Month: September 2015

Center for American Progress Unveils New Child Care Tax Credit Proposal to Expand Access to Child Care for Working Families

By creating a new High-Quality Child Care Tax Credit, we can help families work and prepare children for school. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2015.  The Center for American Progress today released a new proposal that would provide a High-Quality Child Care Tax Credit to help low-income and middle-class families afford[Read More…]

Ants Show Promise as Alternative to Chemical Pesticides

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2015. A study published this week reveals that ants are a cheaper, more effective means to managing pests than toxic chemical pesticides. The review was conducted by Aarhus University’s Joachim Offenberg, Ph.D., a plant and insect ecologist who has studied ants for over 20 years. His review focuses[Read More…]

Women’s Health Care Providers Ask U.S Supreme Court to Take On Texas Clinic Shutdown Law

As few as 10 clinics will remain in Texas if nation’s highest court fails to intervene Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2015. Today a coalition of women’s health care providers represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights took their fight against Texas’ clinic shutdown law to the nation’s highest court. The group[Read More…]

Tempted by That Labor Day Grill Smell? Dial Our ‘Defeat the Meat’ Hotline

Holiday Hotline Highlights Link Between Meat Consumption, Climate Change TUCSON, Ariz.—(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2015.  Just in time for one of the top three meatiest cookout weekends of the year, the Center for Biological Diversity is launching the “Defeat the Meat Hotline” (1-855-MEATLSS), a toll-free service urging callers to think about endangered[Read More…]

Legionnaires’ Disease Cases in Quincy, IL

SPRINGFIELD –-(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2015.  The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Adams County Health Department (ACHD) are reporting four confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ disease, including one death in Quincy.  At this time there is no evidence they are connected to the Illinois Veterans’ Home-Quincy. “As part of our[Read More…]

Indictment Charges Three People with Running $54 Million ‘Green Energy’ Ponzi Scheme

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 3, 2015. An indictment was unsealed today charging three people in an investment scheme, involving a Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania-based company, that defrauded more than 300 investors from around the country.  Troy Wragg, 34, a former resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Amanda Knorr, 32, of Hellertown, Pennsylvania, and Wayde McKelvy,[Read More…]

Schroder & Co. Bank AG Reaches Resolution under Justice Department’s Swiss Bank Program and Agrees to Pay $10.3 Million Penalty

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 3, 2015. The Department of Justice announced today that Schroder & Co. Bank AG has reached a resolution under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. “As today’s agreement reflects, Swiss banks continue to lift the veil of secrecy surrounding bank accounts opened and maintained for U.S. individuals in the[Read More…]

Eight Indicted in Fraud Case That Alleges $50 Million in Bogus Claims for Student Substance Abuse Counseling

Six Linked to Long Beach Treatment Program Taken into Custody Today Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 2, 2015. Eight people have been indicted for allegedly participating in a scheme that submitted more than $50 million in fraudulent bills to a California state program for alcohol and drug treatment services for high school and[Read More…]

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