WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2016. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today introduced comprehensive legislation to combat the volume of addictive painkillers on the market and improve prescribing practices. The Addiction Prevention and Responsible Opioid Practices Act (A-PROP Act) would curb the number of opioids flooding the market, increase accountability to[Read More…]
Day: June 16, 2016
Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth Proposes Legislation to Keep America Safe & Reduce TSA Delays
Duckworth also led coalition of 70 Congresspeople urging permanent reforms to address long screening lines at airport security checkpoints Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2016. House Oversight Subcommittee on Transportation Ranking Member Tammy Duckworth (IL-08) today introduced the TSA Workforce Flexibility Act to improve the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) ability to protect[Read More…]
Young Fathers Learn Parenting, Life Skills Through South Side Program
CNN honors local resident’s work with nonprofit supported by Community Programs Accelerator CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2016 By Rosalind Cummings-Yeates A community organizer helping address issues such as gang violence and juvenile justice at age 13, Sheldon Smith was not the typical kid in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood in the 1990s. Yet, the[Read More…]
WA Governor Doubles Down on Betraying Youth
Seattle –(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2016. Yesterday, in an act betraying the youth of Washington, “green” Gov. Jay Inslee’s administration appealed a Washington Superior Court decision ordering his administration to issue a rule limiting greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the year. Today, Inslee published an op-ed touting his climate[Read More…]
Julian Castro: Trump’s Hateful Rhetoric is Not Welcome in Our Community
TEXAS–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2016. The Honorable Julian Castro released the following statement in response to Donald Trump’s visit to Texas today and tomorrow: “Donald Trump’s message to the Latino community is clear: You are not American. In Trump’s America, Latinos wouldn’t be welcome, our LGBT brothers and sisters wouldn’t be able to marry[Read More…]
More Men Using Family Planning Services
Trend suggests increase, but men still a small percentage of family planning users Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2016. More men are visiting Title X Family Planning Program sites, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the HHS Office of Population Affairs (OPA) in[Read More…]
Senate Appropriations Committee Allow Banks to Provide Services to State-Legalized Marijuana Stores
Fourth Straight Senate Victory for Marijuana Reform; Senate Bill Would Also Allow D.C. to Tax and Regulate Marijuana Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2016. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted today 16 to 14 to allow banks to provide services to marijuana businesses. Currently, because marijuana is illegal under federal law, both medical[Read More…]
Gravitational Waves Detected from Second Pair of Colliding Black Holes (Video)
LIGO collaborations observe another event in data This illustration shows the merger of two black holes and the gravitational waves that ripple outward as the black holes spiral toward each other. The black holes—which represent those detected by LIGO on Dec. 26, 2015—were 14 and 8 times the mass of[Read More…]
Scientists Discuss: Does Man or Machine Have the Upper Hand?
Faculty examine future of artificial intelligence at Ex Machina screening From left: Panel moderator Valerie Gutmann Koch, Assoc. Prof. Sliman Bensmaia, Prof. Nicholas Hatsopoulos and Asst. Prof. Risi Kondor discuss artificial intelligence and the film Ex Machina. CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2016 By: Greg Borzo “The arrival of strong artificial intelligence has[Read More…]
Highway Construction Careers Training Program Provides Graduates With a Short-Term Option at South Suburban College
SSC President Don Manning (seated) with 2016 HCCTP Graduates. SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–June 16, 2016. This spring South Suburban College (SSC) graduated its eighth class of the Highway Construction Careers Training Program (HCCTP). On May 19th, SSC presented certificates of completion to 16 students, 9 of whom have already[Read More…]
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