Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. Lawsuit filed against Environmental Protection Agency for approval of 2,4-D use on genetically engineered corn, soy crops in six Midwest states.A coalition of farmers and environmental groups filed a lawsuit to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today on behalf of six Midwest states where[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Senator Bernie Sanders Reacts to Social Security Adjustment
BURLINGTON, Vt.—(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, said he is “disappointed” by yesterday’s announcement of only a 1.7 percent increase in the cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security beneficiaries and disabled veterans. “At a time when the prices of prescription drugs[Read More…]
ACLU Challenges Miami-Dade Housing Restriction Forcing Former Sex Offenders to Live by Railroad Tracks
Law Causes Many Former Offenders to Become Homeless MIAMI –-(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida filed suit against Miami-Dade County and the Florida Department of Corrections, seeking a permanent injunction against a housing ordinance that is extraordinarily difficult for former sex offenders to[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan, Dept. of Revenue: Tax Fraud Operation Nets $100 Million
Ongoing Initiative Recovers $100 Million, 50 Charged Statewide for Unpaid Sales Tax Fraud Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) announced today that their joint ongoing criminal enforcement operation to prosecute gas station owners who evaded sales tax payments has recovered over $100[Read More…]
Seattle Issues Cease and Desist Notices to 330 Medical Marijuana Businesses, Fails to Offer Solutions for Patients
Letter demands that businesses apply for state licenses that don’t exist, city offers no choice to dispensaries but closure Seattle, WA –(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. More than 300 medical marijuana businesses received cease and desist letters from the City of Seattle this week. While the move appears to be consistent with[Read More…]
D.C. Marijuana Initiative Receives Major Civil Rights Endorsements from D.C. NAACP and the D.C. Branch of the National Organization of Women
Endorsements Come on the Heels of Recent Support from Local Chapters of the SEIU, D.C. Working Families, and UFCW; Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Releases Report on Collateral Consequences of Arrest Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. Today, the Washington, D.C. chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored[Read More…]
Enterprise Zone Public Meeting to be Held on October 29
Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. The Village of Park Forest is working with neighboring communities to create an Illinois Enterprise Zone. The proposed zone would be called the Will-Cook Enterprise Zone and would include commercial and industrial properties within the municipalities of Matteson, Monee, Park Forest, Richton Park, and University[Read More…]
2014 Household Hazardous Waste, Motor Oil & Electronics Collection in Peotone on Saturday, October 25
Peotone, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 23, 2014. The 2014 Household Hazardous Waste, Motor Oil & Electronics Collection event will take place at Peotone High School, 605 West North Street on Saturday, October 25 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Collection of nearly all types of electronics and household chemicals, hazardous materials and liquids[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Russian Federation Travel Alert, Oct. 23, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 23, 2014. The Department of State alerts U.S. citizens in Russia to the on-going tensions along the border with Ukraine and the potential for clashes between pro-Russian groups and Ukrainian forces. This supersedes the Travel Alert dated July 22 to provide updated information on the security situation along[Read More…]
Four Former Blackwater Employees Found Guilty of Charges in Fatal Nisur Square Shooting in Iraq
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2014. Four former security guards for Blackwater USA were found guilty today of charges stemming from the Sept. 16, 2007, shooting at Nisur Square in Baghdad, Iraq, that resulted in the killing of 14 unarmed civilians and the wounding of numerous others. The jury verdicts, in the[Read More…]
