Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing EGYPT Engagement with Muslim Brotherhood / Deputy Secretary Burns Interim Government CUBA Migration Talks Seized Ship PANAMA Seized Ship / UN Process / U.S. Assistance MIDDLE EAST PEACE Secretary Kerry Press Conference with FM Judeh Talks / Settlements MIDDLE EAST REGION Arab[Read More…]
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Senators Merkley, Wyden Announce $1.5 Million for Manufacturing and Transportation Center in Albany
Project is estimated to create over 200 new jobs Portland, OR–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. Oregon’s Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced today that Linn Benton Community College has been awarded $1.5 million from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to help create the Advanced Transportation and Technology Center in Albany. This[Read More…]
Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul Receives Funding from Foreclosure Settlement
DePaul’s Institute for Housing Studies awarded funding from foreclosure settlement. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—July 17, 2013. The Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University will receive $500,000 from the Illinois Attorney General’s office to assist statewide efforts to rebuild Illinois communities that have been devastated by the national foreclosure crisis. The award is[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Welcomes emnos North America to Chicago, Creating More than 30 New Positions Downtown
Chicago office of global data analytics and consulting firm expected to double in size by next year CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. Today, Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined emnos U.S. Managing Director, Dr. Matthew Green, to welcome the global firm’s new North American headquarters to Chicago. emnos opens its office in Chicago with[Read More…]
Chicago City Council Passes Ordinance to Protect Students from Gun Violence
Increases Gun Penalties Along Safe Passage Routes, Around Schools and Parks CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. The City Council today approved a measure introduced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to increase penalties for serious weapon and gun-related offenses in “student safety zones” along Safe Passage routes, in schools buses and around schools and[Read More…]
Chicago City Council Passes Comprehensive Assault Weapons Ban
Updated Law Required in Wake of Statewide Legislation to Allow Concealed Carry CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. In reaction to the proposed statewide legislation that would allow the concealed carrying of guns among other changes to weapons regulations, Chicago’s city council passed an ordinance today that prohibits the import, sale, transfer and[Read More…]
New Study: It Pays to Take Transit
Carpooling, transit and telecommuting most popular transportation picks to save money and the planet WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013 – At a time when Americans are driving less, a new study finds that if commuters integrate carpooling, public transit, and telecommuting into their daily commutes, they could save more than $1,800 annually,[Read More…]
Hundreds Intervene in Proceedings over Federal Review of Constitution Pipeline Project
120-mile natural gas pipeline through NY and PA attracts scrutiny and controversy Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. A coalition of environmental groups, along with more than 300 residents are intervening in proceedings over a 122-mile natural gas pipeline proposed to run through portions of New York and Pennsylvania, subjecting the already[Read More…]
House Farm Bill Would Bless Controversial Coal Plant in Kansas
Taxpayers gouged by “special-interest, earmark politics at its worst” Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. A pro-coal provision snuck into the House Farm Bill would overturn a DC Circuit Court Decision requiring environmental review of a coal plant proposal in Kansas. Sunflower Electric, a Kansas power company, owes hundreds of millions of[Read More…]
Groups Seek to Lessen Impacts of Conowingo Dam on Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay
Move to intervene in relicensing proceeding for dam Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–July 17, 2013. Today a coalition of conservation groups petitioned to be included in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relicensing proceedings for the Conowingo Dam. The groups, Stewards of the Lower Susquehanna, their representative the Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper, and Waterkeepers Chesapeake,[Read More…]
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