Month: September 2015

UN Agencies Call for End to Violence and Discrimination Against LGBTI Community

“Gai Jatra,” a Nepali festival, has been celebrated for nearly a decade as a version of “LGBTI pride.” Photo: Kyle Knight/IRIN NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 September 2015 – Twelve UN agencies today called for an end to violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) adults, adolescents and children,[Read More…]

VA Announces $12.8 Million in Funding to Help the Homeless

Twenty Community Agencies to Benefit WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015.  Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald today announced $12.8 million in renewal funding through the Grant and Per Diem (GPD) program to 20 community agencies that currently provide transitional housing with supportive services for homeless Veterans under the Transition in[Read More…]

Durbin, Quigley, Schakowsky Discuss Impact of Potential Government Shutdown for SNAP Recipients

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2015 – With the prospect of another federal government shutdown still a possibility, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL-05) and Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-09) held a news conference today to discuss the impact a shutdown would have on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).[Read More…]

Congresswoman Robin Kelly Supports Attorney General’s Request To Review Indiana Quarry’s Impact on Kankakee River

MATTESON—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2015. Congresswoman Robin Kelly today expressed her support for Attorney General Lisa Madigan’s request for a temporary stay on an operating permit issued to the Singleton Stone Quarry until the quarry’s potential impact on the Kankakee River Basin can be further examined.  “I want to applaud Attorney General[Read More…]

Hillary Clinton Statement On Replacing the ‘Cadillac Tax’ As Part Of Her Plan To Defend and Improve Affordable Care Act

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. Hillary Clinton, who has announced a series of proposals this month to defend and build upon the Affordable Care Act, released the following statement Tuesday calling for the repeal of the law’s so-called “Cadillac Tax” provision:   “The Affordable Care Act is working, plain and simple.[Read More…]

Governors State University Announces Historic Enrollment Increases

UNIVERSITY PARK, IL—(ENEWSPF)—September 29, 2015. Governors State University’s full-time equivalent enrollment (FTE) is the highest in its history, 3,920, showing a 5.4% increase over last year.   FTE is the measure used state-wide and nationally to compare university enrollment.  GSU’s headcount is also at a high point at 5,938 students. Highlights[Read More…]

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Concerned About Widespread Servicing Failures Reported by Student Loan Borrowers

CFPB and U.S. Departments of Education and Treasury Issue Framework for Servicing Reforms, Bureau Prioritizes Stamping Out Illegal Actions WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015.  Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report outlining widespread servicing failures reported by both federal and private student loan borrowers. Consumers describe companies[Read More…]

CAIR Calls on RNC to Repudiate Ben Carson’s Statement on Faith-Based Surveillance

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, yesterday called on the Republican National Committee (RNC) to repudiate GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson’s stated willingness to consider religion as probable cause for searches. Appearing Sunday on ABC’s “This[Read More…]

Snake Oil Alert: U.S. Senate Ready to Roll Out 21st Century Cures Bill

Senate HELP Committee Prepares to Release Its FDA Overhaul Proposal; Beware of Talk of Bipartisanship Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2015. The U.S. Senate’s Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee is expected to release its version of the 21st Century Cures Act soon. If the bill resembles the version approved in[Read More…]

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