Letter follows North Carolina’s passage of anti-LGBT law WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2016. Today, Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley and Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), and Patty Murray (D-WA) wrote to NBA Commissioner Adam Silver urging him to move the 2017 NBA All-Star[Read More…]
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Rep. Jan Schakowsky Statement on Equal Pay Day 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2016. Today, Representative Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on Equal Pay day, which is the point every year when a woman has finally earned the same yearly salary as their male counterpart: “It is simply unacceptable that in the year 2016, women are still paid less[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Tentative Settlement Reached For Sale and Redevelopment of Old Post Office
Proposed Buyer Agrees to City’s Terms and Deadlines to Move Redevelopment of Longtime Vacant and Decaying Property Forward CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Alderman Danny Solis, and Planning and Development Commissioner David Reifman today announced a tentative settlement with the proposed buyer of Chicago’s old Post Office that establishes[Read More…]
Senators Call on New FDA Commissioner to Address Gaps in Policies to Reduce Antibiotic Use in Animals
Senators Call on New FDA Commissioner to Address Gaps in Policies to Reduce Antibiotic Use in Animals Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2016. Today, United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) wrote to urge recently-confirmed[Read More…]
Senators Warren and Enzi Support Creation of Online Retirement Savings Transfer Process for Federal Workers
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2016. United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) wrote today to the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board to encourage the creation of an online process that would allow federal workers to transfer or roll over funds from existing retirement accounts to their federal[Read More…]
VA Announces Future Site of the VA National Archives
VA will have a home for the Department’s history in Dayton, O.H. WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2016. The Department of Veterans Affairs today announced that the Dayton VA Medical Center has been officially selected as the site for the National Department of Veterans Affairs Archives. Secretary Robert A. McDonald made the[Read More…]
#TimStrong: Fundraiser For Critically Injured Park Forest Police Officer Held At Olympia Fields McDonald’s
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The crowds kept coming and coming and coming, TimStrong. To support one still recovering, an officer facing months of rehabilitation. Officer Timothy Jones, #204, the only person who could not make the party. Officers from surrounding jurisdictions, including Olympia Fields, joined members of the Park Forest Police[Read More…]
Coleman Recalls Flashlights Due to Fire Hazard
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2016 Recall Summary Name of product: Coleman® CTAC Lithium-Ion Flashlights Hazard: The lithium-ion batteries can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers. Remedy: View Details Refund Consumer Contact: Coleman at 800-835-3278 from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, email at [email protected] or online at[Read More…]
United Nations Begins Informal Briefings to Select Next Secretary-General
A wide view of the proceedings on informal dialogues with candidates for the position of UN Secretary-General. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–12 April 2016 – Kicking off what he has called a “new and transparent process,” General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft today opened informal dialogues with candidates for the next[Read More…]
Gulf of Mexico Perinatal Dolphin Deaths Likely Result of Oil Exposure
Study finds higher rate of illness in dead fetuses and newborns after Deepwater Horizon oil spill Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 12, 2016. The increased number of stranded stillborn and juvenile dolphins found in the Gulf of Mexico from 2010 to 2013 was likely caused by chronic illnesses in mothers who were[Read More…]
