Interactive online tool shows how Congress votes on medical marijuana, including yesterday’s VHA vote Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2014. The medical marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) relaunched its VoteMedicalMarijuana.org website today, an interactive online tool that provides voting statistics and a report card for each Members of Congress.[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Community Activist and Labor Organizer Jorge Mújica Announces Independent Bid for 25th Ward Aldermanic Seat
“Solis has sold our communities out for too long,” says community activist Jorge Mújica in announcing independent campaign as socialist candidate in challenge to corporate darling incumbent. CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014: One of Chicago’s most well-known and respected community activists is challenging one of Chicago’s most politically connected and unaccountable aldermen[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Tools to Protect Foster Care Children from Credit Reporting Problems
Bureau Publishes Action Letters for Child Welfare Caseworkers to Send to Credit Bureaus Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2014. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today took action to better protect children in the foster care system from credit reporting problems that could compromise their future credit. The Bureau published action[Read More…]
Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace Totals Over 8 Million People, May 1, 2014
More than 4.8 million additional Medicaid/CHIP enrollments Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2014. Enrollment in the Health Insurance Marketplace surged to eight million at the end of the first enrollment period, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today. The final enrollment reporting period spans from October 1, 2013, to March 31, 2014, and[Read More…]
Up to 40 Percent of Annual Deaths from Each of Five Leading US Causes are Preventable
Premature deaths from each cause due to modifiable risks Potentially Preventable Deaths from the Five Leading Causes of Death – Entire Infographic Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. Each year, nearly 900,000 Americans die prematurely from the five leading causes of death – yet 20 percent to 40 percent of the[Read More…]
Pioneers Become First PSC Program to Win Back-to-Back Titles
Palos Hills, IL-(ENEWSPF)- When Prairie State tennis coach Patrick Reichard took a look at his team prior to the 2014 season, he knew his squad would be strong and one definitely capable of repeating as NJCAA Region IV champions. Turns out he was right. Thanks in part to a 16-point[Read More…]
Groundbreaking National Academy of Sciences Report: U.S. Needs to Significantly Reduce Prison Population
U.S. Has Less Than Five percent of World’s Population but Nearly 25 percent of People Behind Bars; Drug War Fueled Prison Explosion NEW YORK—(ENEWPSF)—May 1, 2014. A groundbreaking report released yesterday by the National Research Council, the principal operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences, documents the unprecedented and[Read More…]
Justice Department Requires eBay to End Anticompetitive ‘No Poach’ Hiring Agreements
Settlement Preserves Competition for High Tech Employees Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 1, 2014. The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with eBay Inc. that prevents the company from entering into or maintaining agreements with other companies restraining employee recruitment and hiring. The department’s Antitrust Division filed the[Read More…]
U.S. Marks Decade of Same-Sex Couples Marrying as Freedom to Marry Celebrates 10th Anniversary
“And we don’t want a 15th anniversary,” says Wolfson New York–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. Ten years ago Massachusetts became the first state in America where same-sex couples could share in the freedom to marry. Since then, 16 other states and Washington, DC have followed, resulting in 40% of Americans who now[Read More…]
Statement from Representative Blumenauer on the Vote to Allow Veterans Greater Access to Medical Marijuana
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 1, 2014. On Wednesday, the House sadly voted 222-195 to deny veterans the opportunity to discuss medical marijuana with physicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), even in the 21 states and the District of Columbia where medical marijuana is legal. But, there was a silver lining.[Read More…]
