Senator Dick Durbin WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to list asbestos and flame retardants among the top priority chemicals it will review under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which reforms the Toxic[Read More…]
Latest News
Senators Demand Answers On Government Use Of Private Prisons
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) yesterday joined leading Democratic Senators to press the Obama administration on the use of private prisons and contract facilities by the Department of Homeland Security. The letter comes amid an internal review at DHS regarding its use of private prisons, and the[Read More…]
Respecting Tribal Wisdom, Revitalizing Indian Education
Secretary Jewell hiking on a field trip with Native American students to Saguaro Nation Park in Arizona. Photo by Tami Heilemann, Interior. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016 By:Ann Marie Bledsoe Downes, Acting Director of the Bureau of Indian Education Under President Obama’s Generation Indigenous initiative to break the cycle of poverty[Read More…]
Dan Rather: ‘To Call Trump a Con Man is a Disservice to the Art of the Con’—Hillary was Prepared
Dan Rather/Getty Images NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016 By Leslie Salzillo The world renown, award-winning and respected journalist Dan Rather just posted his thoughts about the first 2016 Presidential Debate between Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump. As with previous Facebook posts this year, Rather[Read More…]
Dialysis Organizations Team Up with CDC to Protect Patients
Coalition aims to cut infections, expand CDC prevention efforts nationwide Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. CDC is teaming up with a broad coalition of kidney and dialysis organizations to reduce the number of bloodstream infections in dialysis patients. Each year, about 37,000 people get potentially deadly bloodstream infections related to their[Read More…]
South Suburban College Student Artists Win Best Group Project Award for Tinley Park’s Benches on the Avenue Contest
Pictured: SSC Students received the award for Best Group Project in Tinley Park’s Benches on the Avenue contest for their entry “The Marauder’s Bench.” SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. Eight South Suburban College (SSC) Art & Design students were presented with a municipal award from Tinley Park recently for[Read More…]
Southern Poverty Law Center: United States Crime Rates Still at Historic Lows
Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama MONTGOMERY, Ala. –(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. The following statement regarding the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting program’s annual Crime in the United States report, released September 26, 2016, is from Lisa Graybill, deputy legal director at the Southern Poverty Law Center. “The FBI’s latest findings[Read More…]
Café Valley Inc. Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared (Walnuts) In Certain Mini-Muffins
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. Café Valley of Marion, Indiana is recalling 543 cases of Banana nut mini muffins labeled as Lemon poppy seed mini muffins, because they may contain undeclared walnuts. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to walnuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It — Sharda Sekaran on Huff Post: Charlotte Police Foment Unrest and Attempt to Use Marijuana to Justify Killing Keith Lamont Scott
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016 By: Sharda Sekaran Managing Director of Communications, Drug Policy Alliance Keith Lamont Scott is dead at the age of 43. A father of seven children with a wife of 20 years and a cognitive impairment from a motorcycle accident, Mr. Scott is gone from this earth[Read More…]
Congresswoman Kelly Announces $2.6 Million in Federal Grants for Eight Fire Departments
Park Forest Fire Department awarded $320,071 federal grant CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 27, 2016. Congresswoman Robin Kelly announced today that eight fire departments in the South Suburbs and Kankakee County have received a total of more than $2.6 million in federal grants that will fund additional hiring, vehicle acquisition and emergency equipment. “One[Read More…]
