TEXAS–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. The Justice Department filed a complaint today in the Southern District of Texas alleging that Harris County, Texas, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to provide accessible polling places for voters with disabilities. Many polling places in Harris County have architectural barriers – such[Read More…]
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President Obama Holds News Conference at the Pentagon, August 4, 2016 (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. President Obama held a press conference today to provide an update on our national security. https://youtu.be/8HdMYJtRWWI Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov
Broad Coalition of Senate Democrats Call on Top Consumer Agency to Limit Unfair Arbitration Agreements in Everyday Financial Contracts
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. Today, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and a group of nearly 40 Democratic senators—including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senators Al Franken, D-Minn., Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio—called on one of the nation’s top consumer advocacy agencies to quickly finalize an[Read More…]
Study: Prevalence Of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Not Influencing Current Youth Use Patterns
San Diego, CA–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. The availability of medical marijuana dispensaries is not positively associated with an increase in the number of adolescents currently using cannabis, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal Preventive Medicine. An investigator at the University of California, San Diego assessed the[Read More…]
Study: More Young People Perceive Marijuana To Be Harmful Following Passage Of Medical Cannabis Laws
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. The enactment of medical marijuana laws is associated with an increase in the percentage of 8th graders perceiving the substance to be harmful, according to survey data published online ahead of print in the journal Addiction. A team of investigators from Columbia University, the University[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders, Democrats Urge Republican Leaders to Call Congress Back to Session to Fund Zika Fight
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Senate Democrats on Thursday sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan urging the Republican leaders to immediately call Congress back into session to pass emergency legislation to address the growing Zika crisis. “The[Read More…]
Mass. Delegation Demands End to GOP’s Abusive Subpoenas of State Attorneys General
Washington, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. The Massachusetts Congressional delegation is urging U.S. House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith to cease House Republicans’ blatant abuse of congressional subpoena authority in an effort to deny the causes of global climate change. In July, Smith issued subpoenas to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura[Read More…]
CCHHS Reminds Parents to Schedule Back to School Physicals
This is a user-supplied story. Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The first day of school will be here before you know it. Pediatric primary care providers at the Cook County Health & Hospitals System are reminding Illinois parents that students entering pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, sixth grade and ninth grade are required to undergo a[Read More…]
Growing Up On Amish Farms Protects Children Against Asthma
Substances in house dust help reprogram immune cells, study finds Researchers have found that aspects of the Amish environment are associated with changes to immune cells that appear to protect children from developing asthma. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016 By John Easton By probing the differences between two farming communities—the Amish of[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Wants to Lift Americans Up, Donald Trump Rips Them Off
Las Vegas, Nevada–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. While campaigning today in Las Vegas, Nevada, Hillary Clinton made the case for transforming how we prepare our workforce for jobs of the future. She pointed to the successful apprenticeship partnership between Mojave Electric and the local electric workers union, and discussed her plans to[Read More…]
