Day: March 28, 2011

Remarks by President Obama at Univision Town Hall

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2011 – 10:37 A.M. EDT MR. RAMOS: Mr. President, I have the first question. As a newscaster and as an anchor, I have to ask first. And I would like to ask something that everybody wants to know. I don’t know if you can give us something[Read More…]

IL Hemp Bill Passes Committee

Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2011.  The Illinois Industrial Hemp Act passed a House Agriculture and Conservation Committee  by a vote of 11-2.  The bill would allow farmers in Illinois to grow hemp once again and would define hemp as being varieties of the cannabis genus whose THC content is below 0.3%[Read More…]

IL Medical Cannabis Legislation Passes Committee

SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2011.  Legislation that seeks to legalize the physician-supervised use of medical cannabis passed the House Healthcare Availability and Access Committee and is now waiting for a floor vote from the Illinois House of Representatives. House Bill 30, the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act, allows qualified[Read More…]

Department of Transportation Releases New ‘Faces of Distracted Driving’ Video

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2011.  U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today released the latest video in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “Faces of Distracted Driving” series. The video features Bob and Eilene Okerblom of Santa Maria, California, who lost their 19-year-old son Eric in a distracted driving crash in 2009.  A student[Read More…]

EPA Continues to Promote Coal Ash Without Knowing Risks

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 28 – After it shut down its joint program with industry promoting use of coal ash in commercial, agricultural and consumer products last summer, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continues to push reuse of coal ash, according to agency documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). [Read More…]

How to Raise the Status of Teachers? Redesign the System

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2011.   Cynthia Brown, Vice President for Education Policy at the Center for American Progress, wrote the following op-ed published in today’s New York Times on improving teaching quality by addressing structural problems in our education system: Americans are frustrated with the poor academic performance of our students.[Read More…]

Funding Education Equitably: The ‘Comparability Provision’ and the Move to Fair and Transparent School Budgeting Systems

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 28, 2011.  Today the Center for American Progress, or CAP, released a report that looks at the issues districts face when they attempt to design fair and transparent school funding systems. “Funding Education Equitably: The ‘Comparability Provision’ and the Move to Fair and Transparent School Budgeting Systems” by[Read More…]

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