Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 19, 2015. Today the Senate Judiciary held hearings on a bipartisan criminal justice reform bill. The bill will receive a committee vote on Thursday, Oct. 22 and likely advance to the Senate floor. Today, Anthony Papa of the Drug Policy Alliance discussed the bill on MSNBC Live with[Read More…]
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People’s Law Office Files Suit Against Chicago Police Department for Alleged Torturous Patterns and Practices at Homan Square
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 19, 2015. Today attorneys Flint Taylor and Shubra Ohri of the People’s Law Office filed an eleven count complaint on behalf of three men who were allegedly subjected to unconstitutional abuse at Homan Square that led to their wrongful imprisonment for 15 months and was caused by a combination[Read More…]
New Global Commission on Drug Policy Report: The Global Crisis of Avoidable Pain – The Negative Impact of Drug Control on Public Health
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia–(ENEWSPF)–19 October 2015. The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) today released its third thematic report, The Global Crisis of Avoidable Pain: The Negative Impact of Drug Control on Public Health: at the 24th International Harm Reduction Conference (IHRC2015) taking place October 18-21 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The[Read More…]
Bernie Sanders: Boost Social Security Benefits
IOWA CITY, Iowa –-(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday said it is unacceptable that hundreds of thousands of Iowa retirees, orphans and people with disabilities won’t get a Social Security cost-of-living adjustment next year. Unless Congress acts, he added, last Thursday’s announcement by the Social Security Administration[Read More…]
Primary Care Physicians Treat One Third of Children With Mental Health Conditions
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 19, 2015. The American Academy of Pediatrics encourages primary care physicians to take an active role in treating children with mental health conditions. So the authors of a study appearing in the November 2015 issue of Pediatrics, “Outpatient Visits and Medication Prescribing for US Children[Read More…]
iDiscover STEM Fun Day Hosted at Prairie State College
CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. The Prairie State College (PSC) STEM@PSC program, along with the PSC TRiO program, recently presented “iDiscover STEM Fun Day at Prairie State College.” More than 100 students representing area schools and STEM groups came to PSC to participate in hands-on demonstrations and fun labs. Sponsors for[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Urges Federal Actions in Response to Turing Pharmaceuticals’ Unfair Price Hike of Life-Saving Drug
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 19, 2015. Today, Hillary Clinton sent letters to the heads of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) urging the agencies to review actions they could take to protect consumers against the unfair prescription drug price hike executed by Turing Pharmaceuticals. Last[Read More…]
Report on U.S. Wildlife Populations Reaffirms Effectiveness of the Endangered Species Act, Proposes New Tool to Combat Extinction Crisis
The populations of more than two-thirds of all imperiled mammal species in the United States, from the wolverine (pictured) to the polar bear, are falling. Source: Flickr/guppiecat Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2015. According to a new Center for American Progress study of wildlife population trends in the United States, the[Read More…]
Dept. of Defense Statement on Airstrike in Syria that Killed Sanafi al-Nasr
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 18, 2015. Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook provided the following statement: On Oct. 15, Coalition forces conducted an airstrike in northwest Syria that killed Abdul Mohsen Adballah Ibrahim al Charekh, aka Sanafi al-Nasr, a Saudi national and the highest ranking leader of the network of veteran al-Qaeda operatives[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Family of Former DHS Worker Arraigned on Charges of Theft, Fraud
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—October 19, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that several relatives of a former Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) caseworker were arraigned on criminal charges in an ongoing case dubbed “Operation All in the Family.” Three family members of former IDHS employee Debra Moore pleaded not guilty[Read More…]
