Springfield, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 20, 2015. House Speaker Michael J. Madigan issued the following statement Thursday, after the governor signed legislation authorizing the use of state funds for McCormick Place while opposing funding for women, children and the elderly: “Governor Rauner’s piecemeal approach to federally funded programs creates more hardship and confusing[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Nearly All Contact Lens Wearers in National Survey Report Risky Eye Care Behaviors That Can Lead to Eye Infections
One-third of contact lens wearers sought care for potentially preventable eye problems Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. Almost all of the 41 million estimated contact lens wearers in the United States may be engaging in at least one behavior known to increase their risk of eye infections, according to a report[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and New York Department of Financial Services Sue Pension Advance Companies for Deceiving Consumers About Loan Costs
Companies Hid Loan Interest Rates and Fees and Deceived Consumers About Other Terms of the Deal WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) filed a lawsuit in federal court against two companies, Pension Funding, LLC and[Read More…]
NASA: California Drought Causing Valley Land to Sink
Total subsidence in California’s San Joaquin Valley for the period May 3, 2014 to Jan. 22, 2015, as measured by Canada’s Radarsat-2 satellite. Two large subsidence bowls are evident, centered on Corcoran and south of El Nido. Credits: Canadian Space Agency/NASA/JPL-Caltech Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. As Californians continue pumping groundwater[Read More…]
The Tumultuous Heart of Our Galaxy
X-ray view of the Galactic Centre EU–(ENEWSPF)–20 August 2015. This new image of powerful remnants of dead stars and their mighty action on the surrounding gas from ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory reveals some of the most intense processes taking place at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way. The[Read More…]
Mayor Rahm Emanuel Announces Open Applications for ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel yesterday announced ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week is now accepting applications for participation in the fifth annual installment of the successful ThinkChicago: Chicago Ideas Week program. Mayor Emanuel, Chicago Ideas Week, World Business Chicago, University of Illinois, and 1871 are once again teaming up to[Read More…]
Study: 1.14 Million will Travel by Bus Over 2015 Labor Day Holiday
Chaddick Institute at DePaul University tracks U.S. intercity bus trends A Greyhound bus makes a stop at Chicago’s Union Station to load and unload passengers. Intercity bus travel is expected to be at its highest level for the 2015 Labor Day holiday in at least a decade, find researchers from[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Aug. 15, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 20, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending August 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 277,000, an increase of 4,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised down by 1,000 from 274,000 to 273,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
Hurricane Katrina’s Health Care Legacy and the Need for Medicaid Expansion in Gulf Coast States
Dr. Alan Shapiro, of the Children’s Health Fund in New York, gives an asthma breathing test to Ja’Shayna Davis in Gulfport, Mississippi, on September 13, 2005. Source: AP/Darron Cummings Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. One decade after the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama felt the catastrophic effects of Hurricane[Read More…]
Lice Found Resistant to Common Insecticide Treatment
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 20, 2015. Just as children go back to school, research finds that lice in 25 of 30 states in a U.S. study have developed resistance to common over-the-counter treatments like permethrin, calling into questions the justification for exposing children to a neurotoxic and carcinogenic pesticide and elevating the need to consider[Read More…]
