Boxes containing signatures gathered by the Arizona Healthy Working Families Initiative group sit on display in Phoenix, Arizona, July 7, 2016. Source: AP/Ross D. Franklin Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. A new issue brief from the Center for American Progress demonstrates a link between a state’s economic and health policies[Read More…]
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Governor Rauner’s Children’s Cabinet Makes Lead Poisoning Prevention A Priority
October 23-30, 2016 – National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. Governor Bruce Rauner’s Cabinet on Children and Youth recently announced a statewide, cross-agency initiative to reduce children’s exposure to lead. Lead poisoning is one of the most prevalent, preventable, environmental health hazards and is known to[Read More…]
Artists Come Out in Support of Marijuana Legalization in California
Jesse Williams, Shailene Woodley, Olivia Wilde, Danny Glover, Russell Simmons and Numerous Other Actors, Musicians and Advocates Favor Historic Initiative that Would End Discriminatory Arrests, Earn Nearly a Billion in Tax Revenue, and Protect Young People CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. A group of well-known actors and musicians today came out in[Read More…]
Low Wages and Student Debt Break the Promise of Prosperity
To make ends meet, a single adult with student loan debt needs to be paid more than $17 per hour in most states WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. Some 43 million people in the United States have student loan debt. Yet, that significant expense is left out of traditional cost[Read More…]
Drug Policy Action Releases 2016 Congressional Voter Guide
U.S. Reps Graded on Seven Bills Affecting Marijuana, Hemp, and New Psychoactive Substances Congressional Support for Drug Policy Reform Surges; Reps Earning Perfect Grade Doubles in Two Years Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. Today, Drug Policy Action released its 2016 Congressional Voter Guide which grades members of Congress on how they[Read More…]
New Video Shows the Real Impact of Donald Trump’s Housing Discrimination
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. Today, Hillary for America is releasing a new video with Senator Tim Kaine and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton that tells the story of Mae Brown Wiggins. Mae, a registered nurse, was denied housing in Trump’s apartment building based on the color of her skin. At the[Read More…]
City of Chicago Moves to Privatize Mental Health Clinic in Roseland
Clinic consumers and mental health advocates denounce city plan, demand input CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. Four years after Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) closed six public mental health clinics despite warnings of dire consequences for the city and the thousands of people affected, the city is[Read More…]
Details on Jay Z GOTV Concert for Hillary Clinton in Cleveland
Jay Z to Get Out the Vote for Clinton Days Before Election Day NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2016. On Friday, November 4, just days before Election Day, Grammy award-winning artist, philanthropist and entrepreneur Jay Z will hold a Get Out The Vote (GOTV) concert for Hillary Clinton in Cleveland to encourage[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Josh Earnest Aboard Air Force One, October 24, 2016
Air Force One En Route Los Angeles, California–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2016 – 12:51 P.M. PDT MR. EARNEST: How is everybody doing? I don’t have anything at the top. Obviously, the President has spent a lot of time over the last 24 hours making a strong case about why it’s important for[Read More…]
Historic Lawsuit Challenges Practice of Jailing People Too Poor to Pay Bond
Community Groups Demand Alternatives to Monetary Bond CHICAGO, IL.—(ENEWSPF)—October 25, 2016. In the first class-action lawsuit of its kind filed in Cook County, individuals unlawfully detained in Cook County Jail are suing to end the unconstitutional practice of setting monetary bonds that defendants cannot pay. According to the lawsuit, the[Read More…]
