Day: March 3, 2016

Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Shakespeare Announce New Theater Space at Navy Pier

The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare is the latest investment in the revitalization of Navy Pier CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2016.  Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Shakespeare Theater Artistic Director Barbara Gaines, Chicago Shakespeare Executive Director Criss Henderson and Navy Pier CEO Marilynn Gardner yesterday announced a new performance venue, The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare.[Read More…]

Chicago Police Officer Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Using Excessive Force Against a Handcuffed Store Clerk

CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2016.  A Chicago Police officer was sentenced yeesterday to two years in federal prison for using excessive force against an employee of a Southeast Side convenience store. A store surveillance camera captured ALDO BROWN punching and kicking the clerk on Sept. 27, 2012.  BROWN had entered the[Read More…]

EPA Charged with Delaying Action on Toxins in Water that Harm Human Health

Clean water advocates and commercial fishermen move to protect people from dangerously weak water pollution standards Bigeye tuna (Thunnus obesus) on ice. Highly valued for sushi, bigeye tuna has been increasingly in demand for the past decade.  NOAA FishWatch Seattle, WA —(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2016.  Yesterday, a coalition of clean water[Read More…]

Superbugs Threaten Hospital Patients

1 in 4 catheter- and surgery-related HAIs caused by six resistant bacteria in long-term hospitals   Protect Patients from Antibiotic Resistance Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA –(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2016.  America is doing a better job of preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), but more work is needed – especially in fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria.[Read More…]

Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Feb. 27, 2016

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending February 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 278,000, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 272,000. The 4-week moving average was 270,250, a decrease of 1,750 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]

More Productivity, No Payoff: New Center for American Progress Analysis Shows How Millennials’ Wages Have Barely Budged Beyond Baby Boomer and Generation X Levels

  A woman checks a news website on her smartphone before boarding a train home at the end of her workweek in Chicago, March 2015. Source: AP/M. Spencer Green Washington, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2016.  More productivity, but no payoff: That’s the bottom line of a new analysis from the Center for[Read More…]

Tribe and Conservationists File Suit to Protect Wild Salmon, Rural River Communities

Groups Seek Alternatives to Flawed Forest Service Salvage Plan Happy Camp, Calif. –(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2016.   Today the Karuk Tribe, along with the Environmental Protection Information Center, Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Center for Biological Diversity, and Klamath Riverkeeper, filed suit in federal court challenging a massive post-fire logging plan in Klamath[Read More…]

Prize-winning Honduran Environmental Activist Murdered

WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2016.   Last night assailants attacked and killed Berta Cáceres, an indigenous activist who earned the Goldman Prize in 2015 for her work stopping a dam project in Honduras. Cáceres co-founded the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras, known as COPINH. She won a[Read More…]

Mitt Romney Makes the Case Against Donald Trump

UTAH–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2016.  In a speech at the University of Utah, Mitt Romney referred to Donald Trump as a “phony” and a “fraud” and argued that his policies would lead to a recession.  The full text of Romney’s remarks follows. I am not here to announce my candidacy for office.[Read More…]

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