LISLE, IL –(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. McCain Foods USA, Inc. today announced it is expanding its voluntarily recall of retail, frozen onion rings to include two (2) additional private label retail branded products due to the use of incorrect packaging that does not declare milk as one of the[Read More…]
Day: September 29, 2016
Mayor Emanuel And Whole Foods Market Open New Store In Chicago’s Englewood Neighborhood
Store Brings More Fresh, Healthy Food Access and Economic Opportunities to Chicago’s South Side CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today joined Whole Foods Market Co-CEO Walter Robb and hundreds of community members to open the company’s new store in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. Whole Foods Market Englewood is bringing better[Read More…]
Crystal Lake Woman Sentenced to 55 Months in Federal Prison for Mail Fraud
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–September 28, 2016. A Crystal Lake woman was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for mail fraud. PATTY CORDOBA, 44, of Crystal Lake, Ill., was sentenced to 55 months in federal prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, and was[Read More…]
Donald Trump Campaign Manager ‘Unknowingly Confesses He Committed a Crime’
Kellyanne Conway appeared to suggest Thursday that Trump had in fact spent money in Cuba, even though he ultimately decided not to invest. Under the embargo, it would have been against the law to spend any money on the island at all. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016 By: Jose A. DelReal Donald Trump’s[Read More…]
DePaul University to Co-host Chicago Climate Festival
Events offer artistic response to UN talks on global warming In response to climate change, the Chicago Climate Festival seeks to use art to change the conversation about environmental destruction. (Image courtesy of iStock) CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. Chicago artists, academics and community groups will gather at DePaul University,[Read More…]
Drug to Treat Alcohol Use Disorder Shows Promise Among Drinkers with High Stress
NIH-funded multi-site clinical trial suggests that smokers may also benefit. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. A new medication that targets part of the brain’s stress system may help reduce alcohol use in people with alcohol use disorder (AUD), according to a new study by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol[Read More…]
In Case You Missed It — Washington Post (Steve Case): Why I’m Voting for Hillary Clinton
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. By: Steve Case Steve Case, a co-founder of America Online, is chairman and chief executive of Revolution and author of “The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future.” I’ve been involved in policy for three decades, since AOL played a pivotal role in getting the[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Project Catalyst Study Finds Savings Offers Double the Number of Consumers Saving
Project Also Finds Savings Persist After Offers End WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released the results of a Project Catalyst research project finding that offering a small incentive to prepaid card users to put some of their money into a savings “wallet” doubled[Read More…]
Sierra Club Releases Interactive #ToxicTrade Map
Trans-Pacific and Transatlantic Trade Deals Would Empower World’s Largest Polluters WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. After trade took center stage in the first presidential debate earlier this week, the Sierra Club today released a new map that reveals the coast-to-coast environmental threats of two pending trade deals — the[Read More…]
U.S. Department of Labor Announces Final Rule Requiring Federal Contractors to Provide Workers Access to Paid Sick Leave
More than 1M working families to benefit from 56 hours annually WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–September 29, 2016. The U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule today requiring federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to employees who work on or in connection with certain federal contracts. The rule will allow these[Read More…]