Couriers will begin delivering ballot packages from CPS public schools to CTU headquarters around 2p.m. Friday. Provisional results expected later Friday. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 26, 2018 By: Chris Geovanis Beginning at 2 p.m. Friday, January 26, couriers will begin delivering packets of ballots from each of more than 500 Chicago public[Read More…]
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Medicaid Expansion Linked with Better, More Timely Surgical Care
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)—January 25, 2018 By: Marge Dwyer The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion was linked to better access to surgery and higher quality surgical care, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study was published online January 24, 2018 in JAMA Surgery.[Read More…]
PSC Jazz Festival Turns 30 This Year
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Prairie State College (PSC) is celebrating its 30th Annual Jazz Fest in 2018. Since 1988, PSC has featured the hottest names in the world of jazz. The fest launched thanks to footwork of Bob Anderson, PSC’s director of development and community relations, and James Moore, dean of arts[Read More…]
A Huge Step Backward on Opioids
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 25, 2018 By: Michael Collins, Drug Policy Alliance (CNN) The latest statistics on the overdose crisis — roughly 64,000 deaths in the United States in 2016 — also reveal that fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are now the driving force behind US overdose deaths. Fentanyl is an opioid[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Nominates Eight Students to Military Academies
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 25, 2018 By: Mary Paleologos Congresswoman Robin Kelly today nominated eight high school students from the 2nd Congressional District for admission to three United States Military Academies. “These exceptional young men and women represent the very best of the 2nd Congressional District. They have worked incredibly hard for[Read More…]
FDA, FTC Warn Companies for Selling Illegal, Unapproved Opioid Cessation Products
Companies allegedly making deceptive claims Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—January 25, 2018 By: Lyndsay Meyer The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission today posted joint warning letters to the marketers and distributors of 12 opioid cessation products, for illegally marketing unapproved products with claims about their ability to[Read More…]
What Scientists Can Learn About the Moon During the Jan. 31 Eclipse
Greenbelt, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2018 By Elizabeth Zubritsky The lunar eclipse on Jan. 31 will give a team of scientists a special opportunity to study the Moon using the astronomer’s equivalent of a heat-sensing, or thermal, camera. Three lunar events will come together in an unusual overlap that’s being playfully called[Read More…]
Menominee Tribe Files Lawsuit Over Back Forty Mine Clean Water Act Wetlands Permit
The permit would allow mine developers to fill and excavate Menominee River wetlands Kenosha, Wisconsin—(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2018 By: Janette Brimmer and Melissa Cook Yesterday the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin filed a lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Tribe[Read More…]
New Analysis: Voter Suppression Laws a Concern in 2018, Though Many States Looking to Expand Access
New York, N.Y. –(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2018 By: Rebecca Autrey A first look at voting laws introduced in state legislatures across the country finds that voter suppression efforts continue to be a concern at the outset of a pivotal election year. The Trump administration is promoting a similar agenda at the[Read More…]
2018 Illinois Tax Filing Season Begins Monday, January 29rd
IDOR fraud efforts resulted in over $31 million in savings in 2017 SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)—January 23, 2018. The Illinois Department of Revenue (“IDOR”) will begin accepting 2017 state individual income tax returns on Monday, January 29th, the same date that the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) begins accepting federal individual income tax[Read More…]
