CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. The owner of a Harwood Heights home health care company paid kickbacks to marketers in exchange for referring elderly patients to the company for unnecessary treatment funded by Medicare, according to a 17-count federal indictment announced today. The indictment alleges that JACQUELINE TUANQUI paid kickbacks to[Read More…]
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Senator Durbin Meets with Local Education Leaders to Discuss Overhaul of No Child Left Behind
New law reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provides greater flexibility to states, invests in early childhood education SPRINGFIELD, IL –(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. A day after President Obama signed the bipartisan Every Student Succeeds Act, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today met with Springfield Public Schools Superintendent Jennifer Gill,[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth: Congress Should Focus On Keeping America Safe from Terrorists with Guns, Not Helping Fear-Mongers Dismantle American Ideals
Congresswoman calls for immediate vote to close loopholes enabling terrorists to purchase firearms Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) today highlighted the significant national security risks America takes by failing to close the loopholes enabling terrorists to legally purchase and possess firearms in this country and called for[Read More…]
Why the Bernie Blackout on Corporate Network News?
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. Sen. Bernie Sanders has made big gains in Iowa, leads most New Hampshire polls and fares better than Hillary Clinton in general election matchups against Donald Trump and other Republican White House hopefuls. But the insurgent campaign that has drawn the biggest crowds on the presidential[Read More…]
Don’t Forget: Donald Trump Wants To Bang His Daughter (Video)
Get More: Comedy Central,Funny Videos,Funny TV Shows No, we’re not making this up. From Trevor Noah at the Daily Show. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump has an extensive and unsettling history of hitting on his own daughter Ivanka Trump. (5:35)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Tool to Help Measure Financial Well-being
Resource Will Provide Questions Financial Educators Can Use to Assess the Financial Wellness of Consumers WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is releasing a tool to measure consumer financial well-being, based on a definition that the Bureau released in January 2015. This first-of-its-kind tool[Read More…]
Register for Spring Classes at South Suburban College
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. Open Registration for the Spring 2016 Semester at South Suburban College (SSC) is currently in progress. Spring classes begin Tuesday, January 19, 2016. SSC will be closed for Holiday Break from December 24, 2015, through January 3, 2016. Regular business hours will resume on[Read More…]
COP21: Encouraged by Climate Talks, UN Secretary General Ban Urges Negotiators to ‘Make Final Decisions for Humanity’
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, President of the UN climate change conference (COP21), brief the press in Paris. UN Photo/Mark Garten PARIS–(ENEWSPF)–11 December 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that he is encouraged by progress of the talks at the UN climate[Read More…]
Rep. Kelly Cassidy Introduces New Bill To Remove Criminal Penalties For Marijuana Possession In Illinois
Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. Rep. Kelly Cassidy announced Thursday that she is introducing new legislation for 2016 that would replace criminal penalties with a civil fine for possession of a personal amount of marijuana in Illinois. HB 4357 would make possession of up to 10 grams of marijuana a civil[Read More…]
Lack of Sex Education in US Schools Leaves Youth at Risk: CDC Releases New Data
NEW YORK, NY —(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2015. Today, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that in most U.S. states, fewer than half of high schools and just one in five middle schools teach all the essential sex education topics recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number[Read More…]
