Day: August 29, 2017

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Trump Administration Seeks to Allow Harley Davidson to Avoid Punishment for Clean Air Act Violations

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—August 29, 2017.  Today, the Sierra Club submitted comments on Donald Trump’s Department of Justice revision of Harley Davidson’s punishment for Clean Air Act violations. Last year, the Obama Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice reached the consent decree to settle claims that the Harley Davidson installed[Read More…]

DACA

DACA Recipients’ Economic and Educational Gains Continue to Grow, According to Largest Study to Date

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–August 28, 2017.  According to the largest and latest study of its kind to date, the economic and educational gains made by beneficiaries of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) continue to grow. The national survey, published today by Tom K. Wong, professor at the University of California San[Read More…]

Attorney General Lisa Madigan

AG Madigan Files Lawsuit Against City Of Chicago To Reform CPD

Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Attorney General Lisa Madigan today joined Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson to announce a lawsuit to seek an enforceable consent decree to implement the numerous reforms outlined by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in its investigation of the Chicago Police Department (CPD). In[Read More…]

Hurricane Harvey

Guard Units From Other States Join Harvey Response in Texas

Arlington, VA–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2017 By: Steve Marshall One day after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called up the entire 12,000-member Texas National Guard to assist civilian authorities with the epic flooding resulting from Hurricane Harvey, several other state Guard units are in the hard-hit areas to offer manpower, equipment and support.[Read More…]

Request Seeks Evidence That Trump’s Reversal of Coastal Flood Protections Is Driven by Climate Denial, Contempt for Obama

Decision Makes Coastal Communities More Vulnerable to Storms Like Harvey WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2017.  The Center for Biological Diversity filed a Freedom of Information Act request today seeking public records connected to President Trump’s rollback of an Obama executive order and federal flood-protection rule. Just 10 days before Harvey struck Texas,[Read More…]

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