Womelsdorf, PA –(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Dieffenbach’s Potato Chips, Inc. is issuing a voluntary recall for our Sour Cream & Onion Kettle Chips. This decision was made after being informed by a seasoning supplier, that an ingredient in the seasoning may contain traces of Salmonella. Although tests have shown no existence[Read More…]
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The Women’s March on Chicago Announces Post-Inauguration March and Rally On January 21, 2017
CHICAGO, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. The First Amendment is alive and well in Chicago, as thousands of women and their allies will brave the cold to rally downtown on January 21 in solidarity with others around the world who defend and further women’s rights. The Women’s March on Chicago honors women’s marches planned[Read More…]
Donald Trump: ‘The United States Must Greatly Strengthen and Expand’ Its Nuclear Arsenal
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016 By Hunter Well, we’re all gonna die. The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2016 What does this actually mean? We don’t know.[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It — Huffington Post: 2016: Historic Victories And Devastating Setbacks In Fight Against Failed Drug War
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016 By: Tony Newman, Director of Media Relations, Drug Policy Alliance For the last seven years I have written an end-of-year piece about the top stories of the year in the fight to end our disastrous war on drugs. 2016 has been a strange, difficult year. We’ve[Read More…]
Thousands Mobilized Across Illinois for Women’s March on Washington, Jan. 21, 2017
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Part of a nationwide groundswell that originated the day after the presidential elections, women and men from across the state of Illinois are preparing to join the national Women’s March on Washington Sat., Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington, D.C. the day after the inauguration of the next president of the[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Second Action Against Military Credit Services for Improper Contract Disclosures
Bureau Orders Lender to Pay $200,000 Civil Penalty Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) this week sued Military Credit Services, LLC for making loans with improper disclosures. This is the CFPB’s second enforcement action against MCS. In 2014, the CFPB, along with the states of[Read More…]
Pro-Bono Bond Fund Frees 50 from Cook County Jail
Project aims to free those too poor to afford bond from dangerous jail conditions as it works to end monetary bond in Illinois. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Pre-trial detainees languish by the thousands in grim conditions in Cook County Jail, while their livelihoods and education are undermined and their families suffer—all[Read More…]
Knights of Columbus Community Blood Drive on Friday, January 6
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Did you know that every two seconds someone needs blood and that blood supplies are frequently low this time of the year? To help meet this need, the Knights of Columbus, in partnership with LifeSource, will hold a community blood drive on Friday, January 6[Read More…]
President Obama Commutes the Sentences of 231 More People; Most Individual Clemencies Ever Granted in Same Day By a President
Thousands More Await Action Before Obama’s Term Ends Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. Last week, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 153 people incarcerated in federal prison, and handed out 78 pardons. This round of commutations brings the number of prisoners whose sentences have been commuted under President Obama to 1,176. The[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Pawn Companies for Deceiving Consumers About Loan Costs
Bureau Alleges Four Virginia Pawnbrokers Disclosed Misleading Annual Percentage Rates Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 22, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against four Virginia pawnbrokers for deceiving consumers about the actual annual costs of their loans. In lawsuits filed in federal court, the CFPB alleged that the four[Read More…]
