SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting nine confirmed cases of Salmonella Bareilly with the outbreak strain. Three of these cases have been hospitalized. Illness onset dates range from February 11 to March 17. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and[Read More…]
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Announces Citywide Recycling in 2013
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced the City of Chicago has saved $2.2 million in recycling service costs during the first six months of competitive bidding, paving the way for a complete citywide recycling expansion by the end of 2013. In addition, the City will implement a competitive[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Jobs, April 5, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. As we await tomorrow’s jobs report and hope for sustained improvement, let’s not lose sight of the current reality: far too many men and women who want to work still cannot find good jobs. Their reality, as they search for work, is struggling to pay bills,[Read More…]
NRDC Report Reveals 29 States Unprepared for Growing Water Threats to Economy, Health
First-of-its-kind state-by-state analysis examines climate preparedness levels in all states, revealing nation’s best and worst; CA, CO, FL, MD, MI, MN, NV, NH, NM, NY, OH, PA, TX, VA, WI highlighted WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012 – Only nine states have taken comprehensive steps to address their vulnerabilities to the water-related impacts[Read More…]
Community Groups File Lawsuit for Federal Coal Ash Protections
EPA has failed to complete a rulemaking for important national safeguards Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. Environmental and public health groups will file a lawsuit today in the U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to complete its rulemaking process and finalize public health safeguards[Read More…]
Smelters Expose Communities to Toxic Levels of Lead
Environmental groups intervene to help defend public health rules from industry attack Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. Yesterday, five environmental groups—Sierra Club, California Communities Against Toxics, Frisco Unleaded, the Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation, and the Natural Resources Defense Council—represented by the public interest law firm Earthjustice, filed an intervention[Read More…]
Rasmussen Poll: Plurality Of Americans Support Legalizing And Taxing Cannabis
Asbury Park, NJ–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. A solid plurality of Americans now support legalizing and taxing the production and sale of cannabis, according to nationwide Rasmussen poll of 1,000 adults. According to the telephone poll, 47 percent of adults “believe the country should legalize and tax marijuana in order to help[Read More…]
Durbin to Chair Hearing on Racial Profiling in America
Hearing Will Be Senate’s First on Profiling in Over a Decade WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. Assistant Majority Leader and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced a hearing on racial profiling in America to be held on[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Weekly Alert, April 5, 2012
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 5, 2012. NOTE: The Weekly Alert normally pulbished on Friday is being released today due to the holiday weekend. Parts of Wisconsin’s Controversial Anti-Collective Bargaining Law are Struck Down Two parts of the controversial Wisconsin law that severely curbs collecting bargaining rights were overturned last Friday by a[Read More…]
Peabody Award for Colbert Super PAC (Video)
The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive Unlike most things, the Peabody award for Colbert Super PAC segments isn’t just about Stephen. Thanking his staff, his attorney, and Ham Rove, Colbert takes a mountain-size jab at the United States Supreme Court.
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