Advocates Reminded of the Often Undeserved Sway of Law Enforcement COLORADO—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2015. This week an asset forfeiture reform proposal died in Colorado’s Senate Judiciary Committee. SB-006 aimed to join other states and the recent federal effort to curb the intrusive, arguably unconstitutional and financially distorted incentive practice of[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Utah Medical Marijuana Bill Moving Forward
Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee, Heads to Senate Floor Next Week; Statement from Ethan Nadelmann: “If medical marijuana can advance it Utah … it can advance anywhere in the U.S.” Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2015. Utah is the latest ‘red’ state to consider medical marijuana. Yesterday, Utah’s Senate Judiciary Committee approved[Read More…]
Alliance for Retired Americans Friday Alert, Feb. 27, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015. Alliance Joins House Members to Protect Social Security Disability Insurance On Wednesday, the Alliance joined Democratic Representatives Xavier Becerra (CA), Sander Levin (MI), Jan Schakowsky (IL), and Doris Matsui (CA), and allies in speaking out on a tele-press conference call focused on protecting Social Security Disability[Read More…]
Kentucky Legal Team Files Brief at US Supreme Court Challenging Marriage Bans for Same-Sex Couples
NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015. The American Civil Liberties Union, Stanford Law School Supreme Court Litigation Clinic and Kentucky-based firms Clay Daniel Walton & Adams and the Fauver Law Office today filed their brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in two Kentucky cases that challenge the state’s laws barring same-sex[Read More…]
BP Whiting Refinery Has Third Major Incident This Week
Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2015 — While more than half of BP Whiting’s workforce remain on strike over safety issues and shifts that last up to 24 hours at the BP Whiting refinery, 3 major incidents have occurred at the plant this week, calling into question whether BP is putting profits over[Read More…]
Malaria Transmission Linked to Mosquitoes’ Sexual Biology
Findings could lead to new methods of malaria control Boston, MA ─(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015. Sexual biology may be the key to uncovering why Anopheles mosquitoes are unique in their ability to transmit malaria to humans, according to researchers at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and University of[Read More…]
Senator Durbin: First-Of-Its-Kind Report On Solitary Confinement Shows Need For More Improvement
Durbin requested BOP review in 2013 after chairing second hearing on the human rights, fiscal and public safety consequences of solitary confinement WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—February 27, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today said that the first-ever assessment of federal segregation policies, which he requested in 2013, has prompted the[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell Signs Historic Water Rights Agreement with Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and State of Nevada
Agreement Quantifies Water Rights, Will Make $60 Million Available for Duck Valley Reservation WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015. As part of President Obama’s commitment to empower tribal nations, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, on behalf of the United States, signed an historic agreement today at the Department of the[Read More…]
UN Expert Applauds United States Decision Guaranteeing ‘Net Neutrality’
Photo: ITU NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–27 February 2015 – The United States Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to establish new regulations protecting so-called net neutrality, or the equal treatment of all Internet traffic, is “a real victory” for freedom of expression and access to information, a United Nations human rights expert said[Read More…]
Global Hypertension Treatment Will Save Millions of Lives
Standardized approaches necessary to expand treatment access worldwide Atlanta, GA–(ENEWSPF)–February 27, 2015. In just 10 years, 10 million heart attacks and strokes could be averted worldwide by treating just half the people with uncontrolled hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, suggests CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., and colleagues[Read More…]
