WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the Federal Communications Commission approved new rules to uphold net neutrality: “The FCC has ensured that the Internet remains a place for the open exchange of ideas and information free of discrimination and corporate control. This[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
ACLU: Net Neutrality Vote a Victory for Free Speech
ACLU Hails FCC Decision to Adopt Strongest Ever Open Internet Protections WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. The Federal Communications Commission approved new regulations today reclassifying Internet providers as “common carriers” under Title II of the Communications Act. The rules would prohibit Internet service providers from blocking controversial or competing content or[Read More…]
Illinois Federal Court Bars Woman and Her Businesses from Preparing Tax Returns
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2015. A federal court in Chicago has permanently barred Laurie G. Helfer, aka Laurie G. Powell, individually and doing business as Laurie’s Freelance & Tax Preparation Services and Tax Lady Laurie Inc., from preparing federal tax returns for others and from operating a tax return business, the Justice[Read More…]
2016 US Presidential Hopeful Jill Stein Seeks To Bring Issues From Frontline Communities To The Frontlines of The Presidential Dialogue
Laredo, TX –(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2015. Jill Stein concluded a weeklong Texas swing declaring “Texas is a great place for the Green Party right now. People are far more liberated than they were in 2012. The traditional allegiance to the Democratic Party is no longer constraining people.” Stein, who announced the[Read More…]
Guidance Issued on Protecting Student Privacy While Using Online Educational Services
Model Terms of Service Offer Direction on Guarding Student Data Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. The U.S. Department of Education today released model terms of service guidance and a training video aimed at helping schools and districts protect student privacy while using online educational services and applications. The guidance offers examples[Read More…]
Rep. Gutierrez Floor Speech on Immigration, Executive Action and the President’s Resolve
“The Republican Party’s goal of forcing this President to deport all the non-citizens they want deported will simply never be achieved until the Republican Party elects one of their own to the White House. And the strategy of the Republican Party…pretty much guarantees that one of their own will not get to[Read More…]
Senators to Education Department: Stop Profiting Off Student Loans and Fulfill Congressional Directives to Help Struggling Borrowers
WASHINGTON, DC —(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Noting that “(i)t is not the job of the Department of Education to maximize profits for the government at the cost of squeezing students who are struggling to get an education,” United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal[Read More…]
Planned Parenthood on Report Showing Use of IUDs and Implants Increased Nearly Fivefold Over the Last Decade
CDC Data Reflects Trend in Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS) Patients St. Paul, MN —(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2015. This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report on the use of long-acting, reversible contraception (LARC) methods among women in the U.S. The report found that[Read More…]
Wisconsin Anti-worker Bill Hurts Families, State’s Economy; Gov. Walker Shouldn’t Sign
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. In response to the Wisconsin legislature’s passage of anti-worker “right-to-work” legislation, SEIU President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement: “This terrible legislation hurts families and it hurts the economy in Wisconsin. Gov. Walker and his out-of-touch allies in the legislature have dealt a blow to working[Read More…]
NASA Spacecraft Prepares for March 12 Launch to Study Earth’s Dynamic Magnetic Space Environment
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) observatories are shown here in the clean room being processed for a March 12 launch from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Image Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Final preparations are underway for the launch of NASA’s quartet of[Read More…]
