CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016. David Axelrod will discuss his experiences navigating the U.S. political system, including his time as a strategist with President Barack Obama at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4 in Roosevelt University’s 10th floor Murray Green Library, 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. A former Chicago Tribune journalist, campaign[Read More…]
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DePaul University Appoints 3 to Board of Trustees
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Sierra Club Launches New National Campaign for 100% Clean Energy
#ReadyFor100 challenges 100 U.S. cities to commit to 100% clean energy San Francisco, CA –(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016. On the heels of the historic Paris Climate Agreement, the nation’s largest grassroots environmental group is throwing its weight behind clean energy with its new #ReadyFor100 campaign. With 2.4 million members and supporters,[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Senate Republicans Launch Renewed Attack on Clean Water
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016. Senate Republicans failed to advance a motion to overrule President Obama’s veto of a bill designed to halt the finalized Clean Water Rule. In response, Dalal Aboulhosn, Senior Washington Representative for the Sierra Club, released the following statement: “Senate Republicans have launched yet another failed[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Analysis Finds that Health Insurance Mergers Will Raise Premiums, Harm Medicare Beneficiaries
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Secretary of Defense Carter Expresses Condolences for 12 Missing Marines
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016 — Defense Secretary Ash Carter provided the department’s condolences to the loved ones and families of 12 Marines who’ve gone missing since two Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters, each with six crew members aboard, are presumed to have crashed off Hawaii’s Oahu Island Jan. 14. The[Read More…]
Doctors Rally behind Tamesha Means Appeal, Woman Denied Emergency Medical Care Because Of Hospital’s Religious Directives
ACLU Also Files Brief in Second Case Against a Large Catholic Health Care System For Denying Emergency Care to Pregnant Women DETROIT —(ENEWSPF)—January 21, 2016. Medical professionals filed a friend of the court brief in support of Tamesha Means, a pregnant woman who was denied emergency medical treatment for a[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Sues Owner of Franklin County Home Repair Business
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—January 20, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced a lawsuit against the owner of a Franklin County home repair business for cheating southern Illinois residents out of more than $127,000 for work that was either substandard or never performed. Attorney General Madigan filed the lawsuit in the Circuit Court[Read More…]
President Obama Hosts Over 250 Mayors to Strengthen Partnerships and Grow the Economy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016. President Obama today will host over 250 bipartisan Mayors at the White House during their annual U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C. During their visit to the White House this evening, the President will thank the Mayors for their steadfast partnerships over[Read More…]
First-of-its-Kind PSA Campaign Targets the 86 Million American Adults with Prediabetes
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