Consent judgment follows federal investigation of labor violations affecting servers WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2016. The U.S. Department of Labor announced today a consent judgment requiring the owners of two Johnny Rockets restaurants in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area to pay $571,460 in back wages and liquidated damages to 55 servers[Read More…]
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Misaligned School and Work Schedules Are Costing Working Parents and the U.S. Economy, New Center for American Progress Analysis Finds
Parents drop their children off at Chicago’s Benjamin E. Mays Academy, September 2012. Source: AP/M. Spencer Green Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2016. Misaligned school and work schedules mean that the average school is closed for 29 days during the school year, and the need for parents to scramble constantly for child[Read More…]
International Day of the Girl Op-Ed by First Lady Michelle Obama
First lady Michelle Obama speaks during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Oct. 4, 2016, in Charlotte, N.C. Source: ABC News Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2016. As part of International Day of the Girl, the following op-ed by First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on CNN.com. First Lady Michelle[Read More…]
On International Day of the Girl First Lady Michelle Obama Announces New Commitments to Let Girls Learn
Since March 2015, Let Girls Learn has invested more than a billion dollars in new and ongoing girls’ education programming in more than 50 countries and today announces more than five million dollars in new private commitments to girls’ education Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet visiting the School Without Walls[Read More…]
In Front of Campaign’s Largest Crowd to Date, Hillary Clinton Contrasts Her and Trump’s Vision for the Economy (Video & Transcript)
OHIO–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2016. At a voter registration event in Columbus on Monday, in front of a crowd of 18,500, Clinton laid out her plans to create good-paying jobs through investments in infrastructure and manufacturing, make education more affordable from early childhood through college, and rewrite the rules of our economy[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for October 10, 2016
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police blotter reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other local media. An arrest does not mean[Read More…]
NOW: Second Debate Shows, Once Again, Why Hillary Clinton is Trustworthy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2016. Statement by NOW President Terry O’Neill: Last night’s debate showed a side of Donald Trump we’ve seen all too many times—angry, misogynist, arrogant, and at times even menacing. Trump is demonstrably unfit to hold the highest office in the land. Trump’s threat to put his political[Read More…]
In Detroit, Clinton Calls Trump Unacceptable for Working Families
Hillary Clinton led a rally in Detroit, Michigan today at Wayne State University DETROIT–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2016. At a voter registration event in Detroit, Hillary Clinton called Donald Trump the wrong choice for working families and their jobs, citing a report on his use of Chinese steel and aluminum for his[Read More…]
Haymarket Time Capsule Mystery: Researchers, Archaeologists and Historians to Speak on October 27 (Video)
Forest Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 10, 2016. On October 3, 2016, archaeologists unearthed a concrete cylinder with marble caps near the Haymarket Martyrs Monument in Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park. Researchers believe it could be the Haymarket time capsule buried in 1892 by supporters of the anarchist Haymarket Martyrs. Oak Park[Read More…]
Nancy O’Dell’s Statement on Donald Trump Tape
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2016. Entertainment Tonight journalist Nancy O’Dell issued a statement over the weekend about comments made about her in the leaked 2005 recorded conversation between Donald Trump and Billy Bush. Bush was O’dell’s collegue on Access Hollywood at that time. In its Friday broadcast, the show identified her as the[Read More…]
