Day: July 11, 2017

Rick Perry

Center for American Progress: What Governors Need to Know About the Department of Energy’s Forthcoming Electricity Grid Study

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2017.  The U.S. Department of Energy, led by Secretary Rick Perry, is soon due to release a report on the electricity grid and the role of “baseload power.” Ahead of the report’s release, the Center for American Progress has released a new column outlining what governors need to know about Perry’s grid study[Read More…]

Drug Policy Alliance

Tale of Two New Yorks Endures Under De Blasio as NYPD Continues Discriminatory Marijuana Arrests

NYPD Made More Marijuana Possession Arrests under de Blasio/Bratton from 2014 to 2016 than Giuliani/Bratton from 1994 to 1996; Extreme Racial Disparities Persist as Black and Latino New Yorkers comprise 85% of Marijuana Possession Arrests, Despite Young Whites Using at Higher Rates New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2017. A new report[Read More…]

Voting Commission

ACLU Files Federal Lawsuit Over Trump Election Commission Secrecy

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2017.  The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit yesterday over the lack of transparency by President Trump’s election commission. The lawsuit charges the commission with failing to comply with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, which is designed to ensure public accountability of all advisory committees.[Read More…]

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Attorney General Madigan Files Brief Supporting Injunctive Relief in Hawaii Travel Ban Litigation

Madigan & 15 AGs Argue Federal Government Too Narrowly Interprets “Close Familial Relationship,” Harming States’ Residents, Institutions and Economies Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—July 11, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan, along with 15 other attorneys general, filed an amicus brief yesterday in the Hawaii travel ban litigation, supporting Hawaii’s pending motion for injunctive[Read More…]

Inherent Resolve Strikes Target ISIS in Syria, Iraq, July 11, 2017

SOUTHWEST ASIA–(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 23 strikes consisting of 69 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today. Officials reported details of yesterday’s strikes, noting that assessments of results are[Read More…]

Marine aircraft crash

Marine Corps Aircraft Crashes, Killing 16

LEFLORE COUNTY, Miss. –(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2017. The Marine aircraft that crashed Monday evening was a KC-130T from Marine Aerial Refueling and Transport Squadron (VMGR) 452, Marine Air Group-49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve.   The flight originated from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., as the squadron was[Read More…]

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New Illinois Tax Rates Take Effect from Passage of SB 9

SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2017.   The Illinois Department of Revenue is providing general information regarding the recent Income Tax increase, and changes to various credits, deductions and additions to income.  Taxpayers are encouraged to review the information and web links below to determine how the recent change in tax rates[Read More…]

Center for Economic and Policy Research

Center for Economic and Policy Research: Federal Reserve Needs to Recommit to the Full Employment Mandate

Washington, DC —(ENEWSPF)–July 11, 2017.  The Federal Reserve should take lessons from the Fed in the 1990s and remain committed to its full employment mandate. A new report from The Center for Economic and Policy Research and The Fed Up campaign at the Center for Popular Democracy provides a history of the[Read More…]

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