Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2016 – 1:08 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Nice to see you all. I do not have any statements at the top, so we can go straight to your questions. Josh, would you like to start? Q Sure. Thanks, Josh. Ahead of this trip[Read More…]
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‘Barbara Rossi’s: Poor Traits’ and ‘Eye Owe You!’ Opens at DePaul Art Museum on May 12
Chicago artist Barbara Rossi’s “Eye Deal” from 1974 is part of “Poor Traits,” an exhibition opening at the DePaul Art Museum May 12. This work is acrylic on Plexiglas panel and frame. (Image courtesy of the artist and the Bill McClain Collection of Chicago Imagism, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art)[Read More…]
Representatives Schakowsky and Gallego Lead 172 Representatives in Calling For No Riders in Appropriations Bills
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2016. Today, Reps. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) released the following statement after leading 172 representatives in sending a letter to House Leadership urging that no divisive policy provisions be included in the 2017 appropriations bills: “Divisive partisan policy riders have no place in our[Read More…]
World Drug Problem: UN Adopts New Framework for Policies to ‘Put People First’
Heroin seizure in Turkmenistan. Photo: UNODC NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 April 2016 – The United Nations today adopted a new framework putting people at the centre of global policies on drug control, which the head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says can help promote the “urgent, united and[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Calls on Chicago-Based Life Insurance Company to Disavow Practice of Withholding Funds to Rightful Beneficiaries
Sunday night, a 60 Minutes investigation identified Kemper Corporation as a roadblock to meaningful reforms WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2016. In response to a 60 Minutes investigation that identified Chicago-based Kemper Corporation as the “main” insurance company fighting reform efforts, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) called on the company to[Read More…]
Congresswoman Duckworth’s Bipartisan Friendly Airports for Mothers (FAM) Act Passes Senate
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2016. Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth’s bipartisan Friendly Airports for Mothers (FAM) Act—which would ensure breastfeeding mothers traveling through large- and medium-sized airports have accessible, clean and convenient lactation rooms to use—passed the Senate today as part of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act, which funds our nation’s[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Offers Vision for Next 100 Years of Conservation in America
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2016. In remarks at the National Geographic Society and released early on Medium, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today laid out a vision for actions the nation can take to build upon America’s rich conservation legacy and pass on healthy public lands and waters to the next[Read More…]
Back to Nature Expands Voluntary Recall for Limited Number of Classic Creme Cookies Due to Undeclared Milk
Naples, FL –(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2016. Back to Nature Foods, LLC is expanding its voluntary recall to include four (4) additional lots of its Classic Creme cookies, 12 oz packages, because they may contain undeclared milk, not listed as an ingredient on the label. Persons who have an allergy or severe[Read More…]
Cannabis Regulation and the UN Drug Treaties
Strategies for Reform NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2016. As jurisdictions enact reforms creating legal access to cannabis for purposes other than exclusively “medical and scientific,” tensions surrounding the existing UN drug treaties and evolving law and practice in Member States continue to grow. These treaty tensions have become the “elephant in[Read More…]
United Nations Orders Security to Confiscate Copies of Open Letter to Ban Ki-Moon Calling for End to Global Drug War
Hillary Clinton Latest to Sign Letter, Joining Senators Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and Cory Booker, Warren Buffett, George Soros, Richard Branson, More Than a Dozen Former Heads of State, and Hundreds of Other Legislators, Cabinet Ministers, Former UN Officials, and Celebrities New York, New York –(ENEWSPF)–April 19, 2016. On the[Read More…]
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