Day: August 12, 2013

Rich East Rocket Booster Club To Meet August 12

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Rich East Rockets Booster Club will have its first meeting of the year at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 12, in the Rich East media center, 300 Sauk Trail, Park Forest. Parents of Rich East students, whether or not they are involved in athletics or activities are[Read More…]

State Department Briefing by Marie Harf, August 12, 2013

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing ETHIOPIA 12th Annual African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum Being held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia DEPARTMENT Security of HST Building during Keystone XL Pipeline Protest / Release of Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) after Public Comments are Incorporated ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS Ambassador Indyk and[Read More…]

Drug Policy Alliance: Attorney General Eric Holder Issues Major Sentencing Changes, Begins to Question War on Drugs

Bi-partisan Support Grows In Congress for Overhauling U.S. Drug Laws SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013.  In a speech to the American Bar Association today Attorney General Eric Holder announced major federal sentencing changes, including dropping the use of mandatory minimum sentencing in certain drug cases, expediting the release of certain nonviolent[Read More…]

Statement from Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Reforming Mandatory Sentences of Nonviolent Drug Offenders

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013. “I commend President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder for reforming the policy that imposes severe mandatory sentences on nonviolent drug offenders who have no ties to gangs or organized crimes.  Non-violent drug offenders are often better served by treatment and other options, freeing up law enforcement[Read More…]

Fishermen Defend Increased Trinity River Flows to Protect Salmon

Lawsuit filed by Big Ag threatens repeat of 2002 Klamath fish kill disaster San Francisco, CA–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013. The Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA) represented by Earthjustice, filed intervention papers late Friday defending the planned release of Trinity River water to keep salmon alive in drought conditions. The[Read More…]

Senator Kirk Responds to President Obama’s Remarks on VA Claims Backlog

Illinois has 4th worst wait time in nation, average now more than 500 days; One Illinois resident waited 790 days WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013.  U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today released the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s remarks regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) disability claims backlog:[Read More…]

FDA Approves New Drug to Treat HIV Infection

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Tivicay (dolutegravir), a new drug to treat HIV-1 infection. Tivicay is an integrase strand transfer inhibitor that interferes with one of the enzymes necessary for HIV to multiply. It is a pill taken daily in combination with[Read More…]

ACLU and Southern Coalition for Social Justice File Challenge to North Carolina’s Voter Suppression Law

GREENSBORO, N.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013.  The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina, and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice today filed a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s voter suppression law signed hours ago by Gov. Pat McCrory. The suit specifically targets provisions of the law that eliminate a week[Read More…]

ACLU: Stop and Frisk Found Unconstitutional

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 12, 2013.  Today in Floyd v. City of New York, a federal judge ruled that the New York City Police Department’s stop-and-frisk practices are unconstitutional. Ezekiel Edwards, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Criminal Law Reform Project, said, “The ACLU celebrates today’s decision by Federal Justice Shira Scheindlin[Read More…]

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