CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Governor Pat Quinn announced today that the state will begin tracking “dooring” crashes – accidents involving bicyclists who are struck by opened doors from parked cars. The change will take effect immediately to help determine locations where road improvements and public outreach efforts may be necessary to[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Tree City USA Program Recognizes ‘International Year of Forests 2011’
SPRINGFIELD, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Illinois Tree City USA and Tree Campus USA program participants are hailing the designation of 2011 as the “International Year of Forests” – an effort promoted by the United Nations to celebrate people’s actions to sustainably manage the world’s forests. The “International Year of Forests 2011”[Read More…]
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Still Cause Illness
National Infant Immunization Week — April 23 – 30, 2011 SPRINGFIELD, Ill.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Each year, thousands of children become ill from diseases that could have been prevented by basic childhood immunizations. Countless more miss time from day care and school because they are under-immunized or inappropriately immunized. To help[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Calls on Apple, Google to Address Mobile Device Privacy Concerns
Chicago–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today called for a meeting with Apple Inc. and Google executives in the wake of reports that iPhones, iPads and Google Android devices are collecting and storing detailed information about users’ locations. Madigan sent a letter to both technology manufacturers in response to[Read More…]
Guantánamo Documents Reveal Dubious Claims to Hold Detainees
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Last night, a handful of news organizations released hundreds of pages of documents profiling past and present detainees held at Guantánamo. Among other things, the documents reveal: Evidence the government held detainees not because they were serious threats, but rather because the government thought the detainee[Read More…]
Guantánamo Documents Underscore Need For Independent Judicial Review, Says ACLU
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. A batch of formerly secret documents made public by news outlets today underscores the need for independent judicial review of the cases of men being held at Guantánamo, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. The following can be attributed to Hina Shamsi, Director of the[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Radio Ads Protest Republican Cuts to Medicare, Social Security
“It’s that Republican plan to end Medicare as we know it, putting us at the mercy of insurance companies” Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. The Alliance for Retired Americans begins airing radio ads today protesting Republican budget cuts to Medicare and Social Security. The ad will air in Colorado, Missouri, and[Read More…]
What’s Gotten Into Us, a Review
MAINE–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Author McKay Jenkins has been a friend to SafeLawns ever since he agreed to appear in the film, A Chemical Reaction, to summarize America’s obsession with lawns. We were thrilled and honored when Jenkins and his publisher, Random House, included a long discussion of the SafeLawns movement[Read More…]
International Campaign for Tibet Calls Upon China to Reveal the Whereabouts of the Panchen Lama
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. Today is the 22nd Birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama of Tibet, who has not been seen since his disappearance in May, 1995. The International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) joins governments and concerned individuals across the world today in urging the Chinese authorities[Read More…]
Public Opinion Snapshot: Public Is Strongly Against Cutting Medicare
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–April 25, 2011. The conservative assault on government marches on. Their latest trick is passage of the House Republican budget bill. This bill takes direct aim at Medicare by proposing to cut funding for the program and turn it into a fixed amount voucher that seniors would have to[Read More…]
