An oil pump works at sunset on September 30, 2015, in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. Source: AP/Hasan Jamali Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016. As global oil prices continue to tumble, countries that rely on oil exports are reforming their fossil fuel subsidy programs. The Center[Read More…]
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CAIR Releases Results of Muslim Voter Survey Ahead of Primary Elections
73 percent of Muslim voters say they will go to the polls in state primaries, Islamophobia top issue WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2016 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released the results of a six-state survey indicating that 73 percent[Read More…]
New Report: U.S. Adult Use Marijuana Sales Up 184%
New Frontier & ArcView collaborate on most comprehensive report ever SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.–(ENEWSPF)–February 1, 2016 — New Frontier, the cannabis Big Data and analytics authority in partnership with ArcView Market Research, the leading publisher of cannabis market projections and information, has released the executive summary of the 4th edition of the[Read More…]
New Center for American Progress Report: The Every Student Succeeds Act Provides a Critical Opportunity for a Reset on Student Assessments
A second-grader eagerly asks to be called on in a language arts class, October 2015. Source: AP/Rogelio V. Solis Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 29, 2016. The recent enactment of the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA—the K-12 law known until recently as No Child Left Behind—provides a critical opportunity[Read More…]
Study: Medical Cannabis Registrants Often Over 50 Years Of Age
Baltimore, MD–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. Patients who are registered to use medicinal cannabis in compliance with state law are often over the age of 40, according to a demographic assessment published online ahead of print in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. An investigator with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of[Read More…]
Race and Socioeconomic Background Affect Access to Quality Early Childhood Programs, New Center for American Progress Report Finds
Elementary school teacher works with a kindergarten student in Columbus Junction, Iowa. Source: AP/Charlie Neibergall Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. A new report (en español) on preschool-to-third-grade, or P-3, alignment from the Center for American Progress examines the extent to which race and socioeconomic status affect a child’s access[Read More…]
Poll: New Hampshire Primary Voters Strongly Support Decriminalizing Drug Possession, Treating Drugs as a Health Issue
Majorities of Republicans, Democrats and Independents Oppose Arresting People for Simple Possession of Any Drug, Want Health Insurers to Provide Treatment and Support Eliminating Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Non-Violent Drug Offenders; Findings Come in the Midst of Escalating Overdose Deaths across the Country and Focus by Presidential Candidates on Alternative[Read More…]
Dec. 2015 Jobless Rates Down in 25 States, Up in 14; Payroll Jobs Up in 36 states, Down in 14
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 26, 2016. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in December. Twenty-five states had unemployment rate decreases from November, 14 states had increases, and 11 states and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Forty-two states and the District[Read More…]
What Iowa and New Hampshire Do, and Do Not, Predict About the November Election
Commentary By John A. Ostenburg While lots of media attention is given every four years to the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary election, those events appear to be only minimal predictors at best of what else will occur in the presidential contests. The first-in-the-nation status of the New[Read More…]
On Eve of Roe v. Wade Anniversary, Anti-Abortion Activism Not ‘Pro-Woman’
Winterberries at the U.S. Botanic Garden on Capitol Hill, December 2015. Source: AP/J. Scott Applewhite Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 21, 2016. Today, on the eve of the 43rd anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic Roe v. Wade decision—which affirmed a woman’s right to abortion—the Center for American Progress released a[Read More…]
