WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2014. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), a senior member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, today applauded successful passage of his and Rep. Lynn Westmoreland’s (R-GA) amendment to H.R. 4745, the Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act. The amendment would prohibit the U.S. Department of[Read More…]
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Illinois State Rep. Derrick Smith Convicted of Taking $7,000 Bribe
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2014. Illinois State Rep. DERRICK SMITH (10th District) was convicted today on federal corruption charges for accepting a $7,000 cash bribe in March 2012 to write an official letter of support for a daycare center that he believed was seeking a state grant as part of an undercover[Read More…]
Court Finds Abuse of Former Guantánamo Detainees ‘Standard’, ‘Foreseeable’
Torture and Religious Humiliation Occurred Even After Military Found Men Not to Be “Enemy Combatants” Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2014. A federal appeals court today dismissed a civil lawsuit brought by six men formerly held at Guantánamo who were wrongly detained and abused while at the prison. The suit, one of[Read More…]
First College of Pharmacy Student Selected for Roosevelt University’s Board of Trustees
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2014. Courtney Makowksi, a 22-year-old pharmacy student at Roosevelt University’s Schaumburg Campus, has been selected to sit on the University’s Board of Trustees for a two-year term beginning July 1. Makowksi of Naperville is the first student ever from the College of Pharmacy to be selected for the[Read More…]
New Classification System Could Improve Tracking of Sudden Unexplained Infant Deaths
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 10, 2014. Despite gains made by the “Back to Sleep” campaigns launched in the 1990s, sudden unexpected infant death – or SUID – remains a significant risk for infants, and rates have not improved in the past decade. Classifying and tracking the causes of these deaths[Read More…]
Rotavirus Vaccine Prevents 1.5 Million Health Care Visits Since 2006
Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—June 10, 2014. Rotavirus vaccines have reduced the number of children hospitalized for severe rotavirus-associated diarrhea by as much as 94 percent in some years, according to research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, “Rotavirus Vaccines and Health Care Utilization forDiarrhea in the[Read More…]
Founder’s Blog: The Gift from Obama
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2014. By Keith Stroup, NORML Legal Director Many marijuana smokers were thrilled when Barack Obama became president since he’d previously “outed” himself in his 1995 memoir Dreams From My Father. In his memoir, Obama acknowledges that he and his friends in the “Choom Gang” were regular marijuana[Read More…]
Senators Urge Department of Transportation to Finally Ban E-Cigarettes On Airplanes
Senators Ask Secretary Foxx to Finalize Regulation Protecting Airline Passengers from Exposure to Secondhand Vapor WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2014. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jack Reed (D-RI) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) today urged the Department of Transportation[Read More…]
Senator Durbin: Bipartisan Bill Investing in Illinois Water Infrastructure Priorities Becomes Law
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2014. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) celebrated today as President Obama signed into law the Conference Report of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014. The legislation, which was passed by the U.S. Senate at the end of May, authorizes critical investments in Illinois priorities[Read More…]
Senator Durbin: College Diploma Should Open the Door to Opportunity, Not To Debtors Prison
At a press conference today with young Americans struggling with student loan debt, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) discussed actions Congress could take this week to help ease their burden. WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–June 10, 2014. At a press conference today with young Americans struggling with student loan debt, U.S. Senator Dick[Read More…]
