VERMONT–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. Death with Dignity National Center, the nonprofit organization which advanced and defends the groundbreaking Oregon and Washington Death with Dignity Acts, applauds Vermont lawmakers for making Vermont the third state in the US allowing for safeguarded assisted death. With Governor Peter Shumlin’s signature today, Vermont took a[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Statement from Governor Pat Quinn on Senate Committee Passage of Senate Bill 1002 Banning Sale of High-Capacity Ammunition Magazines
SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. Governor Pat Quinn today released the following statement regarding the passage of Senate Bill 1002 out of the Illinois Senate Executive Committee. Governor Quinn has been working to enact this common sense public safety policy since July 2012: “Today, we took the first step towards banning the[Read More…]
Illinois Conservation Police Remind Boaters and Water Users to Practice Safety as Boating Season Gets Underway
National Safe Boating week runs through May 24th SPRINGFIELD, IL –(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. Illinois Conservation Police (CPOs) are gearing up to help ensure the public’s safety on Illinois waterways throughout the year as part of the observance of National Safe Boating Week, May 18-24. As in year’s past, CPOs are[Read More…]
State Department Briefing by Patrick Ventrell, May 20, 2013
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing EGYPT U.S. Deeply Concerned by Growing Trend of Efforts to Punish and Deter Political Expression / Call on Government of Egypt to Protect Essential Freedoms of Expression SYRIA U.S. Strongly Condemns the Assad Regime’s Intense Air and Artillery Strikes This Weekend in[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and President Thein Sein of Myanmar After Bilateral Meeting
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013 – 3:30 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: I want to welcome President Thein Sein to the United States of America and to the Oval Office. Last year, I was proud to make a historic visit to Myanmar as the first U.S. President ever to visit that country. [Read More…]
Governors State University Opening Sustainable Community Garden
University Park, Illinois–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013 – Grab your gardening gloves and head to Governors State University’s organic community garden, opening this spring on GSU’s main campus in University Park. The University Sustainable Garden will give area residents a chance to grow a wide variety of vegetables using fully organic methods.[Read More…]
Park Forest Memorial Day Ceremony to be Held Monday, May 27
PARK FOREST—(ENEWSPF)—May 20, 2013. Park Forest’s Memorial Day Ceremony will be held on Monday, May 27 at 11:30 a.m. on the Village Green in DownTown Park Forest. The Ceremony is carried out by the good work of the Park Forest American Legion and the Village of Park Forest. It is[Read More…]
Waste Not Want Not at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. By Laura Janota Nikki Schmidt used to assume that her uneaten food in the McCormick Dining Center of Roosevelt’s Wabash Building was headed for the trash. But the undergraduate history major was surprised to learn that the bits of pizza and salad she couldn’t finish are being ground[Read More…]
Honoring EMS Responders During National EMS Week
A statement from HHS Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response Nicole Lurie, M.D. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. This week, our nation honors emergency medical service (EMS) professionals for their dedication to public service. As the HHS assistant secretary for preparedness and response, I know how important their role is in[Read More…]
Leading Explanations for Whooping Cough’s Resurgence Don’t Stand Up to Scrutiny
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2013. Whooping cough has exploded in the United States and some other developed countries in recent decades, and many experts suspect ineffective childhood vaccines for the alarming resurgence. Some say the vaccine wears off quicker than public health officials had previously believed. Others suggest that the vaccine[Read More…]
