NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. Today, after Johnson Controls and Tyco announced a merger estimated to yield the combined companies $150 million in tax savings by moving abroad to Ireland to shirk its U.S. tax obligations, Hillary Clinton issued the following statement on the inversion deal and her unique, tough and[Read More…]
Day: January 25, 2016
Mayor Emanuel Launches Initiative to Support Home Buyers And Strengthen Neigborhoods Across Chicago
Home Buyer Assistance Program Will Encourage Homeownership by Providing Down Payment Assistance for Working Families CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today announced a city initiative to support home buyers in neighborhoods across Chicago. The Home Buyer Assistance Program will help make homeownership possible for working families and individuals by[Read More…]
Senator Durbin Encourages Commuters to Take Advantage of Larger Mass Transit Tax Benefit
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. As tax season begins, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today encouraged employers and mass transit commuters to take full advantage of a tax benefit that was strengthened and permanently extended by Congress late last year. The tax-free benefit could yield $1,000 annually in federal and state tax[Read More…]
Bernie Sanders Blasts Corporate Deserters
AMES, Iowa – (ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday denounced “corporate deserters” after Johnson Controls and Tyco International announced a plan to merge the manufacturing giants in the latest example of a U.S.-based company acquiring a foreign firm to avoid paying U.S. taxes. “The potential Johnson-Tyco[Read More…]
Former US Navy Officer and Marine Chris Mark’s Open Letter to Sarah Palin
OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—January 25, 2016. Following her son’s arrest last week for domestic violence, Sarah Palin blamed his drunken and dangerous episode on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and inferred that somehow President Obama was also to blame for his outburst. Chris Mark is a former enlisted US Marine and US Navy[Read More…]
National Forest in Arizona Challenged to Protect Wildlife from Motorized Uses
Suit Filed to Stop Excessive Cross-Country Travel by Motor Vehicles PHOENIX, Ariz. –(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. Four conservation groups, represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, filed suit today against the Kaibab National Forest in Arizona, aiming to protect wildlife and cultural resources from motorized cross-country travel. At issue are[Read More…]
Watch: World’s Fastest Rubik’s Cube Solving Robot
Incredible! Back in my college days, my personal record for solving the Rubik’s Cube was two minutes. And that was after I had memorized a book. This is awesome. H/T: http://www.iflscience.com/
Doctors Without Borders: Yemen Health Facilities Under Attack, Severely Limiting Access to Care
Destruction wrought by airstrikes in Haydan, where an MSF-supported hospital was badly damaged by attacks in October. BARCELONA/NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–JANUARY 25, 2016 — The conflict in Yemen is being waged with total disregard for the rules of war, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) declared today,[Read More…]
U.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Review One of the Most Extreme Abortion Bans in the Nation
North Dakota’s ban on abortion as early as 6 weeks of pregnancy to remain permanently blocked. Order comes two months after Supreme Court agrees to review Texas’ deceptive clinic shutdown law, less than one week after Court refuses to review Arkansas’ ban on abortion at 12 weeks Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 25,[Read More…]
Rapid, Affordable Energy Transformation Possible
NOAA, CIRES study: Wind, sun could eclipse fossil fuels for electric power by 2030 A high-resolution map based on NOAA weather data shows a snapshot of wind energy potential across the United States in 2012. (Credit: Image by Chris Clack/CIRES) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 25, 2016. The United States could slash greenhouse[Read More…]
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