Month: June 2017

Operation Inherent Resolve

Counter-ISIS Strikes Continue in Syria, Iraq, June 30, 2017

SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)– June 30, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 34 strikes consisting of 90 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results[Read More…]

Indivisible Chicago

Indivisible Chicago Statement on Trump Efforts to Commit Large Scale Voter Suppression in Illinois and Nationwide

CHICAGO – (ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2017. Indivisible Chicago released the following statement tonight in response to the Trump Administration’s demand for voter data and the voting history of everyone in Illinois and across the country: “Indivisible Chicago opposes this un-American request in the strongest terms and urges Illinois Secretary of State[Read More…]

grizzly bear

Fight Begins to Maintain Protections for Yellowstone Grizzly Bears

Conservationists Signal Impending Legal Challenge Over Removal of Federal Safeguards MISSOULA, Mont. —(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017.  Today, WildEarth Guardians notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service it will sue the agency over its flawed decision to strip grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of Endangered Species Act protections. The Service’s[Read More…]

Christine Radogno

Radogno To Resign From Illinois Senate

Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- State Sen. Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) has announced that she was resigning her position as Senate Republican Leader and Senator from the 41st District effective close of business on July 1, 2017 – the start of the new fiscal year. “It has truly been an honor to represent the 41st[Read More…]

microneedle patch

Researchers Develop Microneedle Patch for Flu Vaccination

Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2017.  A National Institutes of Health-funded study led by a team at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University has shown that an influenza vaccine can produce robust immune responses and be administered safely with an experimental patch of dissolving microneedles. The method is an alternative[Read More…]

Voting Integrity

Brennan Center for Justice New Report: How to Protect Election Infrastructure from Hostile Foreign Powers

Congress Should Immediately Act In Light Of 2016 Russian Cyberattacks New York, N.Y. –(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2017.   Amid ongoing congressional investigations into Russia’s unprecedented cyberattacks around the 2016 election, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law released a report today outlining specific actions lawmakers can quickly take[Read More…]

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