Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today called on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to immediately restore federal military educational benefits for student veterans who attended deceptive for-profit schools, including Corinthian Colleges Inc. which operated Everest College campuses in Illinois. Madigan joined with attorneys general in[Read More…]
Month: February 2016
Governors State University Students and Higher Education Coalition to Make Funding Push for Colleges and Universities in Chicago’s Southland at Rally on March 7
Groups Unite to Urge Lawmakers, Governor to Solve Months-Long Funding Stalemate University Park, IL –(ENEWSPF)—February 29, 2016. Governors State University (GSU) students and local members of the Illinois Coalition to Invest in Higher Education will hold a rally Monday, March 7 at 3:30 p.m., outside GSU’s main entrance to outline[Read More…]
Remaining Defendant Pleads Guilty to Forced Labor Scheme that Exploited Guatemalan Minors at Ohio Egg Farms
OHIO–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016. Ana Angelica Pedro Juan, 22, of Guatemala, the remaining indicted defendant in a human-trafficking ring, pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiring to lure Guatemalan minors and adults into the United States on false pretenses, then coercing their labor at egg farms in Ohio. The guilty[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at Medal of Honor Presentation to Senior Chief Edward Byers, Jr., U.S. Navy
President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Edward C. Byers Jr. during a White House ceremony, Feb. 29, 2016. Byers received the medal for actions while serving as part of a team that rescued an American civilian held hostage in Afghanistan in 2012.[Read More…]
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Secretary Carter and Gen. Dunford, Feb. 29, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016 SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASH CARTER: Listen, thank you. Can everybody hear me? Thanks for — for being here. The chairman and I really appreciate your being here, look forward to talking to you, both of us, this morning. I’ll start. I just had the solemn honor[Read More…]
Animal Rights Activist Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Vandalizing a Farm and Releasing 2,000 Mink from Their Cages
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016. A California man was sentenced today to three years in federal prison for vandalizing a Grundy County fur farm and releasing more than 2,000 mink from their cages. After releasing the mink, KEVIN JOHNSON and an accomplice spray painted the barn with the words, “Liberation is[Read More…]
Bernie Sanders, Senate Leaders Fight to Extend Overtime Pay to Millions of American Workers
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt), along with 23 Democratic senators, led the charge to extend overtime pay to millions of Americans who are working long hours without fair pay. Last year, the Department of Labor proposed an expansion to overtime pay protections that could benefit five million[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Calls on Chicago-Based Abbott Labs to Explain 180 Layoffs, Plan to Outsource Jobs
Laid-off workers forced to train their replacements before losing their jobs CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 29, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called on the Chief Executive Officer Miles White of Abbott Laboratories in Chicago to explain reports that his company plans to lay off 180 workers and replace them with foreign[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Introduces Bill to Expand Access to Substance Abuse Treatment Under Medicaid
Bill would allow more than 2,000 Medicaid beneficiaries in Illinois to access substance abuse treatment each year CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today joined doctors and substance abuse treatment clients at Haymarket Center to discuss legislation he is introducing this week that will expand access to[Read More…]
Jack and the Green Sprouts, Inc. is Voluntarily Recalling Alfalfa and Alfalfa Onion Sprouts
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–February 29, 2016. State health and agriculture officials are investigating an outbreak of food borne illness. Retailers and restaurants should not sell or serve alfalfa sprouts and consumers should not eat them at this time. Routine disease monitoring by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) identified seven E.[Read More…]