Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare is voluntarily recalling all alli® weight loss products from U.S. and Puerto Rico retailers as the company believes that some packages of the product were tampered with and may contain product that is not authentic alli®. GSK is conducting an investigation[Read More…]
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Voices of Triumph Concert on April 19 to Benefit Leukemia Research Foundation
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—March 28, 2014. The Voices of Triumph of the First Baptist Church will host a benefit concert in honor of Phillip “Poppie” Gaston on Saturday, April 19, at 4 p.m., at First Baptist Church, 80 N. Orchard in Park Forest, Illinois. Admission is free for the concert. A[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Climate Action Plan – Strategy to Cut Methane Emissions
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. With an all-of-the-above approach to develop homegrown energy and steady, responsible steps to cut carbon pollution, we can protect our kids’ health and begin to slow the effects of climate change so we leave a cleaner, more stable environment for future generations. That’s why last June,[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, March 28, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Doc Fix Prevents Cuts to Medicare Providers for a Year On Thursday, the House approved a so-called “doc fix” bill that serves as a temporary solution to an ongoing structural problem in the formula used to determine Medicare funding levels. After hours of uncertainty over whether[Read More…]
Education Official: Profits from Student Loan Program ‘Are Used To Fund Government Generally’
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. At a Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing yesterday on strengthening the federal student loan program for borrowers, United States Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned witnesses about the profits the government makes off the student loan program and the Department of Education’s lax[Read More…]
Rare Alaskan Wolf Closer to Endangered Species Act Protection
Alexander Archipelago Wolf Threatened by Logging in Tongass National Forest ANCHORAGE, Alaska–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that Alaska’s Alexander Archipelago wolves may need protection under the Endangered Species Act because of unsustainable logging in the Tongass National Forest and elsewhere in southeast Alaska. The[Read More…]
Congresswoman Kelly Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision to Bar Domestic Abusers from Possessing Firearms
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—March 28, 2014. Congresswoman Robin Kelly issued the following statement yesterday in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling in United States v. Castleman that federal law prohibits convicted domestic abusers from possessing guns: “I applaud the Supreme Court for taking a stand for domestic violence victims in[Read More…]
Consumer Confidence in March 2014 Survives Harsh Winter
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014. Consumer confidence has remained largely unchanged in the past three months despite the hard winter as well as a severe drought. Consumer finances were just as strong in March as in December 2013, and more importantly, consumers viewed their financial prospects for the year ahead much[Read More…]
New Study Confirms 4.1 Million African Americans Would Benefit from a Minimum Wage Increase
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014– A new study conducted by the AFL-CIO confirms 4,123,000 African American workers would benefit if the federal minimum wage were increased to $10.10 per hour. The study, “Closing the Gap to the American Dream,” which uses information provided by the Economic Policy Institute, found that while[Read More…]
NRDC: Obama’s Plan to Curb Methane Emissions is a Big Step in Climate Fight
Strategy also will cut other toxic pollutants tied to oil, gas development WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2014 – The White House’s Interagency Methane Strategy to curb the emissions of this powerful greenhouse gas, released today, is a big step in the right direction, the Natural Resources Defense Council said. The following is[Read More…]
