“PSYMPOSIUM 2014: The Nature of Psychedelics” to Feature Dennis KcKenna, Hamilton Morris, and DPA’s Jag Davies; Conference Will be Live-Streamed in High-Definition MASSACHUSETTS—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. PSYMPOSIUM 2014 will bring together leading researchers and experts to speak on issues relating to the role of psychedelics in culture, medicine and science. The[Read More…]
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Department of Defense Press Briefing by Deputy Assistant Secretary Dory and Gen. Rodriguez, April 8, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. MODERATOR: Everybody, thank you so much for joining us today. I’d like to especially welcome General Rodriguez from U.S. Africa Command and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Amanda Dory from the Pentagon. We’re very excited to have both of them here briefing us[Read More…]
Senator Warren Urges Senate To Pass Paycheck Fairness Act
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2014. United States Senator Elizabeth Warren today delivered remarks on the Senate floor to urge her colleagues to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would empower women to receive equal pay for equal work. According to a Bloomberg analysis of Census data, “median earnings for women were[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth Leads Effort to Develop Biofuels at Department of Defense
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. Today, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) led several members of Congress in writing a letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, expressing strong support for the inclusion of $60 million in Defense Production Act transfer authority for the Department of[Read More…]
Study: Enactment Of Medical Cannabis Laws Not Associated With Higher Crime Rates
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The enactment of medicinal cannabis laws is not associated with any rise in statewide criminal activity and may even be related to reductions in incidences of violent crime, according to data published online in the journal PLoS ONE. Researchers at[Read More…]
Senators Kirk, Lee, Hirono and Klobuchar Introduce Job-Creating Visa Waiver Bill
Bill Could Help Increase Tourism from Hong Kong, Macau and Other Regions WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2014. U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today introduced the bipartisan Subnational Visa Waiver Program Act, legislation that will create jobs by boosting foreign travel and[Read More…]
UN and Partners Renew Anti-polio Efforts in Middle East After First Case Detected in Iraq
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–8 April 2014 – With the recent discovery of a new case of polio in a six-month-old boy in Iraq, the United Nations and it partners, warning that the crippling virus still poses a threat to children across the Middle East, have re-launched a massive vaccination campaigns in Syria, Iraq[Read More…]
Statement by Rep. Jan Schakowsky on Senate Passage of Unemployment Insurance Extension Bill
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. Rep. Jan Schakowsky issued the following statement on the Senate’s bipartisan passage of the Unemployment Insurance extension bill. “I am proud to join in urging Speaker Boehner to bring up the bipartisan, Senate-passed Unemployment Insurance extension bill for a vote this week. We need a[Read More…]
On Equal Pay Day, Rep. Schakowsky Calls for Passage of the Paycheck Fairness Act
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2014. As we mark Equal Pay Day, Rep. Jan Schakowsky said we must take action to close the wage gap that still exists between women and men. Why is Equal Pay Day marked every April? Because a woman has to work a year, plus three months into[Read More…]
Department of Interior Signs Cooperative Agreement with Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate as Next Step in Land Buy-Back Program
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of Lake Traverse Reservation in North & South Dakota Join Latest Step in Nation-to-Nation Cooperation to Strengthen Tribal Sovereignty WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2014. As part of President Obama’s commitment to help strengthen Native American communities, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the latest step in[Read More…]
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