Day: March 20, 2013

Bipartisan Legislation To Give Judges More Flexibility For Federal Sentences Introduced

Bill Would Expand ‘Safety Valve’ To All Federal Crimes WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013)– Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) introduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday to allow judges greater flexibility in sentencing federal crimes where a mandatory minimum punishment is considered unnecessary. The bipartisan Justice Safety Valve[Read More…]

CDC and HRSA Issue Report on Changes in Prevalence of Parent-reported Autism Spectrum Disorder in School-aged Children

Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. Who CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics and the Health Resources and Services Administration What “Changes in Prevalence of Parent-Reported Autism Spectrum Disorder in School-Aged Children: 2007 to 2011-2012.” The report was co-authored by HRSA and data collection was conducted by the CDC.  The data come[Read More…]

City of Chicago Launches City-Wide Healthy Vending Challenge

Initiative Calls on Businesses and Organizations Across Chicago to Provide Healthy Choices in Vending Machines Mayor Emanuel Chooses a Healthy Snack from a New Healthy Vending Machine in City Hall. Photo Credit: Brooke Collins / City of Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013.  Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Department of Public Health[Read More…]

Mayor Emanuel Launches First Neighborhood Small Business Strategy and Appoints Small Business Advisory Council

New Initiatives will Support Small Business Growth in Neighborhoods Across Chicago CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. Today, Mayor Emanuel unveiled the Neighborhood Small Business Growth Strategy, the City’s first strategy designed for neighborhood small business growth and his latest initiative to ensure that every part of the city share in its economic[Read More…]

Judge Rules In Favor Of Journalists, Unseals Fracking Court Records

Gas industry loses fight to keep fracking pollution case secret Harrisburg, PA–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. A judge ruled today in favor of journalists seeking access to information about a fracking pollution court case.   The doctors, scientists, and advocates argued in favor of greater transparency about natural gas operations and their[Read More…]

Kirk, Davis Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral ‘Safe Prescribing Act’

Legislation would tighten restrictions on powerful and addictive hydrocodone painkillers like Vicodin and Lortab WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013.  U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Representative Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), along with Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Representatives Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to combat prescription[Read More…]

Drone Program May Shift From CIA to Military

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. A report in The Daily Beast today said that the Obama administration is considering taking targeted killing responsibilities from the CIA and placing them under the control of the military. “Ending the CIA’s role as a paramilitary killing organization would be an important step in the[Read More…]

Human Rights Organizations From Across the Globe Call on U.N. to Protect Human Rights in the Context of Social Protest

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. As the United Nation’s Human Rights Council prepares to debate a draft motion on social protest, human rights organizations from around the world have joined their voices to call on the U.N. to provide meaningful protection for this essential democratic right. On March 7, a letter signed[Read More…]

Attorney General Madigan: Bill Requiring Review of Suspicious Vulnerable Adult Deaths Passes Out of Committee

Measure Would Require Review of Suspicious At-Home Deaths of Elderly, Disabled Adults Springfield–(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2013. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced the House Human Services Committee voted out a bill to establish vulnerable adult fatality review teams to investigate suspicious at-home deaths of elderly or disabled Illinois residents. “This legislation[Read More…]

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