Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—January 5, 2015. The following is a statement from mayoral candidate Bob Fioretti on the most recent scandal at the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), as reported today in the Chicago Tribune: “The crisis in confidence at CPS is reaching epic proportions. Fraud and abuse of money for our students[Read More…]
Opinion
Remembering the Nuanced Mario Cuomo
Mario Cuomo Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Former Governor of New York Mario Cuomo died on January 1, 2015, just six hours after his son, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was sworn into his second term. New York Times reporter Adam Nagourney wrote a comprehensive piece remembering Cuomo, including this: [Cuomo] was similarly[Read More…]
2014: The Year In Review — NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 30, 2014. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director NORML reviews the top news stories of 2014. #1 Marijuana Legalization Measures Win Big On Election Day Voters in Oregon and Alaska decided on Election Day in favor of statewide initiatives legalizing the commercial production and sale of marijuana for[Read More…]
Census Bureau Projects U.S. and World Populations on New Year’s Day 2015
Download New Year’s Day U.S. Population [JPG – <1.0 MB] Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 29, 2014. As our nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau today projected the United States population will be 320,090,857 on Jan. 1, 2015. This represents an increase of 2,334,187, or 0.73 percent,[Read More…]
Countries Affected by Ebola Lose $1.4 Billion Annually to Debt, Corruption and Tax Evasion
Outflows Dwarf Money in Health Care and Prevention Budgets Washington DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 29, 2014. New reports show that the Ebola-affected countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone lose an average of $1.4 billion each year to corruption, debt payments and tax evasion. Global Financial Integrity (GFI) calculates the three countries lost about $1.3[Read More…]
ACLU: FDA Fails to Adequately Address Discriminatory Blood Donation Ban
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2014. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today a change in the current lifetime ban on blood donations from gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. The proposal would replace the lifetime ban with a one-year deferral, which would only permit gay[Read More…]
E-Cig Users and Vapers Need to Join Anti-Drug War Movement
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—December 23, 2014. By: Tony Newman New Year’s Eve is around the corner and no doubt millions of smokers will make resolutions to quit. Many smokers would love to give up the habit. But smoking is an incredibly hard addiction to quit. Many heroin users say it is harder[Read More…]
Mayoral Candidate Bob Fioretti Statement on Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Against the Board of Education
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—December 23, 2014. The following is a statement from mayoral candidate Bob Fioretti: In a matter of days we have seen two overwhelming examples of why our school board should be elected. A millionaire venture capitalist sits on our school board, appointed by our millionaire mayor, and makes[Read More…]
Florida Passes New York to Become the Nation’s Third Most Populous State, Census Bureau Reports
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2014. By adding an average of 803 new residents each day between July 1, 2013 and July 1, 2014, Florida passed New York to become the nation’s third most populous state, according to U.S. Census Bureau state population estimates released today. Florida’s population grew by 293,000 over[Read More…]
Fossil-Fuel Companies Spent More Than Three-Quarters of a Billion Dollars to Set the Anti-Environment Agenda of the Next Congress
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 23, 2014. A new analysis released by the Center for American Progress examines the hundreds of millions of dollars in political spending by the oil, gas, and coal industries in the 2014 midterm election cycle in an attempt to set the pro-fossil-fuel agenda of the next Congress. According to the analysis of[Read More…]
