VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 206. A former regional chief of public affairs for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was sentenced to 30 years in prison today in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia for charges involving the sexual exploitation of children, announced Assistant Attorney General Leslie R.[Read More…]
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U.S. Nuclear Engineer, China General Nuclear Power Company and Energy Technology International Indicted in Nuclear Power Conspiracy Against the United States
TENNESSEE–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. A two-count indictment was unsealed today in the Eastern District of Tennessee charging Szuhsiung Ho, aka Allen Ho, a citizen of the United States; China General Nuclear Power Company (CGNPC), formerly known as the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Company and Energy Technology International (ETI) for conspiracy to[Read More…]
Local Law Firms Support Student Legal Services at DePaul University
Endowment campaign raises more than $100,000 The Rev. Thomas M. Croak, C.M., founding director of Croak Student Legal Services, and current director Sarah Baum at the program’s Lincoln Park office. A recent endowment campaign has raised more than $100,000 to support the program. (DePaul University/Jeff Carrion) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. [Read More…]
Senator Kirk Statement on Reports a German Bank with Illinois Ties May Be Facilitating Anti-Israel BDS Accounts
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today issued the following statement after Israel warned German banks about the “potential legal, reputational and ethical consequences” of facilitating financial accounts used by anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) groups: “I am alarmed by reports that Commerzbank, a German bank headquartered in Frankfurt[Read More…]
Many Profitable Corporations Pay Zero Federal Income Taxes, GAO Finds
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016 – Large, profitable American corporations paid just 14 percent of their profits in federal income taxes on average from 2008 through 2012 and about one-fifth of them paid nothing at all each year, according to a new study prepared for Sen. Bernie Sanders by the Government Accountability[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Statement on the Two-Year Anniversary of Kidnapped Nigerian Schoolgirls
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Congresswoman Robin Kelly, (D) the only Member of the Illinois Congressional Delegation to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement today on the second anniversary of the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigeria. “Two years ago, the terrorist organization Boko Haram[Read More…]
Senator Warren Introduces Bill to Simplify Tax Filing
As Tax Day Nears, Extensive Report Examines Industry Capture of the Filing Process, Efforts to Block IRS Reforms Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) yesterday introduced the Tax Filing Simplification Act of 2016 to simplify and decrease the costs of the tax filing process[Read More…]
Study: History Of Marijuana Use Associated With Improved Short-Term Outcomes In Heart Attack Patients
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Heart attack patients with a history of cannabis use are less likely to die during hospitalization, according to data presented this month at the 2016 meeting of the American College of Cardiology. Investigators from the University of Colorado compared the hospital records of over 3,800 heart-attack[Read More…]
Interior Department Releases Final Well Control Regulations to Ensure Safe and Responsible Offshore Oil and Gas Development
Result of Extensive Consultation, Evaluation after Deepwater Horizon Tragedy WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Brian Salerno today announced final well control regulations to reduce the risk of an offshore oil or gas blowout that could[Read More…]
Food Workers Picket Federal Agency Cafeterias
Contractor accused of discriminatory policies, labor violations Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 14, 2016. Cafeteria workers at the Library of Congress are planning to picket their employer, I.L. Creations, today, April 14, the latest in a series of protests outside I.L. Creations’ cafeterias at federal agencies. Workers for I.L. Creations, one of the[Read More…]
