Bill Would Ban Practice of Sending Debtors to Prison When They Cannot Afford to Pay Springfield–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2012. Attorney General Lisa Madigan applauded House lawmakers for passing the Debtors’ Rights Act of 2012 to protect vulnerable consumers from being hauled to jail over unpaid debts. On Thursday, legislators voted 107-0-1[Read More…]
Day: March 30, 2012
Novartis’s Day in Court Set for July 10, 2012
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 30, 2012. India’s Supreme Court will now begin hearing a challenge to the country’s patent law by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis on July 10, 2012. The Novartis Supreme Court case is the final act in a legal battle that stretches back six years and has significant ramifications[Read More…]
Statement from Reverend Al Sharpton and NAN Re: the Continued Calls for Justice on Behalf of Trayvon Martin
New York, NY—(ENEWSPF)—March 29, 2012. “Since the time that Attorney Ben Crump, representing the parents of Trayvon Martin, reached out to me and National Action Network (the first national civil rights group to get involved in the case), I have called for the arrest of George Zimmerman for probable cause[Read More…]
Community Members March to Mayor Bloomberg’s House to Protest Out of Control Marijuana Arrest Crusade in NYC
Under Bloomberg, More Than 400,000 People Arrested on Low-Level Marijuana Charges in NYC, at a cost of over $600 Million; Most Are Black and Latino, Despite Whites Using Marijuana at Higher Rates Illegal Searches and Bogus Misdemeanor Arrests Continue, Despite Order by Commissioner Kelly to Halt Unlawful Police Practices; Marijuana[Read More…]
Turn Off the Lights, André Will Be Watching
André in Cupola EU–(ENEWSPF)–30 March 2012. Are you turning off the lights in your home this weekend for Earth Hour? ESA astronaut André Kuipers will be watching that you do from the International Space Station. Earth Hour is a world effort to raise awareness about the need to take action[Read More…]
Jobless Rates Down in 29 States, Up in 8 in Feb.; Payroll Jobs Up in 42 States, Down in 8
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 29, 2012. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in February. Twenty-nine states recorded unemployment rate decreases, 8 states posted rate increases, and 13 states and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-nine states and the District of[Read More…]
Marian Catholic Speech Team Captures State Title
The cast members of the Marian Catholic State Champion Group Interpretation team are (front) Kyliah Thompson ’14 of Richton Park, Scott Mlcoch ’13 of Munster, Laura Hilger ’14 of Oak Forest, (middle) Kyle Fitzgerald ’13 of Park Forest, Dan Blewitt ’14 of Crete, Jaboukie Young-White ’12 of Harvey, Summer Fields[Read More…]
‘Student Debt Bomb’ Alert: Durbin, Harkin, Introduce Bill to Ensure Students Are Not Misled on Loan Options
Federal student loans have fixed interest rates, manageable repayment options and several consumer protections that private student loans lack WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2012. Noting that two-thirds of private student loan borrowers were not aware of the dramatic difference between federal student loans and risky, higher-interest, private student loans, U.S. Senators[Read More…]
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on Senate Action on the Buffett Rule
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2012. The President proposed the Buffett Rule to ensure a very basic principle of fairness: millionaires shouldn’t pay less in taxes as a share of their income than middle class families pay. The President believes our system must ask the wealthiest to pay their fair share, while[Read More…]
Park Forest Baseball Set to Turn Supporters’ Online Activity into Donation Stream
Park Forest, IL, March 29, 2012 – Park Forest Baseball has partnered with San Francisco-based GoodSearch.com to enable its members to donate to the charity through casual online activity and dining out in their local area. GoodSearch.com is a fundraising platform that donates 50 percent of its profits when members[Read More…]
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