WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2013. The Center for Biological Diversity today sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell urging her to shut down oil and gas drilling, logging and mining on public lands during the government shutdown. The legal notice says the federal government is violating the Anti-Deficiency Act and other[Read More…]
Day: October 15, 2013
Low-wage Fast-food Jobs Leave Hefty Tax Bill, Report Says
BERKELEY–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2013. The fast-food industry costs American taxpayers nearly $7 billion annually because its jobs pay so little that 52 percent of fast-food workers are forced to enroll their families in public assistance programs, according to a report released today (Tuesday, Oct. 15) by researchers at the University of[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Provides Guidance on Mortgage Servicing Rules
Bureau Resolves Interpretive Issues Before January Implementation Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—October 15, 2013. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is releasing a bulletin and interim final rule to provide greater clarity to the market concerning mortgage servicing rules that take effect in January 2014. The clarifications address communications with family members[Read More…]
Annual College Fair to be Hosted By Prairie State College on October 29
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPF)—October 15, 2013. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting the Illinois College Exposition Fair (ICE) from 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday, October 29, in the Atrium on the PSC main campus at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. More than 120 representatives from in-state and out-of-state colleges and[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Announces Co-Sponsorship of Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2013. On October 14, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) announced her co-sponsorship of H.R. 15, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act. This bill contains many of the same provisions included in the immigration reform bill that passed the Senate in July. According to the nonpartisan Congressional[Read More…]
Go to Bed! Study Finds Irregular Bedtimes Linked to Behavior Problems in Children
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 15, 2013. A large-scale, population-based cohort study tracked bedtimes and behavior of children born in the United Kingdom, and found children with irregular bedtimes were more likely to have behavioral difficulties at age 7. The study, “Changes in Bedtime Schedules and Behavioral Difficulties in 7 Year[Read More…]
Affordable Care Act Unlikely to Push Employers to Drop Health Insurance Coverage
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2013. In the race for the best workers, small firms have always been at a bit of a competitive disadvantage when it comes to benefits they can offer. The Affordable Care Act is expected to change that, said Helen Levy, a research associate professor with the University[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Commemorates National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
Health Care Law Will Help More People Access Needed Screenings and Care to Keep Communities Healthy Washington, DC–(ENEWPSF)–October 15 — In recognition of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, part of Hispanic Heritage Month, Planned Parenthood Federation of America is joining the national call to action for Latinos to protect their[Read More…]
NRDC: Supreme Court Reaffirms EPA Authority to Limit Carbon Pollution
Court to review one narrow question regarding air permitting requirements WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2013 – The Supreme Court today rejected challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to limit carbon pollution from vehicles and other sources, but will review a specific question about air permitting requirements. David Doniger, director of policy[Read More…]
Court: Federal Government Must Protect Caribbean Coral Reefs
Better monitoring of fisheries required San Juan, Puerto Rico–(ENEWSPF)–October 15, 2013. A federal district court has ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service violated the law by allowing fishing for depleted parrotfish and other algae-eating reef fish species without properly monitoring the fishery’s impacts on rare corals that depend on[Read More…]
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