Free help available via Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) Springfield, IL –(ENEWSPF)—October 24, 2017 By: State of Illinois Communications The Illinois Department on Aging’s (IDoA) Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) is reminding seniors of the free counseling assistance available to Medicare-eligible individuals and their caregivers during Medicare Open Enrollment occurring[Read More…]
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ACLU Goes Back to Court on Behalf of Jane Doe
Trump Administration Continues to Block Young Woman’s Abortion WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2017 By: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Last night, the American Civil Liberties Union filed new court papers in its continuing effort to help Jane Doe, a young immigrant woman in Texas, get an abortion that the Trump administration[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Lawsuit Against Peoples Gas Over Natural Gas Leak
Court Grants Madigan’s Request for Immediate Relief to Ensure Safe Drinking Water for Residents Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2017 By: Office of Attorney General Madigan Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday filed a lawsuit against The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company (Peoples Gas) over a natural gas leak that contaminated one of[Read More…]
Study: Retail Cannabis Sales Associated With Fewer Opioid Deaths
Fort Worth, TX—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2017 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director Retail cannabis distribution in Colorado is associated with a reduction in opioid-related mortality, according to data published online ahead of print in The American Journal of Public Health. A team of investigators from the University of North Texas School[Read More…]
Flu Shots Now Available at Park Forest Health Department
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2017. Flu shots are available now at the Park Forest Health Department Nurses Plus. The cost is $30 for those ages 19 through 64, $20 for those 18 years and under, and free for Medicare Part B recipients (must bring copy of card). No appointment is[Read More…]
Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign at Park Forest Health Department Through October
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2017. In celebration of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Park Forest Health Department, 350 Victory Drive, is providing free self- breast examination instructions. These instructions will teach women the proper way to do their monthly self-breast exams properly. Stop by Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m.[Read More…]
Scott Pruitt Issues Directive Blocking Settlements and Consent Decrees Shielding EPA from Protecting Public Health, Clean Air, Clean Water
Ultimately, all it will accomplish is to put the public’s health and safety at risk Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2017 By: Earthjustice Yesterday, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a directive moving to end consent decrees and settlements that force the agency to comply with the law and its duty to protect[Read More…]
Farm Bill Should Include Investments in Science-Based Forest Restoration Program
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2017 By: Ryan Richards As massive wildfires continue to wreak havoc across the West, a new report from the Center for American Progress says the next farm bill in Congress should include investments in a science-based forest restoration program that helps create new jobs and reduce the[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces First Ever Indictments Against Manufacturers of Fentanyl and Other Opiate Substances
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2017 By: Department of Justice The Justice Department announced today that federal grand juries in the Southern District of Mississippi and the District of North Dakota returned indictments, unsealed yesterday, against two Chinese nationals and their North American based traffickers and distributors for separate conspiracies to distribute[Read More…]
LIGO Announces Detection of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Neutron Stars
UChicago physicists calculate expansion rate of universe using breakthrough research CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 16, 2017 By: Louise Lerner About 130 million years ago, two incredibly heavy, dense neutron stars spiraled around each other. Their dance brought them closer to one another and made them spin faster, until they were circling more than[Read More…]
