Higher Education, MAP Grant Funding at Risk without Immediate Pension Reform CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today was joined by Illinois college students to discuss how inaction on pension reform is threatening Monetary Award Program (MAP) college scholarships and access to higher education in Illinois. One after one, the[Read More…]
Day: December 12, 2012
Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence Presents Final Findings, Recommendations to Attorney General
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2012. Attorney General Eric Holder’s Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence today presented its final report and policy recommendations gathered from public hearings held across the country over the past year. The task force report includes 56 recommendations and highlights the importance of identifying children who[Read More…]
Pfizer Agrees to Pay $55 Million for Illegally Promoting Protonix for Off-Label Use
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2012. Pfizer Inc. will pay $55 million plus interest to resolve allegations that Wyeth LLC illegally introduced and caused the introduction into interstate commerce of a misbranded drug, Protonix, between February 2000 and June 2001, the Justice Department announced today. Wyeth manufactured and promoted Protonix tablets.[Read More…]
Statement from NSC Spokesman Tommy Vietor on North Korea’s Missile Launch
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 11, 2012. North Korea’s launch today—using ballistic missile technology despite express prohibitions by United Nations Security Council resolutions—is a highly provocative act that threatens regional security, directly violates United Nations Security Council resolutions 1718 and 1874, contravenes North Korea’s international obligations, and undermines the global non-proliferation regime. This[Read More…]
Victims of Police Crimes Demand That Alvarez Either Make Radical Changes in Her Department or Resign
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2012. Victims of crimes committed by Chicago Police, and their family members, 27 in all, have demanded that Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez either adopt major reforms to her department of resign. In an open letter to Alvarez they cite 15 instances of cases of police crimes,[Read More…]
The Beginning of the End of the Drug War: Top Stories of 2012
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2012. Huffington Post, The Beginning of the End of the Drug War: Top Stories of 2012 Tony Newman, December 11, 2012 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tony-newman/drug-war-2012-top-stories_b_2279795.html This year will go down in history as the the beginning of the end to America’s longest failed war: the war on drugs. Voters in Colorado and[Read More…]
Park Forest’s Orchard Drive to Return to Two Way Traffic Wednesday
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Village officials announced that Orchard Drive is expected to two way, north/south traffic, by the end of the day on Wednesday, December 12. Final reconstruction of Orchard Drive will happen during the beginning of the 2013 construction season.
Congressman Helps Win Release of Chicago Pallet Co. Workers as Virgin of Guadalupe Celebrated by Community
All 34 Chicago Pallet Company Workers Released — But Other Victims of New I.C.E. Activitiy Remain in Custody; Community Questions Holiday Season Arrests “Obama, We Want a Family Unity Christmas” CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2012. Over $70,000 has been raised by poor immigrant working families desperate to have their father or mother[Read More…]
Robin Kelly Statement on U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling Repealing the Ban on Concealed Weapons in Illinois
Matteson, Ill–(ENEWSPF)–Decmeber 11, 2012. Statement from Robin Kelly, candidate for Congress in the 2nd District of Illinois, regarding today’s ruling by U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals that repealed the ban of concealed weapons in Illinois: “Protecting families from gun violence must be a top priority for our next member[Read More…]
Bill Will Erode EPA’s Independent Scientific Oversight
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 12, 2012. A recent bill introduced in Congress aims to radically alter notions of conflict of interest and would severely hamper the ability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board (EPA SAB) to reach independent and objective scientific conclusions that can form the basis of policy[Read More…]
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