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President Obama, Vice President Biden to Announce $8 Billion for High-Speed Rail Projects Across the Country
Projects Will Help Create Construction Jobs, Revitalize U.S. Manufacturing Sector
“Through the Recovery Act, we are making the largest investment in infrastructure since the Interstate Highway System was created, putting Americans to work rebuilding our roads, bridges, and waterways for the future,” said President Obama.
Supreme Court Protects Immigrants’ Access to Court Review
Washington D.C. – The American Immigration Council applauds today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision ensuring that immigrants facing deportation have fair process in the review of their cases. The Court ruled that individuals who seek to reopen their deportation orders have the right to appeal to the federal courts if the immigration court refuses to hear the appeal. The Court’s decision protects immigrants’ access to federal court review and affirms the role of the courts in our system of checks and balances on government power.
"The Supreme Court’s decision reaffirms that immigrants are entitled to fair process" said Beth Werlin, Attorney at the American Immigration Council’s Legal Action Center. "Given the stakes involved in immigration cases, federal court review is an important check on the executive branch and is a necessary layer of protection for individuals who are facing removal from the United States."
Insurance Department and Attorney General’s Office Warn Seniors About Trust Mill Scams
(COLUMBUS) — Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson and Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray would like to warn Ohio seniors about operations known as “Trust Mills” that prey on the elderly and often convince seniors to purchase inappropriate estate planning documents and financial products.
Trust mill operators typically solicit senior citizens by mail or by telephone and offer “free” information about trusts, wills and taxes. In order to provide seniors with a sense that they are a legitimate business enterprise, they will often hold seminars or programs at senior centers, assisted living centers or churches.
Eloquest Healthcare® Donates Medical Play Teaching Tools to the Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Ferndale, Michigan (September 25, 2009) – Eloquest Healthcare®, Inc., a specialty company that focuses on improving dermal outcomes for the acute care market, has announced the donation of more than a dozen medical procedure visual aids, known as “overlays”, which work in combination with special medical dolls to enable hospital staff to reduce parents’ and children’s anxieties prior to certain medical treatments and procedures.