Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today the filing of a complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona against Pima Community College (PCC) in Tucson, Arizona, for violating the employment rights of Army National Guardsman Timothy Stoner under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment[Read More…]
Month: October 2014
Owner and Patient Recruiter Sentenced to Prison for Their Roles in $258.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. An owner and operator of two community mental health centers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and a patient recruiter for a community mental health center in Houston, Texas, were sentenced to prison today for their involvement in a $258.5 million Medicare fraud scheme involving partial hospitalization psychiatric[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama on Women and the Economy — Providence, RI
Providence, Rhode Island–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014 – 11:24 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Can everybody please give Lisbeth a big round of applause? That was a great introduction. (Applause.) Happy Halloween, everybody. I see a lot of you came as college students. (Applause.) AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you! THE[Read More…]
New Exhibition of Photographs at South Suburban College
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. The Art & Design Department of South Suburban College (SSC) is pleased to announce a new exhibition on display in the Photo Four Gallery on the college’s Main Campus in South Holland. The exhibition, entitled LIGHTFALL, is a series of photographs by Kevin Nance. LIGHTFALL[Read More…]
Colorado Congressman Jared Polis Urges Oregon to Legalize Marijuana on Election Day
Regulating marijuana for adult use is sound policy COLORADO—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. By Colorado Congressman Jared Polis Colorado is approaching the first anniversary of legally regulated recreational marijuana for adults. The implementation of our new laws has gone smoothly overall, providing an excellent example for other states to follow. Our success[Read More…]
Court Rejects State of Maine’s Attempt to Restrict Nurse Kaci Hickox’s Liberty
ACLU Response to Second Court Order in Hickox Case MAINE—(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014. The following can be attributed to Alison Beyea, Executive Director of the ACLU of Maine: “We are glad the court rejected the state’s attempts to force Kaci Hickox into custody. Today’s ruling is a great reminder that such[Read More…]
Boil Order Lifted in Park Forest
Park Forest Public Works crew members work Wednesday afternoon on the water main break on Park St. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The following statement appeared on the Village of Park Forest’s Web site at 12:20 p.m. lifting the boil order imposed yesterday: “The precautionary boil order is now[Read More…]
Center for Food Safety: GE Salmon Anti-Labeling Ad Rebuttal Statement
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014. Statement of George Kimbrell, Senior Attorney, Center for Food Safety, and the lead author of Measure 92: The claim in the recent No on Measure 92 tv ad that the U.S. Federal Government will require the labeling of Aquabounty’s proposed genetically engineered (GE) salmon is false. In[Read More…]
Center for Food Safety: GE Salmon Anti-Labeling Ad Rebuttal Statement
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–October 31, 2014. Statement of George Kimbrell, Senior Attorney, Center for Food Safety, and the lead author of Measure 92: The claim in the recent No on Measure 92 tv ad that the U.S. Federal Government will require the labeling of Aquabounty’s proposed genetically engineered (GE) salmon is false. In[Read More…]
Nissan Recalls 1,848 Infiniti Vehicles
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 31, 2014. SUMMARY: Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013 Infiniti QX56 vehicles manufactured September 1, 2012, to April 26, 2013, and 2014 Infiniti QX80 vehicles manufactured June 18, 2013, to February 11, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the driver’s frontal air bag inflator[Read More…]