Small Business Owner: ‘Trump Says He’ll Make America Great Again While He’s Taking the Shirts Right Off Our Backs’ NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2016. A new Hillary for America television ad set to air this week features a Massachusetts shirt manufacturer who employs more than 60 people criticizing Donald Trump for outsourcing jobs[Read More…]
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CDC Awards $6.8 Million to Partners to Support Zika Response
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2016. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $6.8 million to national public health partners to assist state, tribal, local, and territorial jurisdictions with their Zika responses in a wide range of activities, including surveillance and epidemiology, vector control, communication and outreach to pregnant[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Proposes Rapid Response Fund to Fight Pandemics, Bolster America’s Public Health Infrastructure
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2016. Today, Hillary Clinton released the following statement on her plans to bolster America’s public health infrastructure to deal with the new challenges facing our communities and our families, including a new Public Health Rapid Response Fund to better respond to public health emergencies. Throughout her campaign,[Read More…]
CDC Foundation’s New Business Pulse Focuses on On-the-Job Vehicle Crashes
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2016. Business Pulse: Motor Vehicle Safety at Work, launched today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Foundation, focuses on how businesses can protect employees who drive for work in the United States and travel for business abroad. This issue also features an interactive infographic[Read More…]
In Colorado, Tim Kaine Holds Small Business Leaders Roundtable
COLORADO–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2016. On Tuesday, vice presidential nominee Senator Tim Kaine held a roundtable with local small business leaders in Lakewood, CO after touring the Primus Aerospace manufacturing company. Congressman Ed Perlmutter (D-CO 7) and Senator Michael Bennett (D-CO) also participated in the roundtable. In his remarks, Kaine laid out[Read More…]
National Labor Relations Board: Student Assistants Covered by the NLRA
3-1 Columbia Decision Overrules Brown University Washington, D.C. — The National Labor Relations Board issued a 3-1 decision in Columbia University that student assistants working at private colleges and universities are statutory employees covered by the National Labor Relations Act. The Graduate Workers of Columbia-GWC, UAW filed an election petition[Read More…]
Justice Department Sues Georgia for Unnecessarily Segregating Students with Disabilities
The Lawsuit is the First Challenge to a State-Run School System for Segregating Students with Disabilities GEORGIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2016. The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the state of Georgia alleging that its treatment and segregation of students with disabilities in the Georgia Network for[Read More…]
Justice Department Alleges California Loan Modification Service Providers Discriminated Against Hispanic Homeowners
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2016. The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit alleging that several mortgage loan modification service providers violated the federal Fair Housing Act and Equal Credit Opportunity Act by intentionally discriminating against Hispanic homeowners by targeting them for predatory mortgage loan modification services and interfering with their ability to[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama During Tour of the Flood Damage in Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2016 – 1:00 P.M. CDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, to begin with, I just want to say thank you to the outstanding officials behind me who have been on the ground, working 24/7 since this flood happened. It begins with outstanding leadership from the top — with[Read More…]
Secretary of Defense Carter: U.S. Service Member’s Death Shows More Work Lies Ahead
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 23, 2016 — An improvised explosive device killed a U.S. service member near Lashkar Gar in Afghanistan’s Helmand province today, wounding another U.S. service member and six Afghan soldiers, officials of NATO’s Resolute Support mission said. In a statement announcing the incident, officials said the service member was killed[Read More…]
