Invest in Illinois Communities, Not Texan Corporations” CHICAGO, IL –(ENEWSPF)—April 9, 2018 By: Renner Barsella Today, Dynegy and Vistra closed their previously announced merger. Texas based Vistra will take over ownership and operation of Dynegy assets including all of its struggling downstate coal-fired power plants. In response, Sierra Club Illinois[Read More…]
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Center for American Progress Report Offers Recommendations to Restore Health of Damaged Rivers and Streams in the American West
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 9, 2019=8 By: Ryan Richards With the health of rivers in the American West bordering on a crisis, the Center for American Progress (CAP) is offering a plan to protect and restore waterways. The new report is a follow-up to the groundbreaking analysis earlier this year from CAP[Read More…]
FDA Restricts Sale and Distribution of Essure Permanent Birth Control Product to Protect Women
FDA to require patients receive risk information Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—April 9, 2018 Contact: Deborah Kotz The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued an order to restrict the sale and distribution of the Essure device to ensure that all women considering use of the permanent contraception device are provided with[Read More…]
Chicago Cares Opens Registration for Annual Serve-a-thon, the City’s Largest Day of Service
Chicago Cares Celebrates 25 Years of Serve-a-Thons in 2018 CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 9, 2018 Contact: Becky Carroll Chicago Cares, the city’s largest volunteer organization, is celebrating a milestone in 2018 as it kicks-off registration for its 25th Annual Serve-a-thon (SAT). Those looking to make an impact in communities throughout Chicago can sign[Read More…]
Demonstrations to Be Held Nationwide to Protest Widening Threats of War
End the Wars at Home and Abroad; Chicago Action on Saturday, April 21 NATIONWIDE—(ENEWSPF)—April 9, 2018 By: Joe Lombardo The time is now to return to the street to make the voices for peace heard. Join us on April 14-15 for united, nationally coordinated regional mobilizations to challenge the war[Read More…]
UChicago Launches Center for Data Science and Computing Research
Center for Data and Applied Computing will support interdisciplinary, innovative research across campus CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2018 By: Rob Mitchum The University of Chicago is launching the Center for Data and Applied Computing, a research center for developing new methods in computation and data analytics and applying them to ambitious projects[Read More…]
Fullerton Stage at DePaul University to be Renamed Dr. John R. and Joyce L. Watts Theatre
Former dean was instrumental in move of Goodman School of Drama to DePaul CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2018 Contacts: Anna Ables and Carol Hughes The Theatre School at DePaul University announces it is renaming the Fullerton Stage in recognition of John Ransford Watts, a former dean and artistic director, and his wife, Joyce,[Read More…]
New Report Finds State Innovations in Health Care Are Lowering Costs While Maintaining or Improving Quality of Care
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2018 By: Thomas Huelskoetter Today, the Center for American Progress released a new report on the impact of major state payment and delivery system reforms to lower health care costs. The report, “Evaluating State Innovations to Reduce Health Care Costs,” looks at the results to date of different payment and[Read More…]
Marines Identified in 3rd MAW CH-53E Super Stallion Crash
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – (ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2018 Contact: Capt. Morgan Frazer Four Marines from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 465, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, MCAS Miramar, were killed as a result of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter crash in the vicinity of El Centro, California, at approximately[Read More…]
Older Americans Are Hooked On Vitamins Despite Scarce Evidence They Work
CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)–April 6, 2018 By: Liz Szabo When she was a young physician, Dr. Martha Gulati noticed that many of her mentors were prescribing vitamin E and folic acid to patients. Preliminary studies in the early 1990s had linked both supplements to a lower risk of heart disease. She urged her[Read More…]
