New Report Details Shocking Rise in Clinic Violence Group Urges GOP Leaders to Curb Inflammatory Rhetoric Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016. With the release of a new report on the alarming increase in threats and violence directed toward reproductive health clinics in 2015, NARAL Pro-Choice America called on GOP leaders to condemn the[Read More…]
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100th VA Grant-Funded Veterans Cemetery Dedicated
Grants Partnership Improves Veteran Access to Burial Benefits WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced the opening of the 100th VA grant funded Veterans cemetery. An $8.9 million grant from the VA funded the new Arizona Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Marana, Arizona. The cemetery is the[Read More…]
FTC Issues Warning Letters Regarding the Agency’s Contact Lens Rule
Prescribers Must Provide Patients with Their Prescriptions; Sellers Must Obtain or Verify Valid Prescriptions before Dispensing Lenses Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016. Federal Trade Commission staff has sent 45 letters to contact lens prescribers and 10 to contact lens sellers warning them of potential violations of the agency’s Contact Lens Rule,[Read More…]
Behemoth Black Hole Found in an Unlikely Place
HAWAII–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016. Astronomers have uncovered a near-record breaking supermassive black hole, weighing 17 billion suns, in an unlikely place: in the center of a galaxy in a sparsely populated area of the universe. The observations, made by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Gemini Telescope in Hawaii, may indicate[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel And Skills For Chicagoland’s Future Announce More Than 1,000 Unemployed And Underemployed Placed In Jobs In 2015
Partnership with City Will Place More Than 1,100 This Year and 5,000 by 2018; More Than 40 Percent are from Neighborhoods with High Unemployment CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Skills for Chicagoland’s Future (Skills) yesterday announced that 1,000 unemployed and underemployed Chicagoland residents have been connected with jobs[Read More…]
Prairie State College Sustainability Center Invites Kids to ‘Go Green’ During April 30 Event
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016. In recognition of Earth Day 2016, the Sustainability Center at Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting a special event for kids, “Kids@College Go Green!” The Saturday, April 30 event is scheduled from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Matteson Area Center (MAC) at 4821 Southwick Dr.[Read More…]
Summit on Dual Credit Programs Scheduled on April 22 at Prairie State College Campus
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016. Prairie State College (PSC) is hosting the inaugural Illinois Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (ILACEP) Summit, the statewide conference for dual credit programs, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Friday, April 22. The summit will be held in the Conference Center of the PSC main campus,[Read More…]
Study Supports Single-question Alcohol Screen for Adolescents
Findings also endorse use of NIAAA youth screening guide Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner’s Guide” is designed to help health care professionals quickly identify youth at risk for alcohol-related problems. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016. A single screening question about drinking frequency in the past year could[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending April 2, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 2, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 267,000, a decrease of 9,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 276,000. The 4-week moving average was 266,750, an increase of 3,500 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
United Nations Urged to Withdraw Misleading Biofuels Report
Error-filled Document Touts Shuttered Plants, Bankrupt Company OAKLAND, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–April 7, 2016. The Center for Biological Diversity and seven other groups today urged the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) to withdraw a misleading and inaccurate report on “second-generation biofuels” — fuels made from wood, grasses or crop residues.[Read More…]
