Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. Rep. Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement on the Senate’s bipartisan passage of the Unemployment Insurance extension bill. “I am proud to join in urging Speaker Boehner to bring up the bipartisan, Senate-passed Unemployment Insurance extension bill for a vote this week. We need a[Read More…]
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On Equal Pay Day, Rep. Schakowsky Calls for Passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. As we mark Equal Pay Day, Rep. Jan Schakowsky said we must take action to close the wage gap that still exists between women and men. Why is Equal Pay Day marked every April? Because a woman has to work a year, plus three months into[Read More…]
Department of Interior Signs Cooperative Agreement with Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate as Next Step in Land Buy-Back Program
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of Lake Traverse Reservation in North & South Dakota Join Latest Step in Nation-to-Nation Cooperation to Strengthen Tribal Sovereignty WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2014. As part of President Obama’s commitment to help strengthen Native American communities, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the latest step in[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Urges Fairer Wages for Women On Equal Pay Day in Illinois
Wage Gap Still Exists Between Women and Men in the Workplace CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn today joined local elected officials to recognize Equal Pay Day and raise awareness of the disparity that remains between workplace earnings among women and men. This date, proclaimed by the Governor and designated[Read More…]
IDNR Announces New Management for Eagle Creek Golf Course
Course will be open to public on Friday, April 11th FINDLAY, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2014. Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Director Marc Miller today approved a contract with Green Golf Partners to maintain and operate the Eagle Creek Golf Course, located on the shore of Lake Shelbyville in Findlay, Illinois. [Read More…]
Secretary of State Kerry’s Opening Statement Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Situation in Ukraine, April 8, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2014. Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, very much, Ranking Member Corker, members of the committee. I’m very happy to be back here and appreciate enormously the committee’s indulgence to have shifted this hearing because it came at a critical moment just before I was asked by the[Read More…]
Detroit Home Health Agency Office Manager Sentenced for Her Role in $5.8 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. The office manager of a Detroit-area home health agency was sentenced today to serve 46 months in prison for her role in a $5.8 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General David A. O’Neil of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade[Read More…]
Justice Department Files Lawsuit to Stop Pennsylvania Man from Preparing Federal Tax Returns
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. The United States filed a civil lawsuit today in Pittsburgh federal court to permanently bar Larry E. Snow, of Seward, Pa., from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. In February 2012, Snow pleaded guilty to[Read More…]
Chief of Bull Shoals, Ark., Police Department Arrested for Use of Excessive Force
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arkansas and the FBI announced today that Daniel Sutterfield, 35, Chief of the Bull Shoals Police Department, was arrested yesterday on charges related to his use of excessive force in the[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Equal Pay for Equal Work, April 8, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2014 – 11:58 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. (Applause.) All right. Well, thanks to my friend, Lilly Ledbetter, not only for that introduction but for fighting for a simple principle: Equal pay for equal work. It’s not that complicated. And, Lilly, I assure you, you[Read More…]
