PORTLAND, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2016. A new poll conducted by Mason Dixon Polling and Research finds that the vast majority of Oregon voters — from both rural and urban areas — oppose using hunting as a management tool for wolves in the state and believe wildlife officials wrongly removed state protections[Read More…]
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Update Oct. 7, 2016: NASA Sees Hurricane Matthew Develop Concentric Eyewalls (Video)
This animation of GPM data shows Hurricane Matthew from Oct. 4 through 6, 2016. On Oct. 4 Matthew’s eye made landfall over Haiti. GPM’s saw tremendous amounts of rainfall throughout Haiti. On Oct. 6 Matthew approached Florida where outer bands of precipitation were near the Florida coast. GPM revealed the[Read More…]
The Employment Situation in September, 2016
The economy added 156,000 jobs in September, as labor force participation rose and wages continued to grow. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2016 By: Jason Furman, Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers The economy added 156,000 jobs in September, as the unemployment rate ticked up amid rising labor force participation. U.S.[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: President Obama Grants Clemency to 102 More People, Brings Total to 774
Drug Policy Alliance: The President is Acting but We Need More Clemencies President Obama toured the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in Oklahoma last year, the first sitting U.S. president to visit a federal prison. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. Today, President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 102 people incarcerated[Read More…]
President Obama Grants Additional Commutations
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. Today, the President granted commutation of sentence to the following 102 individuals: Benjy Neil Allums – Niceville, FL Offense: Conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine and 500[Read More…]
Actress Salma Hayek Urges Latinos to Stand Up To Trump this November (Video)
https://youtu.be/wy2Eai0NHLk?list=PLt9jO9QkAAoeXUt-4UEzw0fuDrEUu4f01 Video Was Released After Pence Referred to Trump’s Offensive Comments as “That Mexican Thing” NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2016. On the heels of the Vice Presidential debate, where Mike Pence demonized immigrants and referred to Donald Trump calling Mexican immigrants “rapists” and “criminals” as “that Mexican thing,” Hillary for America[Read More…]
Clerk Orr Launches Running For Office Starter Kit
Online application designed to make it easier to run for public office Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A new online application unveiled today by Cook County Clerk David Orr’s office seeks to simplify the process and ease the burdens associated with running for office in suburban Cook County. The Running for Office Starter Kit (RFO),[Read More…]
DePaul University to Host Town Hall on US-China Relations on October 18
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to appear via webcast Experts will discuss the history and future of the relationship between the U.S. and China at “China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections” Oct. 18, 2016 at DePaul University. (Photo courtesy of iStock) CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016 By: Lucil Macwan Relations[Read More…]
Acclaimed Novelist Daniel Saldaña Paris to Read at Roosevelt University’s Gage Building on October 13
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. Daniel Saldaña París, an essayist, poet and novelist whose work includes the widely acclaimed novel Among Strange Victims will read from his latest work beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13 in Roosevelt University’s Gage Building, Room 700, 18 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago. A native of Mexico[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Proposes A Series Of Measures To Combat Heroin Addiction In Chicago And Cook County
Following recommendations by a joint City and County-led task force, Mayor moves to launch prevention and awareness campaigns, establish additional licensing requirements for pharmaceutical representatives, and increase investment in addiction treatment by 50 percent to keep residents safe from heroin and opioids CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 6, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced[Read More…]
