Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2016. Using new information not previously available, NOAA Fisheries is expanding critical habitat for endangered North Atlantic right whales to cover its northeast feeding areas in the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank region and southeast calving grounds from North Carolina to Florida. This final rule, which was initially[Read More…]
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House Members Denounce Bill That Would Allow Fracking in Florida, Keep Toxic Fracking Chemicals a ‘Trade Secret’ and Prohibit Localities from Banning Fracking
A Pennsylvanian with poisoned drinking water from fracking warns that Florida is next if the bill passes, and issues a challenge to Representatives who vote for the bill to drink fracked water. Tallahassee, FL –(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. Today Florida State Representatives Evan Jenne, Amanda Murphy, Dwight Dudley, Irv Slosberg, Mark[Read More…]
Federal Jury Convicts Tinley Park Physician in Medicare Fraud Scheme
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2016. A physician at Chicago-based Mobile Doctors was convicted on federal fraud charges yesterday for falsely certifying patients as confined to their homes as part of a scheme to defraud Medicare. After a four-day trial in federal court in Chicago, the jury convicted DR. BANIO KOROMA[Read More…]
Dec. 2015 Jobless Rates Down in 25 States, Up in 14; Payroll Jobs Up in 36 states, Down in 14
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 26, 2016. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in December. Twenty-five states had unemployment rate decreases from November, 14 states had increases, and 11 states and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-two states and the District[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on President Obama’s Reforms to Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2016. The U.S. Department of Justice today released its first-ever guidance on solitary confinement, Report and Recommendations Concerning the Use of Restrictive Housing, and President Obama announced in a Washington Post op-ed that he has adopted the report’s recommendations to overhaul the use of solitary in[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Building a 21st Century Retirement System
“And for Americans short of retirement, basic benefits should be just as mobile as everything else is today. Even if he’s going from job to job, he should still be able to save for retirement and take his savings with him.” President Obama, State of the Union 2016 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Investigate Shootings on Westwood Dr., Creates Unit To Address Gun Violence
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- In response to a concern raised by a reader, eNews Park Forest made inquiry regarding reported incidents of shots fired in mid-January on Westwood Drive. The response from Deputy Chief Chris Mannino follows: The Park Forest Police Department is investigating two shootings on the 100 block of[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Department of Justice Review of Solitary Confinement
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2016 In July 2015, the President announced that he had asked the Attorney General to review “the overuse of solitary confinement across American prisons.” Since that time, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has undertaken a thorough review to determine how, when, and why correctional facilities isolate certain[Read More…]
Chicago Alderman Joe Moore Accepting Donations of water for Flint, Michigan, Today, Tues., Jan. 26
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2016 By: Alderman Joe Moore I apologize for the last-minute notice, but a friend just notified me he is driving a truck to Flint, Michigan, tomorrow morning and offered to transport water to the residents of that city, who have been affected by the city’s contaminated water supply. I[Read More…]
Bureau of Land Management Methane Rule will Benefit Public Health Through Common-sense Safeguards
NEW MEXICO–(ENEWSPF)–January 26, 2016 By: Robert M. Bernstein, MD, FACE, President, Physicians for Social Responsibility, New Mexico Chapter Physicians for Social Responsibility applauds the Bureau of Land Management for undertaking the proposed methane waste rule released last week. Offering more than just financial and environmental gains, the rule has the[Read More…]
