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…]
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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…]
Hillary Clinton Statement on Johnson Controls-Tyco Inversion Deal
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. Today, after Johnson Controls and Tyco announced a merger estimated to yield the combined companies $150 million in tax savings by moving abroad to Ireland to shirk its U.S. tax obligations, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement on the inversion deal and her unique, tough and[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Launches Initiative to Support Home Buyers And Strengthen Neigborhoods Across Chicago
Home Buyer Assistance Program Will Encourage Homeownership by Providing Down Payment Assistance for Working Families CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced a city initiative to support home buyers in neighborhoods across Chicago. The Home Buyer Assistance Program will help make homeownership possible for working families and individuals by[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Encourages Commuters to Take Advantage of Larger Mass Transit Tax Benefit
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. As tax season begins, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today encouraged employers and mass transit commuters to take full advantage of a tax benefit that was strengthened and permanently extended by Congress late last year. The tax-free benefit could yield $1,000 annually in federal and state tax[Read More…]
Bernie Sanders Blasts Corporate Deserters
AMES, Iowa – (ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday denounced “corporate deserters” after Johnson Controls and Tyco International announced a plan to merge the manufacturing giants in the latest example of a U.S.-based company acquiring a foreign firm to avoid paying U.S. taxes. “The potential Johnson-Tyco[Read More…]
