Ensures Continued GI Bill Benefits for Students While States Work to Comply with New Law WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015. In order to make it easier for Veterans and their families to receive their GI Bill benefits where they choose, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs has used his authority to waive[Read More…]
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U.S. DOT Announces Fiat Chrysler Public Hearing and Issues Special Order
NHTSA has concerns about 20 recalls and sets public hearing date for July 2 WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015. U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced that the Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will hold a public hearing to determine whether automaker Fiat Chrysler has failed to remedy safety[Read More…]
FTC Requests Bankruptcy Court Take Steps to Protect RadioShack Consumers’ Personal Information
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015. In a letter to the court-appointed consumer privacy ombudsman in the bankruptcy case of the electronics retailer RadioShack, Federal Trade Commission Consumer Protection Director Jessica Rich recommended conditions the court could place on the sale of consumers’ personal information to protect their privacy. According to the[Read More…]
Indiana Church Plans Marijuana Smoking Worship Service
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015. Indiana was the center of controversy when a cake company refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding. In response to that incident, Indiana passed a law that allows people to do just about whatever they want, discrimination included, so long as it’s in the name[Read More…]
Labor Leaders, Workers, and Community Leaders Stand in Support of Immigrant Workers’ Rights and Executive Actions
On the eve of what should have been a historic expansion of deferred action to millions of workers, the labor movement continues pressing for immigrant workers’protections Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015 – At an event today, labor leaders, workers and community activists sent a clear and loud message: the labor movement[Read More…]
Mount St. Helens at 35
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015. On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens gave way to a cataclysmic flank collapse, avalanche, and explosion that killed 57 people and displaced many others. The event dramatically reshaped the volcano and surrounding land in southwest Washington. Now, 35 years later, satellites in orbit and scientists on[Read More…]
NASA Names Winners of Student Launch Challenge
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015. For the third year in a row, Vanderbilt University of Nashville, Tennessee has been named the winning team in the NASA Student Launch challenge, earning the $5,000 prize. The prize purse for the challenge, which took place on April 11, was provided by corporate sponsor Orbital[Read More…]
Corporate Trade Agenda Attacks Americans’ Right to Know
President Obama Should Stand Up for Commonsense Country of Origin Labeling Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—May 18, 2015. Today, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled that mandatory country of origin labels (COOL) rules for meat and poultry that went into effect in the United States in 2013 are not compliant with global trade[Read More…]
National Dog Bite Prevention Week is May 17-23
Medical groups team up to educate families on how to prevent dog bites Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 18, 2015. The American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery and the American Academy of Pediatrics have joined forces with the U.S. Postal Service, non-profit community, insurance industry and veterinarians to educate the public that[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky: Why We Need to Defeat the Trade Bills
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–May 18, 2015 This is a critical week in Congress, with the Senate and likely the House poised to take up Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), a bill to provide “fast track” authority – not just to the current President but to whomever next sits in the White House. I[Read More…]
