Groups Push for Improved Clean Air Rules to Protect Public Health, Environment OAKLAND, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016. Conservation and public-health groups filed a legal challenge today to the Environmental Protection Agency’s failure to update air-pollution thresholds for sulfur and nitrogen. Standards for the dangerous air pollutants known as sulfur oxides[Read More…]
Day: July 7, 2016
Congress: Bipartisan Measures Introduced To Facilitate Marijuana Research Trials
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016. A bipartisan coalition of House and Senate lawmakers have proposed legislation, the Medical Marijuana Research Act of 2016 and the Marijuana Effective Drug Studies Act, to facilitate and accelerate clinical investigations into the safety and efficacy of cannabis. Passage of the measures – House Bill 5549[Read More…]
Sentencing Commission: Nearly One In Ten Defendants Sentenced To Federal Prison In 2015 Violated Marijuana Laws
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016. Eight percent of defendants sentenced to federal prison in 2015 were convicted of violating marijuana laws, according to a June 2016 federal report issued by the United States Sentencing Commission. According to the report, the US government prosecuted 71,184 cases in 2015 in which the offender[Read More…]
Illinois: Governor Signs Medical Cannabis Expansion Plan Into Law
Springfield, IL–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016. Governor Bruce Rauner has signed legislation to expand and extend the state’s medical marijuana program. The legislation, Senate Bill 10, extends the state’s medical cannabis program to 2020. Legislation initiating the program was set to expire in 2018. Other changes to the program include: adding post-traumatic[Read More…]
Texas Leaders Sink to New Low, Push Measure That Would Require Fetal Tissue to Be Buried or Cremated
TEXAS -(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016. Just four days after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down two Texas abortion restrictions, Texas leaders are pushing a measure that would require abortion providers to cremate or bury fetal tissue, further placing a financial burden on those seeking abortion. “This is a new low for[Read More…]
Four Conspirators Indicted in Chicago-Based Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016. A federal grand jury sitting in Chicago, Illinois, returned an indictment, which was unsealed yesterday, charging four Chicago-area residents with conspiracy to commit theft of government money, wire fraud, theft of government money, aggravated identity theft and access device fraud, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Announces Tree Trimming Backlog Reduced By 80 Percent, On Track To Eliminate By Year’s End
Efforts to Protect the City’s Urban Canopy are in full swing with continued tree trimming; EAB inoculations and residential tree planting CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced that the Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) has reduced the City’s tree trimming request backlog by nearly 80 percent with[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Supports Treasury Department Regulations to Prevent Corporate Tax Dodging
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2017 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday submitted formal comments to the Department of the Treasury on regulations issued to prevent corporate tax avoidance. The Treasury Department regulations, which were issued on April 4, effectively enforce the existing law that is meant to prevent corporate inversions and[Read More…]
Hillary for America Statement on FBI Director Comey’s Testimony Before House Committee
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016. Hillary for America National Press Secretary Brian Fallon released the following statement Thursday following FBI Director James Comey’s appearance before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee: “Despite the partisan motivations of this hearing, we are glad it took place and that Director Comey had the[Read More…]
Senator Sanders, Representative Cummings Lead Letter to FDA Condemning AstraZeneca Putting Profits Over People
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2016 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, on Thursday sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf urging the agency to approve all eligible applications to produce a generic[Read More…]