Point to racial injustices, overcrowding of prisons due to nonviolent infractions, urge Congress to pass Smarter Sentencing Act WASHINGTON, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—June 3, 2014. More than 1,100 faith leaders urged the U.S. Congress today to support a bipartisan sentencing reform bill to reduce mandatory-minimum sentences for federal drug offenses. The Smarter Sentencing[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Remarks by President Obama Before a Meeting with Central and Eastern European Leaders, June 3, 2014
Warsaw, Poland–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014 – 3:24 P.M. CET PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, thank you very much. Good afternoon. And along with President Komorowski, I’m very pleased to welcome our outstanding allies from across Central and Eastern Europe. We have done this before in Prague and on my last visit to Warsaw. [Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Tusk of Poland, June 3, 2014
Warsaw, Poland–(ENEWSPF)–June 3, 2014 – 2:25 P.M. CET PRIME MINISTER TUSK: (As interpreted.) Mr. President, I’m very happy that again here in Warsaw we had the opportunity to talk about Polish-American relations. And with great satisfaction, I observed that so much has changed around us, but our relations and the[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, June 2, 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014 – 1:06 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for being here. I’m not gone yet, Wendell. Before I take your questions, let me note that just two weeks ago, the President led a weeklong effort to highlight this administration’s focus on[Read More…]
2014 Main Street Nights Summer Entertainment Series
Main Street Nights. (Photo: Supplied) Photo Gallery: Park Forest Memorial Day Observance 2014 Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Village of Park Forest is sponsoring free entertainment in downtown Park Forest for eight weeks this summer. The family oriented Main Street Nights features local and regional entertainers on stage in the Village Green[Read More…]
Groups Call on Ecover and Method to Drop Extreme Genetic Engineering Plans
Consumer, environmental, farming groups say synthetic biology is not natural or sustainable Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. In an open letter released today, 17 national and international consumer, environmental, women’s health and farming groups called on leading “natural” cleaning and personal care products manufacturer Ecover and its U.S.-based subsidiary, Method Products[Read More…]
Schaumburg Man Arrested on Federal Charge for Allegedly Transporting Child Pornography
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)-June 2, 2014. A Schaumburg man was arrested and charged with transporting child pornography for allegedly transmitting two pornographic images of a prepubescent minor to an undercover law enforcement officer last week, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendant, KURT S. MAYER, was charged in a criminal complaint filed[Read More…]
Hundreds of California Prisoners in Isolation to Join Class Action Lawsuit
Oakland—(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2014. Today, a federal judge allowed hundreds of California prisoners to join a lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California prisons when she granted the case class action status. The case, Ashker v. Brown, was filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights on behalf of 10 prisoners in[Read More…]
Senator Merkley Statement on EPA Climate Announcement
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new rules to cut carbon pollution from power plants: “Climate change is no longer a distant hypothetical — it is here now. It is already waging an assault on Oregon’s natural resources,[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel Joins Legislators and Community Leaders to Announce Passage of Juvenile Expungement Legislation
Legislation Establishes New Process to Automatically Expunge Records of Juveniles Who Have Been Arrested but Not Charged CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2014. Mayor Emanuel today joined State Senator Kwame Raoul, State Representative Arthur Turner and community leaders to announce the passage of legislation to expunge certain juvenile arrest records automatically, removing a[Read More…]
