Rep. Gutierrez: “The best way to get visas for our high-tech fields, for graduates of U.S. universities, and for keeping American companies on the cutting edge is for all of the stakeholders in immigration to keep working together towards comprehensive reform.” Washington, DC-_(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. The Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Survey Finds Public Support for Legal Interventions to Fight Obesity, Noncommunicable Diseases
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–Mach 5, 2013. The public is very supportive of government action aimed at changing lifestyle choices that can lead to obesity, diabetes, and other noncommunicable diseases—but they’re less likely to support such interventions if they’re viewed as intrusive or coercive, according to a new Harvard School of Public Health[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Calls on Congress to Reverse Cuts to Illinois Transportation and Safety
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth called on Congress to reverse cuts to transportation and safety that will endanger jobs in Illinois and serve as a major inconvenience for travelers. Under sequestration, the majority of the Federal Aviation Administration’s 47,000 employees will be furloughed and this will have[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics: Launches 9th Annual Children’s Art Contest
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. Calling young artists! Win a trip to Orlando, Fla., by creating a piece of original artwork for the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) international art contest. Children in grades 3 through 12 are invited to submit original artwork on the theme, “A World Free from Tobacco and[Read More…]
Labor Movement Stands Up for Full Equality for Gay and Lesbian Americans
Amicus Briefs Filed by AFL-CIO and Change to Win Challenging the Constitutionality of Proposition 8 and DOMA Washington–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. Statement of AFT President Randi Weingarten following the filing of amicus briefs by the AFL-CIO and Change to Win challenging the constitutionality of Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage[Read More…]
Arkansas Governor Vetoes Unconstitutional Legislative Assault on Reproductive Rights
Ban on abortion at 12 weeks would have been most extreme anti-choice law in the country Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe vetoed a measure Monday that would have been the most extreme anti-choice law in the country by banning all abortions at 12 weeks of pregnancy with[Read More…]
CEOs With Close Ties to Their Top Executives are More Likely to Commit Fraud
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. Corporate fraud dominates financial news, yet few studies have looked at whether chief executive officers who appoint their own top lieutenants are more inclined to act illegally, according to University of Michigan researchers. U-M business professor E. Han Kim and law school professor Vikramaditya Khanna found[Read More…]
Fuel Economy Up, But Consumption Up Even More
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. Although vehicle fuel economy has improved 40 percent since 1970, the total amount of fuel used has increased by more than half, says a University of Michigan researcher. Using data from the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1970 to 2010, Michael Sivak of the U-M Transportation[Read More…]
Area High School Student Art Work Featured During PSC Gallery Exhibit
CHICAGO HEIGHTS—(ENEWSPFS)—March 5, 2013. Student artists from regional high schools will have their work on display during the Prairie State College (PSC) Annual High School Exhibition, from Monday, March 18 through Thursday, April 11, 2013, at the Christopher Art Gallery on the PSC main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted[Read More…]
Northwestern Medicine Trauma Team Travels to Bolivia
A group of surgeons, nurses, medical students and staff seek to improve pre-hospital and trauma care in South America’s most impoverished nation CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 5, 2013. North Yungas Road is the main passageway connecting Bolivia’s capital city of La Paz to the country’s Amazon rainforest region in the north. The 35[Read More…]
