As Students Challenge Voting Restrictions in Court, Brennan Center Guide Helps Students Navigate New Requirements, Understand Rules NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2014. As Americans face an ever-shifting voting landscape before heading to the polls this November, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School released an interactive Student Voting Guide[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Missouri Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto, Triples Waiting Period for Women Seeking Safe and Legal Abortion Services
Missouri joins Utah and South Dakota to become third state to force women to delay constitutionally protected health care for 72 hours MISSOURI–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2014. The Missouri Legislature voted late last night to triple the state’s mandatory waiting period for women seeking abortion services from 24 to 72 hours, overriding[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on the 13th Anniversary of September 11th
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2014. Today we mark the 13th anniversary of September 11th. As we honor the memories of the lives that were lost that day, we should also remember the thousands of people who are still suffering. Over 100,000 rescue and recovery workers – including firefighters, police officers, emergency[Read More…]
Rare Lynx Finally Gain Federal Protection Throughout The U.S.
However, Feds Fall Short in Revising Critical Habitat; Challenge Announced DENVER, COLO. –(ENEWSPF)—September 11, 2014. After eight years of advocacy and litigation by WildEarth Guardians (Guardians) and the Western Environmental Law Center (WELC), today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) finally announced it will list the New Mexico population of Canada[Read More…]
Administration Failing to Protect Public From Dangerous Crude Oil Trains
Groups file lawsuit against Department of Transportation for inadequate action on oil train risks The crude-by-rail explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Canada in 2013 killed 47 people. Photo courtesy of Sûreté du Québec Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2014. Sierra Club, ForestEthics, and Earthjustice have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Transportation today[Read More…]
ESA’s Bug-eyed Telescope to Spot Risky Asteroids
Situational awareness EU–(ENEWSPF)–11 September 2014. Spotting Earth-threatening asteroids is tough partly because the sky is so big. But insects offer an answer, since they figured out long ago how to look in many directions at once. As part of the global effort to hunt out risky celestial objects such as[Read More…]
Senator Durbin: Workers Should Be Judged On Their Work, Not Their Gender
WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—September 11, 2014. Speaking yesterday at a press conference with U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and their colleagues, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) called on the Senate to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act, which would discourage gender-based discrimination in the workplace. The press conference followed a procedural vote on[Read More…]
Senators Durbin, Schumer Introduce Legislation To Stem Recent Tide of Corporate Inversions By Limiting Earnind Stripping – Bill Would Curtail Major Incentive Causing U.S. Companies To Merge With Foreign Companies To Skirt U.S. Taxes
After Wave of U.S. Companies Merging with Foreign Corporations to Dodge U.S. Tax Responsibility, Including Iconic American Companies like Burger King, Senators Introduce Legislation To Remove Key Incentive for Companies to Invert WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2014. Yesterday, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) unveiled the text of[Read More…]
Prepared Remarks of Richard Cordray, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, at the Consumer Advisory Board Meeting, Sept. 11, 2014
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 11, 2014 Thank you for joining us as we at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau meet with our Consumer Advisory Board. We always look forward to our dialogue with our CAB members, who share with us their perspective, their expertise, and their actual experience on the ground. [Read More…]
Representative Jan Schakowsky Statement on the 13th Anniversary of September 11th
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—September 11, 2014. Rep. Jan Schakowsky released the following statement on the Anniversary of September 11th: “Today, the 13th anniversary of the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001, is a day of reflection and remembrance of the thousands who lost their lives. Even now, thirteen years later, we[Read More…]
