Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA) today called on Illinois lawmakers to eliminate the statute of limitations for felony criminal sexual assault and sexual abuse crimes against children. Madigan and ICASA’s Executive Director Polly Poskin have long supported the[Read More…]
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Statement by the United States Attorney’s Office Following the Sentencing of Former U.S. Speaker of the House John Dennis Hastert
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2016. U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin for the Northern District of Illinois today sentenced John Dennis Hastert, 74, of Plano, Illinois, to 15 months in federal prison. Hastert pleaded guilty last year to one count of illegally structuring cash withdrawals in order to evade financial reporting requirements.[Read More…]
Wyeth and Pfizer Agree to Pay $784.6 Million to Resolve Lawsuit Alleging That Wyeth Underpaid Drug Rebates to Medicaid
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2016. The Department of Justice announced today that pharmaceutical companies Wyeth and Pfizer Inc. have agreed to pay $784.6 million to resolve allegations that Wyeth knowingly reported to the government false and fraudulent prices on two of its proton pump inhibitor (PPI) drugs, Protonix Oral and Protonix[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, April 27, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2016 – 1:08 P.M. EDT Q You didn’t wait and finish watching Trump — MR. EARNEST: No. I didn’t start, either. (Laughter.) I’ll catch the highlights later on tonight. Q He said “Tan-zania.” MR. EARNEST: Yeah, apparently the phonetics are not included on the teleprompter.[Read More…]
Local Labor and Community Activists Celebrate International Workers’ Day with March In South Hills to Promote Human Rights & Dignity for Pittsburgh’s Immigrant Community
Pittsburgh –(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2016. Local labor and community organizations, including the Pittsburgh Labor Council for Latin American Advancement (LCLAA), Casa San José, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), United Steelworkers Local 3657, the Human Rights City Alliance, the ANSWER Coalition, the Thomas Merton Center, the Coalition OF Labor Union[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Unveils Student Loan ‘Payback Playbook’ to Provide Borrowers with Personalized Snapshot of Repayment Options
Prototype Disclosures Outline Path to Affordable Payments for Borrowers Trying to Avoid Debt Distress WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2016. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) unveiled the student loan Payback Playbook, a set of prototype disclosures that outline a path to affordable payments for borrowers trying to avoid[Read More…]
NOW: ‘Deal Me In’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2016. Statement of NOW President Terry O’Neill: Donald Trump is doubling down on his gender-based attacks on Hillary Clinton, charging that Secretary Clinton doesn’t have the “strength” or “stamina” to be President. And after winning last night’s primaries, Trump said, “If Hillary Clinton were a man, I[Read More…]
Financial Experts and Social Service Providers Challenge State, Municipal, and Chicago Public Schools Payments to Wall Street Banks
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)–April 27, 2016. On Wednesday, a set of financial experts and social service providers gave testimony before the Illinois House Revenue and Finance Committee detailing how Wall Street banks have soaked all levels of government in Illinois for hundreds of millions of dollars through interest rate swaps and[Read More…]
Providing Storage to Ease the Way for Youth Experiencing Homelessness
CHICAGO, IL –(ENEWSPF)–April 27. 2016. Imagine trying to get to work or school or a doctor’s appointment while carrying everything that matters to you. Now add some of Chicago’s extreme weather elements and one has a sense of what young people experiencing homelessness navigate. Left with unreliable or infrequent[Read More…]
Cosmic Beacons Reveal the Milky Way’s Ancient Core
Potsdam, Germany-(ENEWSPF)- An international team of astronomers led by Dr. Andrea Kunder of the Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP) in Germany and Dr. R. Michael Rich of UCLA has discovered that the central 2000 light years within the Milky Way Galaxy hosts an ancient population of stars. These stars[Read More…]
