WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2011. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that the Sustain Our Great Lakes (SOGL) program has awarded a total of $706,350 in grants to three organizations in Illinois. The Sustain Our Great Lakes program works to protect, maintain, and restore the integrity of the Great[Read More…]
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Durbin Calls for Human Rights Awareness in the Congo at the Holocaust Memorial Museum
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2011. In a speech at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called attention to the human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and what the US can do to reduce the violence and hold perpetrators accountable. The speech was[Read More…]
Explosion Wounds Five UN Blue Helmets in Lebanon
LEBANON–(ENEWSPF)–26 July 2011. UNIFIL armoured vehicles pass through a Lebanese Armed Forces checkpoint near Ghanduriya An explosion earlier today has wounded five soldiers serving with the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, according to a UN spokesperson. The spokesperson, Martin Nesirky, said the blast hit a convoy of[Read More…]
UN Envoy Warns of Profound Deadlock in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 July 2011. The political process to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is in “profound and persistent” deadlock, a senior United Nations envoy warned today, calling on the parties to work towards a two-State solution and on the international community to help them find a credible way forward. Robert Serry,[Read More…]
USW: The Most Important Deficit is a Jobs Deficit
Pittsburgh, PA—(ENEWSPF)—July 26, 2011. Leslie Marshall, host of the The Leslie Marshall Show, talks with United Steelworkers (USW) President Leo W. Gerard about Republican representation, deficits and tax cuts. They opened the discussion talking about government representation. Gerard said, “We have a Republican Party that believes it’s there to govern[Read More…]
FTC Testifies on Consumer Protection and the Rent-to-Own Industry
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2011. The Federal Trade Commission testified today on consumer protection issues relating to the rent-to-own industry. The testimony described the agency’s role in enforcing laws relating to financial issues, provided background on the rent-to-own industry, and described key findings of a 2000 report published by the FTC’s[Read More…]
More Critical Aviation Projects Come to Halt Due to Congressional Inaction
Nearly 4,000 FAA Employees in 35 states, and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, Have Been Furloughed and Forced To Go Without Pay WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2011. The Federal Aviation Administration issued additional “stop work orders” over the last twenty-four hours to construction and technology contractors for critical modernization projects[Read More…]
NHTSA Steps Up Efforts to Prevent Child Deaths in Hot Cars
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2011. With record high temperatures nationwide and reports of 21 hyperthermia-related child deaths already this summer, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) convened a first of its kind roundtable with key stakeholders today to help step up efforts to prevent these needless deaths. Children left alone in[Read More…]
Frog Leg Trade Decimates Species and Causes Ecological Chaos
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2011. International wildlife conservation groups Pro Wildlife, Defenders of Wildlife, and the Animal Welfare Institute, issued a report today titled Canapés to Extinction: The international trade in frogs’ legs and its ecological impact. The report is the first comprehensive study of the frog leg market ever conducted and[Read More…]
Papayas Linked to Multistate Salmonella Outbreak
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.–(ENEWSPF)–July 26, 2011. The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting 17 cases of Salmonella Agona in Illinois, which are linked to a multistate outbreak believed to be associated with papayas from Mexico. Of the 17 cases in Illinois, eight hospitalizations have been reported. Cases have been reported in[Read More…]
