Working to Enact Grant Reform for All State Agencies CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 5, 2014. As legislators head back to Springfield, Governor Pat Quinn urged members of the Illinois Senate to pass House Bill 3820. The bill, which the Governor has been working to enact since February, would create the Grant Accountability and[Read More…]
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Vatican Officials Questioned by Second UN Committee About Sexual Violence
Torture Committee Inquiry Follows Scathing Rebuke by Committee on Rights of the Child Geneva—(ENEWSPF)—May 5, 2014. Today, the Vatican was summoned to appear before the United Nations Committee Against Torture to report on its record in preventing, punishing and redressing torture, which necessarily included its record addressing widespread sexual violence[Read More…]
GM Recall of Certain Model Year 2014 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and GMC Acadia Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 4, 2014. SUMMARY: General Motors LLC (GM) is recalling certain model year 2014 Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, and GMC Acadia vehicles manufactured March 26, 2013, through August 15, 2013. In the affected vehicles, the engine control module (ECM) software may cause the fuel gauge to read inaccurately. CONSEQUENCE: [Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at 2014 White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2014 – 10:21 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much, everybody. Have a seat, have a seat. Before I get started, can we get the new presidential setup out here? (Aides bring out two ferns.) It was worked before. (Laughter and applause.) That’s more like it.[Read More…]
Missouri Firm Recalls Curry Chicken Salad for Possible Listeria Contamination
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2014. Schnucks Kitchen, an O’Fallon, Mo., establishment, is recalling approximately 130 pounds of Curry White Meat Chicken Salad product due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The Chicken salad product, in three-pound bags, was[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: The President’s Year of Action
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2014. Hi, everybody. My number one priority as President is doing whatever I can to create more jobs and opportunity for hardworking families. And yesterday, we learned that businesses added 273,000 jobs last month. All told, our businesses have now created 9.2 million new jobs over 50[Read More…]
Readout of President Obama’s Meeting with AAPI Business and Faith Leaders on Commonsense Immigration Reform
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2014. On Friday afternoon, President Obama met with Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) business and faith leaders in the Roosevelt Room to discuss the importance of taking action to pass commonsense immigration reform. The meeting coincides with the start of AAPI Heritage Month, an opportunity to[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Visits Students Receiving Free Vision Exams at Sumner Elementary School
City of Chicago’s 2013 and 2014 Budgets Provided $3 Million in Funding for School-Based Eye Examinations to Help Students Focus and Excel in the Classroom Mayor Emanuel visits with students receiving free vision exams at Sumner Elementary school – Photo Credit: Brooke Collins // City of Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2014. [Read More…]
CDC Announces First Case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Infection (MERS) in the U.S.
MERS case in traveler from Saudi Arabia hospitalized in Indiana Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 2, 2014. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was confirmed today in a traveler to the United States. This virus is relatively new to humans and was first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. “We’ve anticipated MERS reaching[Read More…]
UUCC’s Healthy Living Group to Discuss Meditation on May 8
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 2, 2014. The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, will host its monthly Healthy Living Group on Thursday, May 8. This month, speakers Lynn Lidbury, LCPC and Beverly Feldt will discuss meditation. The event will begin at noon with an optional bring your[Read More…]
