Waking Up to a New Year Image: Cristina Sanchis Ojeda CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013. In the time it takes you to complete a single workday, or get a full night’s sleep, a small fireball of a planet 700 light-years away has already completed an entire year. Researchers at MIT have[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Glaring Mismanagement Found In Administration of Texas Imperiled Species Conservation Plan By the State’s Comptroller
HOUSTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013 – Adding to a string of recent state and federal governmental transparency issues, the Texas Comptroller’s Office finds itself at the center of a scandal involving a highly criticized state plan that ostensibly is designed to conserve the imperiled dunes sagebrush lizard. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife[Read More…]
Superstorm Sandy, Extreme Weather Events Hit Low-Income Communities the Hardest
New Report Outlines Recommendations to Improve Disaster Readiness and Resiliency in Low-Income Communities Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013. Today, the task force charged with developing a strategy for rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy released a new report outlining 69 policy recommendations. Against this backdrop and as states impacted by Sandy continue to[Read More…]
ACLU Wins Redistricting Fight in Kentucky
Federal Court Agrees That Current House and Senate Districts Unconstitutional COVINGTON, Ky.–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013 A panel of three federal judges on Friday agreed with the ACLU of Kentucky and the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project that Kentucky’s current House and Senate districts – which were established in 2002 – are unconstitutional.[Read More…]
Governor Quinn: Historic Workers’ Compensation Reform Saved Illinois Employers $315 Million
Recommended Rate Has Dropped 13.3 Percent Since Governor’s 2011 Reforms; Latest Proposed Decrease of 4.5 Percent Will Help Ensure Fair and Honest Wages CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today announced that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has filed a request for an overall reduction of 4.5 percent[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Signs Major Legislation to Make Communities Safer and Keep Guns Off the Streets
Governor’s 2013 Legislative Priority Closes Background Check Loophole and Requires Reporting of All Lost and Stolen Guns CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn yesterday signed a new gun safety law that requires background checks for all gun purchases statewide as well as the reporting of all lost and stolen guns[Read More…]
EPA’s New Pesticide Label Inadequate for Honey Bee Protection
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new pesticide label for honey bee protection, announced Thursday, have been widely criticized by beekeepers and environmentalists as offering inadequate protection in the face of devastating bee decline. Under the new guidelines, the labels will prohibit the use of some[Read More…]
HHS Launches Partnership and Video Contest With Young Invincibles
Houston, Texas—(ENEWSPF)—August 19, 2013. Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Young Invincibles announced the Healthy Young America video contest in an effort to inform young people about health insurance coverage and new options under the Affordable Care Act. People can submit entries and vote for their[Read More…]
Gov. Christie Signs Bill Banning Gay Conversion Therapy On Minors
NEW JERSEY–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013. This morning, Governor Christie signed legislation banning the practice of gay conversion therapy on minors in New Jersey. First introduced in October 2012, Assembly Bill 3371 “prohibits counseling to change the sexual orientation of a minor.” It passed both houses of the legislature with bipartisan majorities[Read More…]
CDC Provides Estimate of Americans Diagnosed With Lyme Disease Each Year
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013. Preliminary estimates released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that the number of Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease each year is around 300,000. The preliminary estimates were presented Sunday night in Boston at the 2013 International Conference on Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne[Read More…]
