NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2015 By: Tony Newman I have been working at the Drug Policy Alliance for the last 16 years and I have never seen a week like this. It is hard to keep up with all of the big stories about the disastrous war on drugs and the[Read More…]
Day: October 22, 2015
Chicago City Council Continuing Down Emanuel’s Dangerous Course of Regressive Taxes, Privatization, and Fees
Chicago Working Families Are Being Asked to Pay More For Less While Banks Continue to Profit Off Public Dole CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2015. This week the Chicago City Council moved forward on a massive property tax increase on residents to fix a budget that has been wrecked by Wall Street[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton Statement on Vice President Biden
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2015. “Joe Biden is a good man and a great Vice President. Serving alongside him in the Senate and then the administration, I saw first-hand his passion for our country and our people. Like millions of others, I admire his devotion to family, his grace in grief,[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Releases Financial Education Curriculum Review Tool
WASHINGTON, D.C –-(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is releasing a tool that educators can use when selecting financial education curriculum for students. The curriculum review tool will help educators identify effective and unbiased material to increase the financial capability of students. By providing relevant evaluation[Read More…]
New Gallup Poll: Support for Legalizing Marijuana at 58%
Majority Favors Marijuana Legalization for 3rd Consecutive Year; Millennial Support at 71%, Older Generations More Supportive Than in the Past Group of adults smoking marijuana, eating marijuana-infused baked goods, and playing a board game. Source: Darrin Harris Frisby/Drug Policy Alliance NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2015. According to a new Gallup poll,[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton: ‘Serious Concerns’ About Proposed Mega-Mergers of Health Insurance Companies
Hillary Clinton, Worried About Excessive Consolidation in Insurance Industry, Urges Regulator Scrutiny of Aetna-Humana and Cigna-Anthem Deals NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2015. In a new statement released Wednesday, Hillary Clinton raised “serious concerns” about proposed mergers involving major health insurance companies Aetna and Humana, as well as Cigna and Anthem. The[Read More…]
October 22, 12 Noon In Chicago, No More Stolen Lives: Say Their Names; A Public Reading and Remembrance: A Demand for Justice
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 21, 2015. On Thursday, October 22, at noon in Thompson Center Plaza, 100 W. Randolph, Chicago-area “Stolen Lives” families whose loved ones have been murdered by the police, will join those in New York City for #RiseUpOctober, and in at least 25 cities across the country to “Say Their[Read More…]
Park Forest Police Blotter Reports for October 22, 2015
The Park Forest Police Department. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–Editor’s Note: We continue our reporting on news from police reports. Besides covering the many stories from around Park Forest that otherwise might go unnoticed, we want to bring more complete coverage of police reports than is reported by other[Read More…]
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