WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. Today, the President granted commutation of sentence to the following 102 individuals: Benjy Neil Allums – Niceville, FL Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and 500[Read More…]
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Actress Salma Hayek Urges Latinos to Stand Up To Trump this November (Video)
https://youtu.be/wy2Eai0NHLk?list=PLt9jO9QkAAoeXUt-4UEzw0fuDrEUu4f01 Video Was Released After Pence Referred to Trump’s Offensive Comments as “That Mexican Thing” NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2016. On the heels of the Vice Presidential debate, where Mike Pence demonized immigrants and referred to Donald Trump calling Mexican immigrants “rapists” and “criminals” as “that Mexican thing,” Hillary for America[Read More…]
Clerk Orr Launches Running For Office Starter Kit
Online application designed to make it easier to run for public office Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A new online application unveiled today by Cook County Clerk David Orr’s office seeks to simplify the process and ease the burdens associated with running for office in suburban Cook County. The Running for Office Starter Kit (RFO),[Read More…]
DePaul University to Host Town Hall on US-China Relations on October 18
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to appear via webcast Experts will discuss the history and future of the relationship between the U.S. and China at “China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections” Oct. 18, 2016 at DePaul University. (Photo courtesy of iStock) CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016 By: Lucil Macwan Relations[Read More…]
Acclaimed Novelist Daniel Saldaña Paris to Read at Roosevelt University’s Gage Building on October 13
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. Daniel Saldaña París, an essayist, poet and novelist whose work includes the widely acclaimed novel Among Strange Victims will read from his latest work beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 in Roosevelt University’s Gage Building, Room 700, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. A native of Mexico[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Proposes A Series Of Measures To Combat Heroin Addiction In Chicago And Cook County
Following recommendations by a joint City and County-led task force, Mayor moves to launch prevention and awareness campaigns, establish additional licensing requirements for pharmaceutical representatives, and increase investment in addiction treatment by 50 percent to keep residents safe from heroin and opioids CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced[Read More…]
Mars, Incorporated to Combine Chocolate and Wrigley Segments to Create Mars Wrigley Confectionery
MCLEAN, VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016 – Mars, Incorporated today announced its intent to combine its Chocolate and Wrigley segments to create Mars Wrigley Confectionery. The combination will help deliver greater value to customers, and enable the segment to address consumer trends and insights holistically in what is increasingly seen as one[Read More…]
Bernie Sanders, Senate Democrats Call for Justice Department to Hold Wells Fargo Executives Accountable
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 5, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders joined Sen. Mazie K. Hirono and a coalition of senators Wednesday to urge the Justice Department to investigate and, if appropriate, prosecute individual wrongdoing at Wells Fargo after revelations that the bank’s employees had opened millions of accounts without customer approval. In September,[Read More…]
Study: Medical Marijuana Laws Associated With Greater Workforce Participation Among Older Americans
Baltimore, MD–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. The enactment of statewide medicinal cannabis programs is associated with greater participation in the workforce by those age 50 and older, according to the findings of a working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Researchers at the John Hopkins School of Public Health[Read More…]
Congress Provides Short-Term Extension To Medical Marijuana Protection Provisions
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. Members of Congress have approved a short-term spending bill keeping in place existing budgetary provisions protecting those who engage in the state-sanctioned use and dispensing of medical cannabis from federal prosecution by the Department of Justice. The amendment, known as the Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment, maintains that federal[Read More…]
