43 States Will Have Machines At Least 10 Years Old, Could Lead to Long Lines and Lost Votes NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2015. In 2016, 43 states will use electronic voting machines that are at least 10 years old, perilously close to the end of most systems’ expected lifespan, according to[Read More…]
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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…]
Center for American Progress Report Suggests Unions Are Critical to Intergenerational Economic Mobility
New CAP research, co-authored with economists Richard Freeman and Eunice Han, indicates that policies that make it easier for workers to form unions and bargain collectively should be at the heart of any agenda to boost mobility. Duke Scoppa marches up Fifth Ave with his son during the Labor Parade,[Read More…]
With Budget Deadline Looming, New Center for American Progress Report Urges Congress to Reject Sequester Spending Levels, Craft a Budget Deal to Build an Economy That Works for All
Congress Returns to Work Today and Must Pass a Spending Bill to Prevent a Government Shutdown by October 1, With the Return of Sequester Spending Levels Looming Officials walk into the debris field as Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee checks on progress at the site of the Oso mudslide on May[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Analysis Reveals Troublingly High Student Loan Default Rates Among Colleges Accredited by National Accreditors
One out of every five borrowers at a college accredited by ACICS—the largest accreditor of the now-defunct Corinthian Colleges—defaults within three years of entering loan repayment, new CAP analysis finds. Empty desks are seen in a classroom in Louisville, Kentucky, 2006. Source: AP/Brian Bohannon Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2015. A[Read More…]
A Labor Day Story: Union Nurses Making a Difference
Landmark Gains and Continued Points of Advocacy for Union Nurses Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2015. Today, nurses continue this tradition of public health advocacy and social reform. To commemorate Labor Day, here are some important causes the RNs of National Nurses United have recently championed—and continue to work toward: Organizing[Read More…]
Legal Marijuana States Collect Over $200 Million In New Tax Revenue
Denver, CO–(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2015. Taxes on the legal production and sale of cannabis in the states of Colorado and Washington have yielded over $200 million in new revenue since going into effect in 2014, an assessment by The Huffington Post reports. Retails sales of cannabis began in Colorado on January[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Unveils New Child Care Tax Credit Proposal to Expand Access to Child Care for Working Families
By creating a new High-Quality Child Care Tax Credit, we can help families work and prepare children for school. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 3, 2015. The Center for American Progress today released a new proposal that would provide a High-Quality Child Care Tax Credit to help low-income and middle-class families afford[Read More…]
Study: Smoking Still Remains Cannabis Consumers’ Preferred Method Of Ingestion
Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2015. The majority of people who self-report consuming cannabis do so by methods that involve smoking the substance, according to nationally representative survey data published online ahead of print in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Investigators from the US Center for Disease Control and Emory University[Read More…]
