Safe Have Program Provides Students with a Positive and Safe Environment During Spring Break CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett today announced an expansion of Safe Haven locations during spring break, April 6-10. This year’s Safe Haven program will provide students with[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
McDonald’s USA Announces New Employee Benefit Package Including Wage Increase and Paid Time Off at Company-Owned Restaurants
Company Also Expands Educational Opportunities to Include Free High School Completion and College Tuition Assistance for All U.S. Restaurant Employees OAK BROOK, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015 – McDonald’s USA (NYSE: MCD) yesterday announced enhanced benefits for employees at its company-owned restaurants, including a wage increase and paid time-off for full and[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Response to McDonald’s Wage Increase
DALLAS–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015 – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement in response to fast-food chain McDonald’s decision to raise wages for some of their employees: “All over this country McDonald’s is paying its workers abysmally low wages. While a 10 percent increase is a step in the[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on Iran Negotiations
DALLAS–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement in response to the announcement that the United States, Iran, the United Kingdom, France, China, Russia and Germany have negotiated an agreement regarding Iran’s disputed nuclear program. ”While much more work remains to be done this framework is[Read More…]
UN Chief Welcomes Accord on Iran’s Nuclear Programme
The Busher nuclear power plant in Iran. Photo: IAEA/Paolo Contri NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–2 April 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated the team of international negotiators and Iran on achieving a political framework that paves the way for an historic comprehensive joint plan of action on Iran’s nuclear programme[Read More…]
Study: Plant-Derived Cannabinoid Extract More Efficacious Than Isolated Compound
Jerusalem, Israel–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. The administration of plant-derived cannabidiol (CBD) extracts provide greater efficacy in the treatment of pain and inflammation than does the use of a purified CBD alternative, according to preclinical data published online ahead of print in the journal Pharmacology & Pharmacy. Investigators at the Hebrew University,[Read More…]
Study: CBD Administration Enhances Skeletal Healing
Jerusalem, Israel–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. The administration of the non-psychotropic cannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD) leads to improvement in bone fracture healing, according to preclinical data published online ahead of print in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. Investigators at the Hebrew University Bone Laboratory assessed the ability of CBD administration to[Read More…]
Study: Parkinson’s Patients Report Subjective Relief From Cannabis
Aurora, CO–(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. Patients with Parkinson’s self-report cannabis to be a highly efficacious alternative medicine in the treatment of the disease, according to survey data published online ahead of print in the journal Evidence-Based Complimentary and Alternative Medicine. Investigators reported that cannabis use remains comparatively uncommon among patients with[Read More…]
U.S. Justice Department Says It Will Ignore Federal Law and Prosecute People for Medical Marijuana Despite Congressional Spending Ban
Congress Passed One-Year Amendment in December Prohibiting Justice Department from Undermining State Medical Marijuana Laws; Members of both Parties Sought to Stop Prosecutions and Let States Set Their Own Medical Marijuana Policies Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 2, 2015. A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) told the Los Angeles Times[Read More…]
Comedy and Dysfunction: The Perfect Cocktail for Theatrical Genius in ‘Kimberly Akimbo’ at Governors State University
University Park, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 2, 2015. A young woman trapped in the body of a 72-year old. And she’s the normal one in the family. While contending with a hypochondriac mother, a rarely sober father, and a criminal aunt, could there be love on the horizon? Patrons will want to find[Read More…]
