WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2015. Today, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Cheri Bustos (IL-17) announced $6,698,797 in federal funding that will go toward infrastructure improvements and upgrades at Chicago Rockford International Airport. The grant will be used to build a terminal building expansion that will help travelers[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Public Citizen Report: Injuries to Nurses Are Severe and Numerous
Several Nurses Reported Being Fired From Jobs Because They Could No Longer Perform Onerous Lifting Duties WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015. A new Public Citizen report, “The Healthcare Industry’s Castoffs,” documents the nature and repercussions of injuries suffered by nurses. This report is the first in a five-part series spotlighting[Read More…]
Survey Finds State Policies have Critical Impact on Affordable Care Act Applications, Enrollment
Boston, MA –-(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015. A new survey by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that the variable approaches states have taken to implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have had major effects on whether low-income adults are aware of the law, whether they have applied[Read More…]
As Clock Runs Out on Legislative Session, Patients & Families Rally in Albany to Demand Emergency Access to Medical Marijuana Before More Loved Ones Needlessly Die
Abandoned by Cuomo, Families Turn to Legislature to Pass a Bipartisan Bill; Bill Would Create Emergency Access Program to Provide Relief to Critically Ill Patients, including Children with Epilepsy Albany– (ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2015. Patients, family members, and advocates stood with legislators from both sides of the aisle today in support[Read More…]
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Expected To Sign Marijuana Sentencing Reform Law
New Law Would Be Important Step Toward Reducing Louisiana’s Notoriously Overcrowded Prisons and Jails; Even With This Reform, Louisiana’s Marijuana Laws Would Remain Harsher Than Nearly All Other U.S. States; Majority of Louisianans Support Ending All Criminal Penalties for Marijuana Possession NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2015. The Louisiana legislature voted yesterday[Read More…]
Job Openings Increase to 5.4 Million in April 2015; Hires and Separations Hold Steady
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2015. The number of job openings rose to 5.4 million on the last business day of April, the highest since the series began in December 2000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of hires was little changed at 5.0 million in April and[Read More…]
Comprehensive Prevention Program Effectively Reduces Falls Among Older People
HHS-supported study tests falls intervention program Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2015. Families and physicians have a new tool in the fight against falls- a comprehensive prevention program developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that reduces both falls and resulting use of long-term care such as nursing homes.[Read More…]
Sierra Club: U.S. Court of Appeals Rules Against Coal Industry Challenge to Historic Clean Power Plan
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015. Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected coal industry challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan, ruling coal interests had prematurely challenged the Obama Administration’s historic effort to curb carbon pollution[Read More…]
Responsible Credit Is an Economic and Moral Issue, New Center for American Progress Brief Says
On January 22, 2015, Maranda Brooks stands outside a payday loans business that she frequented in the past in Cleveland, Ohio. SOURCE: AP/Tony Dejak Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015. Millions of financially vulnerable Americans take out high-cost, predatory loans each year. These loans have interest rates so high that borrowers may never[Read More…]
Wild Bees Numbers Plummet as Pesticide Use Increases
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015. Agricultural pesticides are sprayed intensively throughout the growing season in New York’s conventional apple orchards. Researchers at Cornell University found that as the use of pesticides on these farms increased, the abundance of wild bees declined significantly. The study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal[Read More…]
