Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. The owner of a Miami home health care agency pleaded guilty today in connection with a $6.9 million Medicare fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the Southern District of Florida, Special Agent[Read More…]
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Black Youth Project 100 Chicago/ Communities United to Speak-out About Marijuana Decriminalization Calling on Chicago Mayoral Candidates to End Criminalization of Young Chicagoans
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015 – In the City of Chicago, Black people are 15 times more likely than White people to be arrested for a low-level marijuana offense and 40 times more likely to plead or be found guilty for a low-level marijuana offense(The Chicago Reader). In 2012, an ordinance was[Read More…]
Activists Call on Mayoral Candidates to Demand U of C Open Trauma Center Before Supporting Library Parkland Deal
Community to build “People’s Obama Library” outside Mayoral Forum Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. Frustrated by a lack of support from elected officials for more community benefits from the University of Chicago, South Side activists plan to construct and hold a mock ribbon cutting of a “People’s Obama Library,” outside[Read More…]
‘Black Lives Matter!’ Our Attitude Toward the Elections in Chicago
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 10, 2015. What are the mayoral and aldermanic elections really about? There are a host of gut level issues raised by the various candidates that seem to address public education, job creation and unemployment, elimination of pension funds, public safety, the housing crisis, the health care crisis, MBE/WBE Independent[Read More…]
Statement by President Obama on the Death of Kayla Jean Mueller
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPFS)—February 10, 2015 It is with profound sadness that we have learned of the death of Kayla Jean Mueller. On behalf of the American people, Michelle and I convey our deepest condolences to Kayla’s family – her parents, Marsha and Carl, and her brother Eric and his family –[Read More…]
U.S. Senate Confirms Michael Botticelli as White House Drug Czar
Advocates Praise Botticelli for Taking Steps Toward Health-Based Approach to Drug Policy; DPA Issues Four Recommendations for Botticelli Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2015. This evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed President Obama’s nomination of Michael Botticelli to become the next Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),[Read More…]
‘Carbon Nation’ to be Screened at UUCC Park Forest on February 27
The wind farmer Cliff Etheredge in a scene from “Carbon Nation.” Photo by Peter Byck Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2015. The documentary film ‘Carbon Nation’ will be screened at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC), 70 Sycamore Drive, Park Forest, on Friday, February 27 at 7 p.m. A discussion will[Read More…]
Rainbow Café to Meet Friday, February 20 at UUCC Park Forest
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—February 9, 2015. Rainbow Cafe will meet on February 20th at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC) in Park Forest from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The movie “Morgan” will be shown. Depressed and despairing after an accident renders him paraplegic, Morgan gets a new lease on life when[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Announces Nearly $2.4 Million In Transportation Funding For University of Illinois Transit Project
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 9, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), announced today that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has been awarded $2,396,981 in funding through the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) to support research efforts at UIUC’s Rail Transportation and Engineering Center (RailTEC) to improve rail safety and infrastructure[Read More…]
Mexico: Forensic Evidence Suggests Disappeared Students Investigation a ‘Whitewash’
LONDON—(ENEWSPF)—9 February 2015. The Mexican government must urgently address serious flaws in its investigation into the enforced disappearance of 43 students after forensic experts cast major doubts on the Attorney General’s inquiry, said Amnesty International today. The recent report from the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (Equipo Argentino de Antropología Forense,[Read More…]
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