OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—October 27, 2014. The Sheriff of King County, which includes the greater Seattle area, is making news by endorsing Oregon’s marijuana regulation measure. King County Sheriff John Urquhart supported Washington state’s successful 2012 initiative to regulate marijuana, and he said he supports Oregon’s Measure 91 because Washington state’s regulated approach[Read More…]
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Feeling the Squeeze: To Improve College Access and Affordability, CAP Proposes Federal-State Action to Reverse the Decline in State Support for Higher Education
CAP releases new research detailing public disinvestment in higher education and resulting effect on low- and middle-income families and communities of color, along with a state-by-state interactive map. Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2014. Since the onset of the Great Recession in 2008, state governments have slashed their direct investment in[Read More…]
Travel Guru Rick Steves Discusses Oregon’s Measure 91 Which will End Marijuana Prohibition in State
OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—October 26, 2014. Travel guru Rick Steves recently completed a 6-day, 10-city trip around Oregon in early October to talk about travel and the need to end marijuana prohibition in Oregon. With stops in Portland, Beaverton, Salem, Corvallis, Eugene, Medford, Ashland, Bend, The Dalles and Gresham, he spread the word[Read More…]
Study: Cannabis Use Not Associated With Deficits In Intelligence Quotient
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 24, 2014. By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Moderate cannabis consumption by young people is not positively associated with changes in intelligence quotient (IQ), according to data presented this week at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology annual congress in Berlin, Germany. Investigators at the University College of London[Read More…]
Bruce Rauner Continues to Advocate Rigged Tax System
Rauner opposes tax surcharge on millionaires, wants $1 million tax break for himself Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 24, 2014. Billionaire gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner continued to push for new sales taxes in a meeting today with the editorial board of the State Journal Register, but he was silent on his opposition[Read More…]
10 Percent of Grandparents Live With a Grandchild, Census Bureau Reports
Download 65 Million Grandparents in the United States [JPG – 1.6 MB] Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. Of the 65 million grandparents in the United States in 2012, 7 million, or 10 percent, lived with at least one grandchild, according to Coresident Grandparents and Their Grandchildren: 2012, a new report released[Read More…]
Center for Food Safety Statement on White House Failure to Meet Pollinator Report Deadline
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. The White House announced yesterday that they will be missing their December 20th deadline for a report on improved government efforts to protect pollinators. Center for Food Safety Pollinator Campaign Director Larissa Walker released the following statement: “We are disappointed that the White House is already[Read More…]
D.C. Marijuana Initiative Receives Major Civil Rights Endorsements from D.C. NAACP and the D.C. Branch of the National Organization of Women
Endorsements Come on the Heels of Recent Support from Local Chapters of the SEIU, D.C. Working Families, and UFCW; Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Releases Report on Collateral Consequences of Arrest Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. Today, the Washington, D.C. chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored[Read More…]
What Bruce Rauner Forgot to Say About His Illinois Jobs Record
Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2014. At last night’s debate, billionaire Bruce Rauner could not name one GTCR company that created jobs in Illinois. Here are some answers he left on the table… Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals Created Jobs for Lobbyists Rauner’s firm bought Illinois-based Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals (MGP) in February 2003.[Read More…]
National Nurses Statement on New CDC Ebola Guidelines
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2014. National Nurses United today welcomed the call in the latest guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for “rigorous and repeated training” for nurses and other health workers responding to the Ebola virus as NNU has been urging for two months, but said[Read More…]
