Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Aspire Food Group of Austin, TX, is recalling its 60 gram bars of EXO Blueberry Vanilla, Peanut Butter & Jelly, and Apple Cinnamon bars. The recalled EXO bars may contain undeclared sulfites.[Read More…]
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Rep. Robin Kelly Announces Winners of 2018 Congressional Art Competition
Crete, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2018 By: James Lewis, Communications Director, Congresswoman Robin Kelly Congresswoman Robin Kelly announced the winners of the 2018 Congressional Art Competition for high school students during a reception at Crete Creative Art Gallery and School. Taylor Ausley of Homewood-Flossmoor High School won first place for her painting,[Read More…]
Illinois State Police to Begin Providing Prescription Drug Collection Receptacles
Springfield, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Governor Rauner announced that the Illinois State Police (ISP) is teaming up with the Save a Star Drug Awareness Foundation to help decrease prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse. Five ISP District headquarters across the state will house receptacles for people to drop off[Read More…]
Unemployment Holds at 4.1 Percent in March, 2018, Wage Growth Picks Up
The percentage of unemployment due to voluntary quits hit its highest level since 2001. Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2018 By: Dean Baker The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 103,000 jobs in March, however it revised down the prior two-month job growth by a total of 50,000 jobs,[Read More…]
Izzy’s Ice Cream, LLC Announces Recall of Certain Lots of Maple Nut Ice Cream
Silver Spring, Maryland—(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2018 Contact: Shannon Leach, General Manager, Izzy’s Ice Cream, LLC Izzy’s Ice Cream, LLC is voluntarily recalling limited numbers of its Maple Nut Ice Cream pints following a supplier’s recall of walnuts due to the possible presence of undeclared peanut residue. People who have an allergy[Read More…]
Edgar’s Place Coffeehouse Proudly Presents Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron on April 14th
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 6, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser Edgar’s Place Coffee House proudly presents Tom Neilson and Lynn Waldron on Saturday, April 14 at 7:30 p.m. The event will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, 2901 Western Avenue in Park Forest. Tom provides a voice for those who believe in[Read More…]
Groups Appeal Court Stay of Bureau of Land Management Methane Waste Rule
WYOMING—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2018 By: Erik Schlenker-Goodrich, Western Environmental Law Center and Darin Schroeder, Clean Air Task Force Conservation groups today appealed a federal District Court judge in Wyoming’s stay of 2016 methane waste rule implementation. The 2016 rule compels oil and gas companies operating on public lands to take reasonable[Read More…]
Studies: Marijuana Legalization Laws Correlated With Reduced Opioid Prescribing Trends
Lexington, KY—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2018 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The enactment of statewide marijuana legalization laws is associated with a reduction in the number of opioids prescribed and filled, according to a pair of studies published online Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. In the first study, investigators[Read More…]
United Nations Report: Global Food Price Index Rises for Second Consecutive Month
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—5 April 2018 Global food prices rose for the second consecutive month with the index for these commodities averaging 172.8 points in March, 1.1 per cent higher than in February, the United Nations food security agency announced Thursday. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the rise was[Read More…]
NASA Awards Contract to Build Quieter Supersonic Aircraft (Video)
Washington—(ENEWSPF)—April 5, 2018 By: J.D. Harrington NASA has taken another step toward re-introducing supersonic flight with the award Tuesday of a contract for the design, building and testing of a supersonic aircraft that reduces a sonic boom to a gentle thump. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company of Palmdale, California, was selected[Read More…]
