BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. A new STAT-Harvard poll finds bipartisan support for new federal guidelines advising physicians to give patients with acute pain no more than a three-day supply of opioid painkillers. Seven in 10 Americans support the guidelines, which also advise doctors to try other treatment options before issuing prescriptions.[Read More…]
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Congresswoman Duckworth Grills Michigan Gov. Snyder, EPA Head over Flint Water Crisis Failures (Video)
Earlier today, Duckworth proposed a comprehensive legislative approachto help prevent similar lead poisoning and other public health crises across the nation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. After introducing a comprehensive legislative proposal to protect our nation’s children from lead in their water, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) berated Michigan Governor Rick Snyder[Read More…]
CAIR Asks Ted Cruz to Drop Hate Group Leader Gaffney, Discredited General, Other Islamophobes as National Security Advisers
Retired Lieutenant General William G. “Jerry” Boykin says ‘[Islam] should not be protected under the First Amendment,’ there should be ‘no mosques in America’ WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on GOP presidential candidate[Read More…]
Interior Department Cancels Oil and Gas Lease in the Lewis and Clark National Forest
Decision Addresses Longstanding Concerns about Development in Badger-Two Medicine in Montana Photo Source: USDA WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has cancelled an oil and gas lease in the Badger-Two Medicine area of the Lewis and Clark[Read More…]
Park Forest Resident Named to Dean’s List at Marquette University
MILWAUKEE—(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016) – Krystal Clayton of Park Forest, Illinois, has been named to the Dean’s List for the fall 2015 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Clayton is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Public Relations. Marquette University is a Catholic, Jesuit university that draws its more[Read More…]
Spring Outlook: Moderate Flood Risk for Drenched Louisiana, East Texas (Video)
Spring to improve drought in northern California; little relief for rest of state Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. According to NOAA’s U.S. Spring Outlook released today, areas of the country still under water from torrential rainfall last week have an elevated risk of moderate flooding through the rest of the season.[Read More…]
Whole Foods Market® and Mayor Emanuel Announce New Distribution Center in Pullman Neighborhood
New facility marks continued commitment by the company to Chicago’s South Side neighborhoods CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. Today, Whole Foods Market joined with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to announce plans to build a new Whole Foods Market distribution center in the Pullman neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side. Expected to open in[Read More…]
City of Chicago Issues RFP Seeking Developer for Old Main Post Office
Redevelopment of Vacant and Deteriorating Site Would Create Thousands of Jobs and Drive Neighborhood Economic Development Forward CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Planning and Development (DPD) yesterday issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Chicago’s Old Main Post Office complex, seeking to redevelop the[Read More…]
Three Rockford Area Men Charged with Arson
ROCKFORD —(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2106. Three local men were indicted by a federal grand jury in Rockford, Ill. on charges of arson. JASON VANDUYN, 39, of Machesney Park, Ill.; and BRIAN BURD, 48, and ROBERT WARMOTH, 42, both of Rockford, were all charged with one count of arson and one count of[Read More…]
Chicago Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Thousands of Photos and Videos of Child Pornography
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. A Chicago man who traded more than 5,000 photos and 600 videos of children being sexually exploited has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. Using the email account [email protected], DEVIN JONES traded the images and videos with others via the Internet. Many of the[Read More…]
