US Labor Dept. updates Family and Medical Leave Act’s definition of spouse WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—February 23, 2015. Workers in legal, same-sex marriages, regardless of where they live, will now have the same rights as those in opposite-sex marriages to federal job-protected leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act to care[Read More…]
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Remarks by Defense Secretary Carter at a Troop Event at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 23, 2015
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter delivers remarks at a troop event on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 23, 2015. DoD photo by Glenn Fawcett KUWAIT—(ENEWSPF)—February 23, 2015. Presenters: Secretary of Defense Ash Carter; Lieutenant General James L. Terry, commander, Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve LT. GEN. TERRY: All right. Well,[Read More…]
Appeal Decision Blocks Shell Oil Train Project
Victory: County must first analyze environmental and public health risks of dangerous oil rail project Skagit River in Burlington, WA. Photo courtesy of Brent M. / Flickr Mount Vernon, WA —(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2015. The Skagit County Hearing Examiner today halted Shell Oil Refinery’s planned crude-by-rail expansion until it undertakes a[Read More…]
Appeals Court Will Hear Case on Cover-up of Diablo Canyon Quake Risks
Friends of the Earth petition says NRC illegally let PG&E alter nuclear plant’s license WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—February 23, 2015. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear, over the objection of Pacific Gas and Electric and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a case brought by Friends[Read More…]
Feds Will Expand Habitat Protections for Endangered Killer Whales on West Coast
Declining Salmon Populations, Pollution, Ocean Noise Threaten Iconic Species Off Coasts of Washington, Oregon, California Photo courtesy NOAA. SEATTLE—(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2015. The National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that it intends to expand critical habitat protections along the West Coast for endangered “Southern Resident” killer whales. The finding, which says[Read More…]
Federal Court Approves Settlement Requiring Warren, Mich. Give Atheists Equal Access to City Hall
DETROIT—(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2015. In a victory for religious freedom, a federal judge today approved a settlement requiring the City of Warren to allow an atheist to set up a “reason station” inside city hall after the ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Jen Psaki, Feb. 23, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2015. Index for Today’s Briefing EGYPT LIBYA SECRETARY’S TRAVEL DEPARTMENT/LGBT EGYPT IRAN MIDDLE EAST PEACE IRAQ VENEZUELA SYRIA COUNTERTERRORISM/IRAQ/FRANCE/DEPARTMENT SYRIA SOMALIA UKRAINE/RUSSIA LIBYA TURKEY MALDIVES AFGHANISTAN AZERBAIJAN BAHRAIN YEMEN INDIA DEPARTMENT YEMEN JAPAN TRANSCRIPT: 1:01 p.m. EST MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Monday. QUESTION: Thank you. MS.[Read More…]
Two Florida Couples Agree to Pay $1.13 Million to Resolve Allegations that They Accepted Kickbacks in Exchange for Home Health Care Referrals
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 23, 2015. Two South Florida medical doctors and their wives have agreed to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act when their wives accepted sham marketer salaries in exchange for their husbands’ referrals to a home health care company called A Plus Home Health Care Inc.,[Read More…]
Attorney General Holder Delivers Remarks at the Global Law Summit to Commemorate the 800-Year Anniversary of Magna Carta
LONDON–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2015. Thank you for that kind introduction. It’s a pleasure to be back in London this morning, where history has brought our predecessors so many times before. And it’s a great privilege to join you all in opening this important forum – as we gather to reaffirm the[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama to the National Governors Association, Feb. 23, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 23, 2015 – 11:27 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. (Applause.) Thank you. Thank you so much. Everybody, have a seat. Welcome to the White House once again. The only thing more glamorous than a black-tie dinner with Hall and Oates is a Q&A with Obama and[Read More…]
