Day: August 10, 2017

Flying Mammals

First Winged Mammals From the Jurassic Period Discovered

160 million-year-old fossils suggest flying was evolutionary parallel to modern mammal gliders CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2017 By: Matt Wood Two 160 million-year-old mammal fossils discovered in China show that the forerunners of mammals in the Jurassic Period evolved to glide and live in trees. With long limbs, long hand and foot[Read More…]

Drug Policy Alliance

Drug Policy Alliance: President Trump Says He Will Declare National Emergency on Opioid Crisis

Advocates Worry about National Emergency Declaration Given Trump Administration’s Escalation of Drug War Policies and Rhetoric Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 10, 2017. President Trump says he is preparing to declare a national emergency on the opioid crisis. This announcement comes just two days after he said that he favored “strong law enforcement”[Read More…]

Illinois State Senator Toi Hutchinson

Toi Hutchinson Elected as President of the National Conference of State Legislatures: Rahm Immanuel Statement

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2017. “I want to congratulate State Senator Toi Hutchinson (D-Olympia Fields) on her election as president of the National Conference of State Legislatures for the 2018-2019 term. As chair of the Senate Revenue Committee, Senator Hutchinson was incredibly instrumental in negotiating the state’s first bipartisan, balanced budget in[Read More…]

Kaiser Family Foundation

Early Analysis of 21 Major Cities Tracks ACA Marketplace Premium Changes, Insurer Participation, Uncertainty

CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2017. As insurers grapple with continuing uncertainty surrounding 2018 Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces, a new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of initial filings in 21 major cities finds that changes in 2018 benchmark silver plan premiums are likely to range widely, from a decrease of 5 percent in[Read More…]

Attorney General Lisa Madigan

Attorney General Madigan Announces Funding to Improve Response to Sexual Assault Crimes in Western Illinois

Grant Funding from Madigan’s Joint Sexual Assault Working Group Will Increase Availability of Specially Trained Authorities & Nurses to Increase Successful Prosecution of Sexual Assault Crimes in Western Illinois Macomb —(ENEWSPF)—August 10, 2017.  Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced grant funding to improve and increase services for sexual assault survivors[Read More…]

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