CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Allison Ordman When most elementary schools are closing their doors this summer, Chicago’s widest-reaching literacy non-profit WITS (Working In The Schools) will be helping seven CPS schools stay open for an extra five weeks for their summer program. Since 2012, WITS has run the Early Childhood[Read More…]
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What’s in the Administration’s 5-Part Plan for Medicare Part D and its Impact for Beneficiaries and Program Savings?
CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Juliette Cubanski Introduction Today more than 43 million older adults and people with disabilities have prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D. Part D helps people with Medicare afford their medications by subsidizing the purchase of drug coverage from private stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs) and[Read More…]
Canada Becomes 2nd Country in the World – and First G-20 Nation – to Legally Regulate Marijuana
Canadian Parliament Approved Marijuana Legalization this week; Canada’s Move Expected to Boost Momentum for Drug Policy Reform in the U.S. and Globally CANADA—(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 By: Hannah Hetzer and Tony Newman Last night, the Canadian Senate approved The Cannabis Act, making Canada the second country in the world to legally[Read More…]
Military and Family Appreciation Day at the Chicago Botanic Garden on Sunday, June 24
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 21, 2018 Contact: Friends of the National Veterans Art Museum In partnership with the Chicago Botanic Garden, USO of Illinois, and the American Legion, we are welcoming military service members and their families on Sunday June 24th to a special day at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake Cook[Read More…]
Nearly Three Million More Displaced Year-on-year, Warns Refugee Agency Chief, But Solutions are Within Reach
GENEVA—(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: United Nations Communications The number of people forced to flee their homes last year rose by nearly three million to 68.5 million, the head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday, warning that the world’s displacement hotspots “are becoming hotter”. Citing ongoing, protracted violence around[Read More…]
House Republicans’ Immigration Bills Hurt Women and Children, Says Center for American Progress Column
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Philip E. Wolgin and Nicole Prchal Svajlenka The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on two immigration bills this week under the premise of helping Dreamers, but a new CAP column finds that the Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s (R-VA) Securing America’s Future Act and Speaker[Read More…]
Community-Driven Federal Class Action Lawsuit & Report Targets Chicago Police’s Inaccurate, Racially Discriminatory Gang Database
Being on this list has meant everything from losing a job to being put in detention and deportation proceedings. At least 195,000 individuals – 95% Black and Latinx – are listed in an error-filled database from which their names can never be removed. Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 Contacts: Tania Unzueta, and[Read More…]
Amnesty International: Policy of Separating Children from Parents is Nothing Short of Torture
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Amnesty International Communications The sickening images of children cruelly separated from their parents and held in cages as a result of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ policy of ‘zero-tolerance’ will leave an indelible stain on the reputation of the USA, said Amnesty International today. “This is[Read More…]
Former Federal Prosecutor and Executive IG Maggie Hickey to Lead Independent Investigation of the Illinois House of Representatives
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)—June 19, 2018 By: Jon Maxson House Speaker Michael J. Madigan announced that Maggie Hickey, a former federal prosecutor and former inspector general for the agencies under Gov. Bruce Rauner, will conduct a thorough and independent investigation and review of the operations of the Illinois House of Representatives,[Read More…]
American Academy of Pediatrics Statement Opposing the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 18, 2018 By: Colleen Kraft, MD, MBA, FAAP, President, American Academy of Pediatrics “The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) strongly opposes the Border Security and Immigration Reform Act, which was released by the U.S. House of Representatives leadership today. Instead of putting children first by[Read More…]
