Month April 2016

New Silica Rule to Protect Workers’ Health

The Obama administration will be implementing a new rule surrounding silica in order to potentially prevent 600 deaths in the United States each year. Crystalline silica is a dust, 100 times smaller than a grain of sand, that comes from…

Obama Grants 61 Convicted Felons a Second Chance

President Barack Obama officially shortened the sentences of 61 imprisoned drug offenders on Wednesday, March 30. The President of the United States has the power to grant pardons and commutations to convicted felons that he believes “deserve a second chance.”…