A pharmacy technician poses for a picture with prescription medication at a pharmacy in Edmond, Oklahoma, August 2010. Source: AP/Sue Ogrocki Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2016. The Center for American Progress issued an updated policy proposal today to support value-based drug pricing negotiation. CAP’s drug pricing framework would empower[Read More…]
Analysis
New Video Echoes Media Calling Out Trump’s Lies Ahead of Debate
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 26, 2016. Ahead of today’s first presidential debate, Hillary for America officials echoed multiple media outlets calling Donald Trump out for his repeated lies by releasing a new web video highlighting some of his false claims and misrepresentations throughout this election. The video emphasizes that Trump can’t win[Read More…]
New Ad On Trump’s Failure to Release Tax Returns, Hiding His Russian Business Dealings (Video)
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 25, 2016. Hillary for America is airing a new television ad which links Donald Trump’s unprecedented refusal to release his tax returns to the growing concerns about his financial conflicts of interests especially with Russia. Trump has failed to disclose the most basic information expected from presidential candidates and[Read More…]
The Damage Done: How Illinois Is Unravelling Its Human Services
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Illinois budget impasse has been a disaster for the state’s human service infrastructure. The most respected and prominent human service providers are being run out of our state. Entire human service programs – like homeless services and sexual assault prevention – are in danger of going extinct[Read More…]
Analysis: Company Behind Controversial Dakota Access Pipeline Has Record of Spills, Property Damage
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Energy Transfer Partners, the conglomerate behind the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline, is responsible for 29 pipeline safety incidents since 2006, in which 9,555 barrels of hazardous liquids were leaked, according to a new analysis of federal data by the Center for Biological Diversity. Those spills resulted in[Read More…]
Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: The Trump-Bondi Bribery Scandal
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 6, 2016 By Georgia Logothetis We begin today’s roundup with Paul Waldman at The Washington Post who details Donald Trump’s history of corruption: In the heat of a presidential campaign, you’d think that a story about one party’s nominee giving a large contribution to a state attorney general[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: The 2016 G-20 Summit in Hangzhou, China
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2016. President Obama participated in his 10th and final G-20 Leaders’ Summit in Hangzhou, China on September 4-5. In 2009, President Obama proposed elevating the G-20 to be the world’s premier forum for international economic cooperation, allowing leaders representing approximately 85 percent of global economic output to[Read More…]
Georgetown University Shares Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation Report, Racial Justice Steps
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia announced next steps in the university’s ongoing process to acknowledge and respond to its historical ties to the institution of slavery. In sharing the report and recommendations of the Working Group on Slavery, Memory, and Reconciliation, DeGioia said that the[Read More…]
New Report Revealing Trump Foundation’s Actual Pay-To-Play Scandal Involving Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi
Donald Trump is greeted by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi at a March 14 campaign event in Tampa. (Gerald Herbert/AP) NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. In response to a new Washington Post report revealing that the Internal Revenue Service has fined Donald Trump for using funds from his charitable foundation to[Read More…]
Two Thirds of US Adults Believe Pharmacies Should Not Sell Tobacco
Half of cigarette smokers agree Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–September 2, 2016. Two-thirds of American adults believe pharmacies should not be allowed to sell tobacco, while 14 percent strongly oppose such a policy, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published today in the American Journal of Preventive[Read More…]
