Hourly Earnings Rise 0.2 Percent in January 2013
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 21, 2013. All employees Real average hourly earnings for all employees rose 0.2 percent from December to January, seasonally adjusted, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The increase in real average hourly earnings was due to a 0.2 percent increase in average hourly earnings combined[Read More…]
Collateral Damage: How the Defense of Marriage Act Harms the Troops and Undermines the U.S. Military
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 21, 2013. Following Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s recent announcement that the Department of Defense would extend some benefits to same-sex couples, advocates quickly turned to another stumbling block—the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, awaiting a Supreme Court ruling on its constitutionality this summer. Today the Center for[Read More…]
Sun-Times Video: Jesse Jackson Jr.’s Lawyer Speaks
From the Chicago Sun-Times: WASHINGTON – Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi, lived the high life by funnelling campaign funds to pay for more than 3,000 personal purchases, including flat-screen televisions, pricey memorabilia, appliances for their Chicago home, stuffed toys, mounted elk heads, health club dues[Read More…]
