PlayStreets offers more than 150 events throughout the City, engage children and families in physical activity and play CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) kicked off PlayStreets 2017 today, announcing that the City of Chicago will host more than 150 special PlayStreets[Read More…]
Month: June 2017
State of Illinois Ordered to Increase Monthly Payments for Healthcare
Payments are essential to sustain access to care during the budget impasse, even if other state priorities suffer CHICAGO—(ENNEWSPF)—June 30, 2017. In the face of the State of Illinois’s ongoing budget impasse, a federal court today ordered the state to substantially increase monthly outlays to pay bills for healthcare provided[Read More…]
Nevada: Licensed Adult Use Marijuana Sales Set To Begin Saturday
Carson City, NV–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. Starting this Saturday, July 1, specially licensed medical cannabis dispensaries will have the opportunity to engage in the retail sale of marijuana to adults. State tax regulators finalized temporary rules on Monday governing adult use sales. Regulators so far have issued over 80 licenses to[Read More…]
Study: Vaporization Offers “Attractive Alternative” To Smoked Cannabis
Baltimore, MD–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. Vaporizing cannabis mitigates subjects’ exposure to carbon monoxide and allows them to self-regulate their dose – making it preferable over smoking or oral administration, according to clinical trial data published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Investigators affiliated with the US National Institute on Drug[Read More…]
Chuck Renslow, Founder of International Mr. Leather, Dies
CHICAGO —(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2017. Chuck Renslow, 87, a longtime pillar of the LGBTQ community in Chicago and around the world, has died after multiple long-term health issues. Renslow reigned over a seven-decade empire, starting more than two dozen businesses—bars, discos, photo studios, health clubs, bathhouses, gay magazines and newspapers, hotels, restaurants and bookstores. He fostered organizations[Read More…]
On Asteroid Day, UN Space Agency Urges International Cooperation Against Potential Threat
Portrait of a doomed asteroid. Image Credit: Illustrations: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–30 June 2017 – A top United Nations official today urged the international community to come together to jointly raise awareness and develop a plan to mitigate the danger from a potential asteroid impact. Marking the first observance of International[Read More…]
The ‘Face’ of Jupiter
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. JunoCam images aren’t just for art and science – sometimes they are processed to bring a chuckle. This image, processed by citizen scientist Jason Major, is titled “Jovey McJupiterface.” By rotating the image 180 degrees and orienting it from south up, two white oval storms turn[Read More…]
Earthjustice Responds to Trump Administration Move to Expand Drilling Off America’s Coasts
Decision threatens coastal communities, marine life, and the climate Anchorage, AK —(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. The Department of Interior has announced it will take the first step on Monday toward opening more of our ocean waters to dangerous offshore drilling. Interior will kick off the process of undoing protections put in[Read More…]
Statement from IL House Speaker Madigan On Passing a Balanced Budget
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. –(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2017. Speaker Michael J. Madigan issued the following statement Friday: “The work of the governor and General Assembly is clearly not done. As a result, the House will remain in session. While we’ve made progress on solving the governor’s budget crisis, we are not done. We[Read More…]
Brennan Center to States: Examine Legal Obligations Before Providing Voters’ Personal Information to White House
New York, N.Y. –(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2017. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s letter requesting extensive personal information on American voters threatens to violate individual privacy and further justifies concerns that the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity — which he vice-chairs — was conceived to drive voter suppression efforts. Kobach’s[Read More…]