Cuomo Must Sign Bill By November 11th to Help End the Suffering of Patients New York City –(ENEWSPF)—November 10, 2015. Today, patients, families, and advocates rallied outside Governor Cuomo’s Manhattan office to urge the Governor to sign a bill that would expedite access to medical marijuana for critically ill patients.[Read More…]
Day: November 10, 2015
Brett Anthony Foods Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Chestnuts in Whole Foods Brand Wild Mushroom Soup Sold in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota and Nebraska Stores
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2015. Brett Anthony Foods of Elk Grove Village Illinois is recalling 109, 24oz cups of Wild Mushroom Soup because it may contain undeclared chestnuts. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to chestnuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume[Read More…]
New Police Data Tool Makes 56,000 Misconduct Complaints Public
Citizens Police Data Project is largest known interactive repository of police complaint records CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—November 10, 2015. Today the Invisible Institute, a journalism production company, launched an online data project of misconduct complaint records for more than 8,500 Chicago Police officers — the most expansive public database of its kind.[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Obama Administration Announces More than $375 Million in Support for Next-Generation High Schools
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 10, 2015. Today, the Obama Administration will host the first-ever White House Summit on Next Generation High Schools. The event will highlight students, educators, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs who are reinventing the high school experience to better empower students to seize opportunities in today’s economy, and prepare students for[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel Before Bilateral Meeting, Nov. 9, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2015 – 10:34 A.M. EST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, it is very good to welcome once again Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu to the Oval Office. There’s no foreign leader who I’ve met with more frequently, and I think that’s a testimony to the extraordinary bond between the United[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, November 9, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 9, 2015 – 12:51 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Monday. Let me do a couple of — Q He says, happy Monday. (Laughter.) Q Something we don’t know about? MR. EARNEST: Let me do two things at the top, and then we’ll[Read More…]
Child Care Advocates United Statement on Partial Restoration of IL Child Care Assistance Program
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—November 9, 2015. On behalf of nearly 400 child care providers and thousands of children and families across the State of Illinois, Child Care Advocates United (CCAU) would like to commend Governor Rauner and Illinois lawmakers for working together to reverse the devastating impact of the emergency rule change that[Read More…]
Leading Drug Policy Reformers to be Honored at International Drug Policy Reform Conference in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Nov. 21; Awardees Recognized for Groundbreaking Work to End the War on Drugs
Winners Include Jamaican Justice Minister Mark Golding, DPA Board President and Former ACLU Head Ira Glasser, Key Grassroots Ally VOCAL-NY, and LEAP Executive Director Neill Franklin Arlington, VA—(ENEWSPF)—November 9, 2015. Leading advocates for drug policy reform will be honored at an awards ceremony on Saturday, November 21, at the biennial International[Read More…]