333 Miles of Chicago Streets and Alleys to be Resurfaced In 2014; Nearly One-Quarter of Chicago’s Streets Resurfaced in Mayor Emanuel’s First Term in Office CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced an expanded streets paving program for 2014 to combat the pothole-filled condition of many of Chicago’s arterial[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Mayor Emanuel Announces Crack Down on Pet Coke Dust by Requiring Facilities to Fully Enclose Harmful Materials
New Regulations Take Effect Immediately and Will Require Facilities to Submit Monthly Progress Reports CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced today the issuance of a comprehensive set of regulations that will crack down on the harmful emission of petroleum coke, or[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood Launches English & Spanish ACA Radio/Pandora Ads in Texas and Ohio
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Today, Planned Parenthood Federation of America announced a radio and Pandora ad buy featuring enrollees from Texas and Ohio encouraging listeners in those states to sign up for new, more affordable health insurance plans before the March 31 enrollment deadline. Planned Parenthood helped the women featured[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Reducing Sentences for Non-Violent Drug Offenses
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Attorney General Holder has made a thoughtful and progressive decision to endorse a plan that would reduce sentences for non-violent drug offenses and address the issue of mass incarceration. For too long in America, we have been developing a new Jim Crow system for administering justice.[Read More…]
Montana Supreme Court Affirms Bison Can Roam
Rejects unreasonable demand to return to widespread buffalo slaughter Helena, MT–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. The Montana Supreme Court affirmed the decision of a lower court yesterday, allowing wild bison room to roam outside the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park. The ruling upholds a February 2012 decision by state agencies to[Read More…]
Wyoming Supreme Court Rejects Fracking Industry Argument to Withhold Chemicals As Trade Secrets
Litigation continues to better identify the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing Cheyenne, WY–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. Yesterday, the Wyoming Supreme Court issued its decision in a case where Powder River Basin Resource Council and other groups challenged the Wyoming Oil and Gas Commission’s withholding of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) chemical information from[Read More…]
New Hampshire House of Representatives Votes Overwhelmingly in Favor of Marijuana Decriminalization
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director Yesterday, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted 215 to 92 in favor of House Bill 1625. This legislation to significantly reduce marijuana penalties in New Hampshire. Under present law, possession of any amount of marijuana is a criminal misdemeanor,[Read More…]
Poll: Americans View Pot As Less Harmful To Health Than Tobacco, Alcohol, Or Sugar
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 13, 2014. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Americans believe that consuming cannabis poses less harm to health than does the consumption of tobacco, alcohol, or sugar, according to the findings of a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll released today. Respondents were asked which of the four substances[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Introduces the American Cures Act
Bill Would Preserve America’s Global Leadership in Innovation and Discovery by Investing in Breakthrough Biomedical Research WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014. With a decline in federal biomedical research threatening our standing as a leader in discovery and innovation and our global competitiveness, Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-IL) yesterday introduced the[Read More…]
Motorola Solutions and AVX Expand Solutions for Hope in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Expansion enables sourcing of key mineral from North Kivu without involvement of illegal armed groups SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and FOUNTAIN INN, S.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 13, 2014 – Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) and AVX Corporation (NYSE: AVX) today announced expansion of Solutions for Hope to the Province of North Kivu, the conflict-prone area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).[Read More…]
