CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. With an eye toward building a child-care workforce in Illinois that is better educated, more professional and which can offer those in the field more long-term career stability, Roosevelt University is creating a new path for child-care workers to obtain bachelor’s degrees. Beginning in 2016, Roosevelt will[Read More…]
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Chief Judge Celebrates Magna Carta Anniversary at Roosevelt University
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. One of the nation’s federal chief judges visited Roosevelt University to talk about the Magna Carta as an inspiration for an ongoing commitment to due process in the United States justice system. Diane Wood, chief judge of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, was hosted by the[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Supports Funding to Boost Economic Activity on Illinois Waterways, Support Groundbreaking Research at Illinois Labs
Energy & Water Appropriations Bill Is Third Funding Measure Blocked by Partisan Filibuster WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today voted for critical funding to enhance shipping on Illinois waterways and to support research laboratories like Argonne National Lab in Lemont and Fermi National Lab in Batavia.[Read More…]
Senator Wyden Highlights Importance of Mt. Hood and Frank Moore Bills in Senate Hearing
Washington, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today stressed the importance of two bills that would protect and enhance Oregon’s land and habitat conservation priorities in a hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands. In the hearing, Wyden pushed for the Senate to move forward with a[Read More…]
Oregon Senators Wyden, Merkley Call for Action to Stop Gun Violence
Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Today Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley called on Congress to take action to stop gun violence, in remarks on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. They spoke one week after the massacre in Roseburg claimed 9 lives and injured 9 others. “The victims and[Read More…]
Rep. Schakowsky and Sen. Feinstein Introduce Health Insurance Rate Review Legislation
WASHINGTON D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Rep. Jan Schakowsky today introduced the Health Insurance Rate Review Act of 2015 to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to block or modify unreasonable health insurance premium increases in states where insurance regulators lack the authority to do so. Senator Dianne Feinstein[Read More…]
Warning Against ‘Toxic Public Debates,’ UN Official Urges Global Compact on Refugee and Asylum Matters
A refugee lies face down on the stony ground with his hands over his face after reaching shore, near the village of Skala Eressos, on the island of Lesbos, in the North Aegean region of Greece. Photo: UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson VII GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–8 October 2015 – The top protection expert in the[Read More…]
Study: Patients Substitute Cannabis For Booze, Prescription Drugs
Victoria, Canada–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Patients who possess legal access to cannabis frequently substitute it in place of alcohol and prescription drugs, according to survey data published online in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review. Investigators from the University of Victoria in British Columbia assessed the influence of medical marijuana access[Read More…]
Studies: Fewer Teens Using Marijuana, Younger Adolescents More Likely To Voice Disapproval
Baltimore, MD–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Self-reported use of marijuana by high-school students is significantly lower today than it was 15 years ago, according to an analysis of CDC data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore assessed data[Read More…]
IBD Patients Likely To Report Using Cannabis
Philadelphia, PA–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2015. Subjects with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) are more likely to have used cannabis as compared to matched controls, according to an evaluation of population data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Investigators at Temple University assessed marijuana use patterns among two million subjects with[Read More…]
