SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. Each year the South Suburban College Foundation (SSCF) has an annual spring gala from which all proceeds benefit scholarship programs. The SSCF is now seeking support from local residents, friends and partners for Showcase 2016: Dreams & Destinations, to be held on April 29,[Read More…]
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South Suburban College to Host Live First District Court Oral Arguments at 3rd Annual Law Day on April 29th
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. The South Suburban College Legal Studies Department will host their third annual Law Day on Friday, April 29, 2016. This year’s event will feature a special live court case. Oral arguments for a real criminal First District Appellate Court case will be heard in[Read More…]
New NARAL Video Hits Trump For Series Of Piggish Comments
Follows Trump’s Comments He Would Punish Women Who Have Had Abortions, And Standing By His Campaign Manager Who Was Arrested For Assault A Woman https://youtu.be/Jc-iA5Uc1wE Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. NARAL Pro-Choice America released a new video yesterday, which will be part of an online ad campaign in Wisconsin ahead of[Read More…]
AP Poll: Over Six In Ten Americans Support Legal Marijuana Use
Chicago, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. Over six in ten American adults believe that “the use of marijuana should be made legal,” according to nationwide polling data provided by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. By contrast, only seven percent of respondents supported the legalization of other illicit substances, such[Read More…]
Medical Cannabis Access Decreases Opioid Use In Chronic Pain Patients
Ann Arbor, MI–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. Chronic pain patients with legal access to medicinal cannabis significantly decrease their use of opioids, according to data published online ahead of print in The Journal of Pain. Investigators at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor conducted a retrospective survey of 244 chronic pain patients.[Read More…]
UN Refugee Agency Urges Safeguard Compliance Before Any Returns Begin Under EU-Turkey Deal
Newly-arriving refugees wave as the large inflatable boat they are in approaches the shore, near the village of Skala Eressos, on the island of Lesbos, in the North Aegean region of Greece. Photo: UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson VII GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–1 April 2016 – The United Nations refugee agency today urged parties to the[Read More…]
Groups Sue to Force FDA to Act on Chemical in Food Packaging
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. The Natural Resources Defense Council and Center for Food Safety, on behalf of themselves and four other public health and environmental organizations, sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday to force it to act on a petition to ban perchlorate in food packaging. The groups filed the[Read More…]
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Two Men for Robbing Individuals at Gunpoint at ATMs in West and Northwest Suburbs
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2016. Two men have been indicted in connection with the armed robberies of individuals at automated-teller machines in the west and northwest suburbs of Chicago, federal authorities announced today. The indictment alleges that KENNETH HAYES and ANTONIO DUNNER forced victims to withdraw money from drive-thru ATMs. Wearing[Read More…]
Broad National Coalition Tells Congress to Fund the Green Climate Fund
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. A broad national coalition of leading faith-based, civil rights, environmental justice, humanitarian, business, development, science, and national security organizations published a letter addressed to congressional leaders this morning which calls for the United States to fully fund our international commitments to the Green Climate Fund[Read More…]
Statement of US Labor Secretary Perez on March 2016 Employment Numbers
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–April 1, 2016. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the March 2016 Employment Situation report released today: “The remarkable U.S. recovery continues, as total nonfarm employment increased by 215,000 in March. Beginning just a year after President Obama inherited the worst economic[Read More…]
