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Public News Service info@publicnewsservice.org no Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/33028-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/33028-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Consumer Issues Family/Father Issues Health Issues Toxics Youth Issues Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32873-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32873-1 (Read More)]]> Animal Welfare Climate Change/Air Quality Endangered Species & Wildlife Environment Health Issues Mon, 03 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32610-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32610-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Consumer Issues Family/Father Issues Health Issues Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32624-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32624-1 (Read More)]]> Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Disabilities Health Issues Senior Issues Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32321-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32321-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Children's Issues Family/Father Issues Health Issues Mental Health Youth Issues Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32307-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/32307-1 (Read More)]]> Family/Father Issues Health Issues Teen Pregnancy Prevention Women's Issues Youth Issues Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31540-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31540-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Health Issues Youth Issues Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31398-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31398-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Criminal Justice Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault GLBTQ Issues Health Issues Mental Health Teen Pregnancy Prevention Youth Issues Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31247-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/31247-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Cultural Resources Endangered Species & Wildlife Environment Health Issues Water Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30819-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30819-1 (Read More)]]> Family/Father Issues Health Issues Livable Wages/Working Families Senior Issues Wed, 13 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30812-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30812-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Health Issues Poverty Issues Senior Issues Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30315-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30315-1 A new report by the Social Impact Research Center finds one in three Illinoisans - 33 percent - living in poverty or on the brink of it. Amy Terpstra, the report's co-author, says she's been researching this issue for several years and hasn't seen numbers like this in a long time. ...(Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Education Health Issues Housing/Homelessness Poverty Issues Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30170-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30170-1 (Read More)]]> Animal Welfare Health Issues Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30057-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30057-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Health Issues Poverty Issues Senior Issues Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29631-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29631-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Health Issues Hunger/Food/Nutrition Peace Poverty Issues Senior Issues Social Justice Tue, 27 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29464-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29464-1 (Read More)]]> Poverty Issues Health Issues Children's Issues Budget Policy & Priorities Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29272-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/29272-1 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and doctors in Illinois and around the nation are warning patients that resistant strains of bugs are on the rise and people don't need antibiotics every time they get the sniffles or a sore throat. ...(Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Health Issues Women's Issues Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28869-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28869-1 (Read More)]]> Civil Rights Consumer Issues Health Issues Senior Issues Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28862-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28862-1 (Read More)]]> Citizenship/Representative Democracy Health Issues Poverty Issues Senior Issues Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28600-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28600-1 (Read More)]]> Health Issues Poverty Issues Senior Issues Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28528-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28528-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Census Children's Issues Health Issues Poverty Issues Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28458-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28458-1 A new study cites a link between obesity and a chemical found in food packaging such as plastics and aluminum cans. Bisphenol-A (BPA) has been banned from use in baby bottles and toddlers' "sippy cups," because scientists say it interferes with hormones. ...(Read More)]]> Children's Issues Health Issues Hunger/Food/Nutrition Toxics Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28237-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28237-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Citizenship/Representative Democracy Health Issues Women's Issues Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28216-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28216-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Climate Change/Air Quality Environment Health Issues Mon, 27 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28046-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28046-1 (Read More)]]> Health Issues Environment Energy Policy Consumer Issues Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28038-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/28038-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Health Issues Hunger/Food/Nutrition Youth Issues Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27944-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27944-1 (Read More)]]> Community Issues and Volunteering Health Issues Mental Health Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27788-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27788-1 (Read More)]]> Toxics Health Issues Family/Father Issues Environment Children's Issues Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27780-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27780-1 (Read More)]]> Toxics Health Issues Children's Issues Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27738-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27738-1 (Read More)]]> Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Health Issues Women's Issues Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27670-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27670-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Children's Issues Disabilities Health Issues Poverty Issues Mon, 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27657-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27657-1 a new nationwide report, the state has not been doing enough to lift them out of poverty. The annual KIDS COUNT Data Book from the Annie E. ...(Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Children's Issues Early Childhood Education Education Health Issues Poverty Issues Thu, 26 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27598-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27598-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Family/Father Issues Health Issues Mental Health Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27450-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27450-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Health Issues Mental Health Youth Issues Mon, 02 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27265-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/27265-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Civil Rights Disabilities Health Issues Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26872-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26872-1 (Read More)]]> Children's Issues Health Issues Youth Issues Mon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26685-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26685-1 a new report. It says tens of thousands of Americans could die by the end of the century - 6,000 in Chicago alone - because of excessive heat caused by climate change. Daniel Lashof, program director for the Climate and Clean Energy Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council and a contributor to the report, says climate change is the problem. ...(Read More)]]> Climate Change/Air Quality Environment Health Issues Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26555-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/26555-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Children's Issues Consumer Issues Health Issues Smoking Prevention Youth Issues Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25936-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25936-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Climate Change/Air Quality Consumer Issues Environment Health Issues Waste Reduction/Recycling Water Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25559-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25559-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Family/Father Issues Health Issues Livable Wages/Working Families Senior Issues Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25463-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25463-1 (Read More)]]> Citizenship/Representative Democracy Disabilities Health Issues Poverty Issues Senior Issues Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25461-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25461-1 (Read More)]]> Climate Change/Air Quality Health Issues Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25421-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25421-1 an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, health care reform is already slowing the growth of Medicare costs, a crucial change that could save the program from bankruptcy. The researchers crunched numbers from the Congressional Budget Office and the Medicare trustees to come up with their figures. ...(Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Disabilities Health Issues Senior Issues Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25244-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25244-1 a statement saying Limbaugh was trying to shame a young woman from coming forward and speaking her mind, and that calling her a "slut" and a "prostitute" on the air is unacceptable. Ruthie Fuller, a member of NOW, says Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke did nothing wrong when she testified on behalf of insurance-provided birth control. Fuller says singling her out by the talk-radio host felt like an attack on all women. ...(Read More)]]> Health Issues Media Reform Women's Issues Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25069-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25069-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Citizenship/Representative Democracy Community Issues and Volunteering Disabilities Health Issues Poverty Issues Senior Issues Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25085-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25085-1 A new study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics concludes that boys who act like girls and girls who act like boys are at risk of abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder. The researchers polled adults about childhood preferences such as toys and games, and found that the girls who had preferred traditional boys' activities and the boys who liked such things as dolls had experienced more abuse, from parents and others. Maxine Thome, who heads the National Association of Social Workers-Michigan, counsels young people who are gay, lesbian and transgender. ...(Read More)]]> Youth Issues Health Issues GLBTQ Issues Children's Issues Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/24974-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/24974-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Health Issues Poverty Issues Senior Issues Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25030-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/25030-1 (Read More)]]> Consumer Issues Health Issues Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/24925-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/24925-1 report in the "Canadian Medical Association Journal" analyzed 20 years of research into the topic. It concludes that spanking causes aggressive behavior and may even lower a child's intelligence. ...(Read More)]]> Children's Issues Family/Father Issues Health Issues Mental Health Youth Issues Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/24777-1 http://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/24777-1 (Read More)]]> Budget Policy & Priorities Climate Change/Air Quality Health Issues Rural/Farming Sustainable Agriculture Toxics Water