NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016. Former Ambassador Robert H. Tuttle is announcing his endorsement of Hillary Clinton today. Tuttle served President Reagan as an Assistant to the President, and as Reagan’s Director of Presidential Personnel. During the administration of George W. Bush, Tuttle represented the United States as the U.S. Ambassador[Read More…]
Day: August 12, 2016
Clinton, Kaine Release Additional Years of Tax Returns While Trump Defies Decades-Old Tradition of Disclosure
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016. Today, Hillary Clinton released her 2015 personal tax return and Senator Tim Kaine and his wife Anne Holton released 10 years of their returns. “Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine continue to set the standard for financial transparency as she releases her 2015 personal tax return and[Read More…]
Free Rain Barrels Available to Park Forest Residents in Cook County
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016. Free rain barrels are available to Village residents in the Cook County section of Park Forest through the end of 2016. The rain barrel program is a cooperative effort by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and the Village of Park Forest.[Read More…]
Park Forest Environment Commission Free to Host One-Day Gardening Course on Fall in the Garden on Saturday, August 20
Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016. The Saturday Morning Gardening Series presented by the Park Forest Environment Commission continues on Saturday, August 20, with a presentation on fall in the garden. Early fall is the ideal time for lawn care, assessing garden needs, and planning for next year’s garden. Aerating, fertilizing,[Read More…]
Perseid Meteor Shower 2016 from West Virginia
WEST VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016. In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower Friday, Aug. 12, 2016 in Spruce Knob, West Virginia. The Perseids show up every year in August when Earth ventures through trails of debris left behind by an ancient[Read More…]
NOAA Establishes International Marine Mammal Bycatch Criteria for U.S. Imports
Fish and fish products must meet protection standards comparable to the U.S. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016. Nations exporting fish and fish products to the United States will have to meet fishing standards for protecting marine mammals equal to those American fishermen follow, under a final rule published yesterday by NOAA[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It – New York Times: How Much Does Donald Trump Pay in Taxes? It Could Be Zero
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016 By: James B. Stewart Mr. Trump has said in the past that highly paid corporate executives “get away with murder” on their taxes while boasting that he pays as little as the law allows. At the same time, he has insisted that his federal income tax[Read More…]
Sierra Club Statement: EPA Fracking Conclusion Not Based on Science, Say Advisors
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2016. Today, the EPA’s Science Advisory Board released recommendations that the EPA should revise its conclusion report that fracking poses no “widespread, systemic” threat to drinking water in last year’s fracking and water to reflect the agency’s own science. In response, Lena Moffitt, director of the Sierra[Read More…]
Rabbit Creek Products Recalls Certain Flavors of Bread, Muffin and Brownie Mixes
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016. Rabbit Creek Products of Louisburg, KS is recalling certain flavors of Bread mixes, Muffin mixes and Brownie mixes under the Rabbit Creek Products and other Private label brand names due to the potential presence of Escherichia coli O121 (E. coli O121). People usually get sick[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It – Politifact: Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire Claim that Barack Obama ‘Founded’ ISIS, Hillary Clinton was ‘Cofounder’
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2016 By: Louis Jacobson and Amy Sherman Donald Trump has found a ferocious way to describe President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton: as the founder and cofounder of ISIS, the terrorist group behind beheadings of Americans and lethal attacks around the world. Speaking to thousands[Read More…]