CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting Manufacturing Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 1, in the Atrium on the college’s main campus, located at 202 S. Halsted St. in Chicago Heights. The event is being offered in partnership with PSC, South Suburban College,[Read More…]
Author: Rosemary Piser
Mayor Emanuel, Labor Management Cooperation Committee Commit To Working Towards $20 Million In Health Care Savings For 2016
Ongoing Collaboration between City and Labor Unions Identifies Potential Healthcare Savings and Other Opportunities to Increase Efficiencies, Enhance Services, Achieve Savings CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Jorge Ramirez, President of the Chicago Federation of Labor, along with members of the Labor Management Cooperation Committee (LMCC) announced today a commitment[Read More…]
New Pluto Images from NASA’s New Horizons: It’s Complicated
This synthetic perspective view of Pluto, based on the latest high-resolution images to be downlinked from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, shows what you would see if you were approximately 1,100 miles (1,800 kilometers) above Pluto’s equatorial area, looking northeast over the dark, cratered, informally named Cthulhu Regio toward the bright,[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on Iran Nuclear Deal Vote
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after voting to support the Iran nuclear deal. “I voted to support the Iran nuclear deal today because it is my firm belief that the test of a great nation is not how many wars we can[Read More…]
Senator Sanders, Rep. Cummings Introduce Comprehensive Legislation to Lower Soaring Drug Prices
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) today introduced legislation to address skyrocketing increases in prescription drug prices. Americans, who already pay the highest prices for prescription drugs in the world, saw prices jump more than[Read More…]
Study: Patients Replace Prescription Drugs With Cannabis
Mesa, AZ–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2015. Patients with legal access to medical marijuana reduce their consumption of conventional pharmaceuticals, according to a demographic review of patient characteristics published online in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. Investigators affiliated with the Medical Marijuana Research Institute in Mesa surveyed responses from 367 state-qualified patients recruited[Read More…]
Most Consumers Choose Retail Marijuana Access Over The Illicit Market
Pawtucket, RI–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2015. Retail cannabis providers are far more popular with consumers than are illicit market providers, according to survey data compiled and published by Marijuana Business Daily. Sixty-nine percent of respondents who resided in states that permit regulated marijuana sales reported no longer purchasing cannabis from the black[Read More…]
Washington: Marijuana Law Changes Not Associated With Increased Teen Use
Olympia, WA–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2015. Changes in marijuana laws are not associated with increased use of the substance by teens, according to data compiled by Washington’s Healthy Youth Survey and published by the Washington State Institute of Public Policy. State survey results from the years 2002 to 2014 show little change[Read More…]
Rep. Gutierrez Calls Pope Francis ‘the Antidote’ to Donald Trump’s ‘Venom’ in House Floor Speech
“On one shoulder, we have a billionaire out there saying Mexicans are murderers… On the other shoulder is a man who is not afraid to touch the feet of the poor and recognizes their humanity even in their poverty.” Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015. Yesterday, Rep. Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL) wasted[Read More…]
VA More Than Triples Volunteers in Facilities Nationwide through Summer of Service
Department Welcomes New Volunteers, Strategic Partnerships to Better Serve Veterans WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) yesterday announced that the 2015 Summer of Service initiative, which launched in May, has exceeded the goals set for community volunteers serving Veterans and the development of new partnerships to[Read More…]
