Bill Updates Accessibility Guidelines & Improves Ability for Businesses to Comply Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that the House of Representatives passed legislation to improve accessibility for people with disabilities in Illinois by a vote of 102-6. “People who live with disabilities deserve equal access[Read More…]
Month: May 2016
Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Abe of Japan at Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Hiroshima, Japan–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2016 – 5:45 P.M. JST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Seventy-one years ago, on a bright, cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed. A flash of light and a wall of fire destroyed a city and demonstrated that mankind possessed the means to destroy itself.[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. on Gender-Neutral Staffing of Guard Forces at JTF-GTMO
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2016. Military commissions are part of our system of military justice. The Department of Defense, and we personally, are committed to fairness and transparency in military commission proceedings, and to the independence of the judges who oversee them. Our comments and those made by other senior officials[Read More…]
Senator Wyden Outlines Priorities for Reforming Federal Coal Leasing Program
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2016. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and 13 other senators outlined three priorities for upcoming reforms to the federal coal leasing program, in a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today. The Interior Department announced earlier this year that it would review the program and update[Read More…]
Tommee Tippee Sippee Spill-Proof Cups Recalled by Mayborn USA Due to Risk of Mold Exposure
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2016 Recall Summary Name of product: Tommee Tippee Sippee spill-proof cups Hazard: Mold can develop on the removable, one-piece, white valve inside the spill-proof Tommee Tippee Sippee cups when it remains wet/moist and is infrequently cleaned. The CPSC advises that mold ingestion poses a risk of gastrointestinal[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and Navy Pier Kick-Off Fifth Third Bank Centennial Celebration® With Opening of New Centennial Wheel
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined Navy Pier President and CEO Marilynn Kelly Gardner and students from Ogden International School to officially open Chicago’s new icon, the Centennial Wheel. The Wheel opens to the public today at noon, kicking off the Pier’s Fifth Third Bank Centennial Celebration®. At[Read More…]
NASA Looks at Winds in Developing Tropical Cyclone, May 27, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2016. The low pressure area located between Bermuda and the Bahamas, designated as System 91L became a little better defined today. NASA’s RapidScat analyzed the system’s winds, and NOAA’s GOES-East satellite provided a visible look at the developing system. On May 26 at 0100 UTC RapidScat[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Statement on TSA Security During Memorial Day Holiday Weekend
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today made the following statement as travelers head to airports around the country to take advantage of the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Last Friday, Durbin convened a meeting with Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) Administrator Peter Neffenger, airline representatives and federal,[Read More…]
Senators Call on ITT Tech to Halt Use of Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
Durbin, Brown, Franken & Blumenthal urge for-profit college to follow lead of DeVry and the University of Phoenix who have abandoned the unfair practice WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2016. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Al Franken (D-MN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) today called on ITT Educational Services,[Read More…]
IRS Warns of Latest Scam Variation Involving Bogus “Federal Student Tax”
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Internal Revenue Service today issued a warning to taxpayers about bogus phone calls from IRS impersonators demanding payment for a non-existent tax, the “Federal Student Tax.” Even though the tax deadline has come and gone, scammers continue to use varied strategies to trick people, in this case[Read More…]
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