NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—January 3, 2016. As of this weekend, new laws going into effect in Oregon and California mean that residents there will be automatically registered to vote when they get a driver’s license. In her campaign, Hillary Clinton has called for universal voter registration, where every citizen in every state[Read More…]
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Chicago Prepares for Imminent Immigration Raids by Informing Community Members About Their Rights
We cannot let ICE’s violence go unchecked. To report a raid, please call the Family Support Network Hotline at 1-855-435-7693. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 1, 2016. News have surfaced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to start 2016 with immigration raids targeting Central American families who have deportation orders. In response,[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Raises $55 Million in Fourth Quarter
$37 Million for Primary Campaign, $18 Million for Democratic Party NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 1, 2016. Thanks to the support of hundreds of thousands of people across the country, Hillary for America set a new record for the best off-year fundraising of any non-incumbent in history. At the beginning of this campaign,[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Making America Safer for Our Children
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 1, 2016 Happy New Year, everybody. I am fired up for the year that stretches out before us. That’s because of what we’ve accomplished together over the past seven. Seven years ago, our businesses were losing 800,000 jobs a month. They’ve now created jobs for 69 straight months,[Read More…]
2015: The Year In Review – NORML’s Top 10 Events That Shaped Marijuana Policy
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 31, 2015 #1 Congress Reauthorizes Medical Marijuana Protections Members of Congress approved language in the fiscal year 2016 omnibus spending bill that continues to limit the federal government from taking punitive action against state-licensed individuals or operations that are acting are in full compliance with the medical marijuana[Read More…]
Sustainable Development Goals to Kick In with Start of New Year
Source: UN in collaboration with Project Everyone NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–31 December 2015 – As 2015 comes to an end, and with it the 15-year cycle of the anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the United Nations officially will usher in – on 1 January 2016 – an even more ambitious set of[Read More…]
How to Catch a Glimpse of a New Year’s Comet
This icy, dirty snowball from the outer solar system, known formally as C/2013 US10 (Catalina), rounded the sun last month and is now headed for its closest approach to Earth on Jan. 17. The comet poses no threat to Earth, as it will pass a comfortable 67 million miles (108[Read More…]
Convicted Felon from Hickory Hills Pleads Guilty to Illegally Possessing Rifles and a Shotgun
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)–December 31, 2015. A convicted felon from southwest suburban Hickory Hills pleaded guilty in federal court on Wednesday to charges he illegally possessed firearms whose serial numbers had been obliterated. STEVEN RILEY, 24, sold a 20-gauge shotgun, two rifles and 40 rounds of assorted ammunition to an individual[Read More…]
Study Says U.S. Childhood Asthma Rates May Be Leveling Off, But Not Among The Poor
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 31, 2015. A federal study suggests the childhood “asthma epidemic” may be levelling off or even declining after years of steady increases, but not among poor children. Researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics analyzed asthma rates between 2001 and 2013 for the study, “Changing[Read More…]
Children With Epilepsy Need Plans To Stop Prolonged Seizures At School
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—December 31, 2015. To prevent a child with epilepsy from having a prolonged seizure that becomes a medical crisis, a new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) clinical report says health providers, families and schools should collaborate on plans for managing the child or adolescent with epilepsy, which[Read More…]
