Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. With pollinator week a little over a month away, Beyond Pesticides is thrilled to announce that it’s amplifying its own footprint in the BEE Protective campaign by installing an urban honey bee hive at its national headquarters in southeast Washington, D.C.! Beyond Pesticides and our BEE[Read More…]
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Alabama to Pay $580,000 in Legal Bills Because of Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Laws
Settlement Signed in Suit over Law That Threatened to Leave Immigrants Homeless MONTGOMERY, Ala.–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. Alabama has agreed to pay $230,000 in legal bills incurred by civil rights groups that sued the state over a provision of its anti-immigrant law that threatened to push people out of their homes.[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Honors Illinois Firefighters During Annual State Capitol Ceremony
Governor Honors Two Fallen Firefighters and 44 Others for Life-Saving Acts of Bravery SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by State Fire Marshal Larry Matkaitis and firefighters from across the state to honor Illinois’ fallen firefighters and those who performed life-saving acts of bravery this year. The[Read More…]
Government Settles False Claims Act Allegations Against Florida-Based Baptist Health System for $2.5 Million
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2014. Baptist Health System Inc. (Baptist Health), the parent company for a network of affiliated hospitals and medical providers in the Jacksonville, Florida, area, has agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle allegations that its subsidiaries violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims to federal health[Read More…]
Owners of Los Angeles Ambulance Company Sentenced for Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2014. The owners of Alpha Ambulance Inc. (Alpha), a now-defunct Los Angeles-area ambulance transportation company, have been sentenced in connection with a Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. of the Central District[Read More…]
Uruguay Releases Regulations for World’s First National Legal Marijuana Market
Government Also Announces Marijuana Will Be Sold at $1/Gram to Undercut Illicit Market NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2014. On Friday, Uruguay released its long-anticipated regulations accompanying the law that was signed into effect last December, which made Uruguay the first country in the world to legally regulate the production, sale and[Read More…]
National Veterans Art Museum to Observe Memorial Day 2014 with New Exhibition
Surrealism and War, an Exhibition of Veterans’ Artwork that Explores the Relationship Between Surrealism and the Experience of War, Opens Memorial Day 2014 Chicago, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–May 6, 2014 – On Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2014, the National Veterans Art Museum (NVAM) will honor Memorial Day with the opening reception of[Read More…]
Protests At FCC For Net Neutrality Begin Wednesday, May 7 at Noon
Protests Will Be Ongoing Until FCC Commission Meeting on May 15, 2014 Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2014. On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at noon the first in a series of actions will take place at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at 445 12th Street, SW to protest a proposal to end net neutrality and create a tiered[Read More…]
Community Challenges University of Chicago’s Bid for Obama Library
Residents say ‘no trauma center, no library’ Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 6, 2014. Community residents will host a Town Hall Meeting about the University of Chicago’s bid for the Obama Library on Thursday, May 8th at 6pm at the University Church, 5655 S. University Ave. Community organizations from the neighborhoods surrounding the[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: What Climate Change Means for Regions across America and Major Sectors of the Economy, May 5, 2014
“…Science, accumulated and reviewed over decades, tells us that our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind…those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don’t have time to deny it—they’re busy dealing with it.” — President Barack Obama, Remarks at Georgetown[Read More…]
