Analysis

Tammy Duckworth

Senator Duckworth Statement on Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un Summit

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 12, 2018 By: Rosemary Piser U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and combat veteran issued the following statement in response to the agreement signed by Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in Singapore: “Maximum pressure is wasted when we settle for minimal results. The Trump Administration’s announcement that the[Read More…]

Summer child care

New Analysis Finds That the Cost of Summer Child Care is Crippling Families’ Finances & Exacerbating the Summer Slide

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 11, 2018 By: Cristina Novoa Today, the Center for American Progress released a new 50-state analysis looking at families’ ability to afford summer child care by calculating and juxtaposing the median income for a typical family of four and the expected cost of summer programming for 2018. The analysis assumes that[Read More…]

Common Cause Illinois

Supreme Court Clears Ohio Voter Rights Purge

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 11, 2018 Contact: Jay Young  Statements of Common Cause Illinois on the Husted Decision: “Every American deserves the chance to make their voice heard in our elections without fear of election officials targeting them because of their voting history,” said Common Cause president Karen Hobert Flynn. “But regardless of[Read More…]

Homeless veterans

New Report Examines 28 Percent Reduction in Chicago Veteran Homelessness Since 2015

More than 4,000 veterans have been housed through Chicago’s Ending Veteran Homelessness Initiative since 2015. Our report highlights the new collaborations and systems improvements that made this progress possible. Chicago, IL –(ENEWSPF)—June 7, 2018 Contact: Keri Lowder All Chicago released its Understanding the Success of Chicago’s Ending Veteran Homelessness Initiative (EVHI) Report today,[Read More…]

Center for Economic and Policy Research

The Center for Economic and Policy Research Statement: Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports

Washington, DC —(ENEWSPF)—June 7, 2018 Contact: Karen Conner In response to the Social Security and Medicare Trustees reports released today, CEPR senior economist Dean Baker issued the following statement: “There were few notable changes in the 2018 trustees reports. In the case of the Social Security trustees report, the changes were[Read More…]

Female auto worker

The Cost to American Families of Trump’s Culture of Corruption and How to Fix it

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 5, 2018 By: Sam Berger, Liz Kennedy, and Diana Pilipenko A new report from the Center for American Progress examines the corrosive impact of President Donald Trump’s culture of corruption and how it weakens U.S. government, creates national security risks, and threatens the economic security of millions of Americans.[Read More…]

Medical marijhuana

Survey: Oncologists Believe Medical Cannabis To Be Equally Or More Effective Than Conventional Treatments

Boston, MA—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2018 Contact: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The majority of oncologists believe that the use of medical cannabis is either as effective or more effective than conventional treatments for managing symptoms of cancer, according to survey data published in The Journal of Clinical Oncology. A team of[Read More…]

CBD use for pediatric epilepsy

Study: CBD Extracts Safe And Effective In Treating Rare Form Of Pediatric Epilepsy

New York, NY—(ENEWSPF)—May 25, 2018 Contact: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The daily administration of a proprietary CBD extract (Epidiolex) is safe and effective in the treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, a severe form of pediatric epilepsy, according to clinical data published in The New England Journal of Medicine. An international[Read More…]

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