Finally. Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—July 6, 2017. Today, the Illinois House joined the Senate in overriding Governor Rauner’s veto of the state budget giving the state its first budget in years. The following is a statement from Amisha Patel, Executive Director of Grassroots Collaborative. “Finally, state legislators have pushed aside Rauner’s[Read More…]
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Addiction Experts: Comprehensive Insurance Coverage is Critical to Stemming Opioid Crisis
Addiction Experts Oppose Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA). Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—July 6, 2017. Our nation’s escalating opioid crisis – with more than 144 people dying every day from overdose – will not abate without access to comprehensive substance use disorder treatment in private insurance and Medicaid. The Senate’s version of healthcare repeal would cripple national efforts to address this public health epidemic.[Read More…]
Poll: Americans Want States, Not The Feds, To Have Final Say Regarding Marijuana Policies
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–July 6, 2017. By a margin of more than six to one, Americans say that individual states should be autonomous with regard to laws governing the use and sale of marijuana, according to survey data compiled by Survey USA and commissioned by the advocacy group Marijuana Majority. Seventy-six[Read More…]
Chicago Jobs Program Reduces Youth Violence, University of Chicago Urban Labs Study Shows
Violent-crime arrests drop by 33 percent for program participants CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 3, 2017. Researchers at the University of Chicago Urban Labs announced new results from their study of One Summer Chicago Plus, a jobs program designed to reduce violence and prepare youth living in some of the city’s highest-violence neighborhoods for[Read More…]
Refugee and Migrant Flows From Libya to Europe on the Rise – UNHCR Study
GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–3 July 2017 – Movements by sea from Libya to Europe, despite being the most dangerous route for reaching the continent, have increased and there are indications that it will likely continue to do so, a new study by the United Nations refugee agency has revealed. According to Mixed Migration[Read More…]
Trump Shows Off His WWE Wrestling ‘Skills’ Against CNN
OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–July 2, 2017 By: Rosemary Piser Reporting Trump news has been interesting to say the least. Not a day has gone by in the past 5 months that I tell myself this Trump Administration can’t get any weirder. It’s like a live version of the Twilight Zone every day, only[Read More…]
Brennan Center to States: Examine Legal Obligations Before Providing Voters’ Personal Information to White House
New York, N.Y. –(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s letter requesting extensive personal information on American voters threatens to violate individual privacy and further justifies concerns that the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity — which he vice-chairs — was conceived to drive voter suppression efforts. Kobach’s[Read More…]
Indivisible Chicago Statement on Trump Efforts to Commit Large Scale Voter Suppression in Illinois and Nationwide
CHICAGO – (ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2017. Indivisible Chicago released the following statement tonight in response to the Trump Administration’s demand for voter data and the voting history of everyone in Illinois and across the country: “Indivisible Chicago opposes this un-American request in the strongest terms and urges Illinois Secretary of State[Read More…]
Brennan Center for Justice New Report: How to Protect Election Infrastructure from Hostile Foreign Powers
Congress Should Immediately Act In Light Of 2016 Russian Cyberattacks New York, N.Y. –(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2017. Amid ongoing congressional investigations into Russia’s unprecedented cyberattacks around the 2016 election, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law released a report today outlining specific actions lawmakers can quickly take[Read More…]
Less Crime, Fewer Prisoners – New Senate Bill Creates Incentives to Reduce Mass Incarceration
Widely-Backed by Civil Rights Groups, Legislation Opposes Sessions’ Approach Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 28, 2017. Lawmakers introduced a bill today that would use the power of the purse to reduce incarceration and crime at the same time. The legislation attempts to counter archaic “tough-on-crime” policies coming from the Attorney General. The[Read More…]
