Washington D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2014. Today, Governors State University President Elaine P. Maimon joins President Obama, the First Lady, and Vice President Biden along with hundreds of college presidents and other higher education leaders to announce new actions to help more students prepare for and graduate from college. The White[Read More…]
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Rep. Gutierrez to Rules Committee on Immigration: ‘The Republican Majority is Planting Its Flag Firmly on a Myth’
As House Prepares To Attack President Obama, Rep. Gutiérrez Discusses “Myth…That The United States Should, Would Or Could Deport 11 Million” Immigrants Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2014. Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) testified before the House Rules Committee this evening as the Committee debated a bill to attack the lawful[Read More…]
EXODUS: Three Stories of Escaping Violence on Three Continents
Central American migrants cross the Suchiate river, on the border between Mexico and Guatemala, on small boats. It’s the beginning of their tough journey through Mexico. Source: Anna Surinyach/MSF BARCELONA/NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2014. No matter where they are sheltering, they need help now. The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without[Read More…]
Ebola To Be Added to List of Neglected Diseases Eligible for US Government R&D Incentive
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2014. A United States government program meant to reward pharmaceutical companies for investing in research and development (R&D) for neglected diseases, and which will soon include Ebola on its list of eligible diseases, is enriching drug companies without ensuring that patients, treatment providers, or governments have access[Read More…]
2014 Set to be Hottest Year on Record, Warns UN Weather Agency
Floods wreaked havoc in Abidjan, capital of Côte d’Ivoire, in June 2014. Photo: IRIN/Alexis Adele GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–3 December 2014 – The United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) today announced that 2014 is on track to becoming the hottest year ever recorded due to a combination of record-breaking global sea temperatures and[Read More…]
Senate Panel Probes Exorbitant Prices for Hepatitis C Drugs
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2014 – The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee held a hearing today on exorbitant prices charged by drugmakers for new treatments for hepatitis C, a liver disease that claims about 15,000 lives a year in the United States. Gilead, the leading manufacturer of the drugs, refused to testify at[Read More…]
SEIU President Mary Kay Henry Statement on Non-indictment in Choking Death of Eric Garner
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2014. SEIU International President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement in support of national demonstrations aimed at fighting to fix America’s broken criminal justice systems: “Intense grief and outrage fell upon the SEIU family today with the news of a non-indictment decision in the choking death of[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Chicago Selected As Winning City In 100 Resilient Cities Challenge
City to receive grant money for enhanced tools, funding and technical expertise to build resilience to the challenges of the 21st century CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the City of Chicago was selected by the Rockefeller Foundation as one of 35 global cities to join the 100[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Opens New PECO Pallet Depot In The Hegewisch Neighborhood
Company Will Grow to More Than 100 Employees in Chicago in Next Two Years CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined PECO Pallet President and CEO David Lee to open the company’s flagship pallet depot at 2924 East 126th St. in Chicago’s Hegewisch neighborhood. PECO’s new Chicago depot can[Read More…]
Chrysler Recalls 10,390 Vehicles, Dec. 3, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 3, 2014. SUMMARY: Chrysler Group LLC (Chrysler) is recalling certain model year 2014 Chrysler Town and Country and Dodge Grand Caravan vehicles manufactured March 20, 2014, to April 22, 2014, and 2014 Jeep Wrangler vehicles manufactured March 21, 2014, to April 22, 2014. Due to a software error,[Read More…]
