Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017 By: Alan Barber and Dean Baker Overall job growth in blue collar jobs was modest in April, growing by 21,000 from its March level. Manufacturing added 6,000 jobs, construction 5,000 jobs, and mining 8,800, the vast majority of which were in support activities. Several states saw[Read More…]
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Lawsuit Targets Trump’s Climate-change Censorship
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the Trump administration to uncover public records showing that federal employees have been censored from using words or phrases related to climate change in formal agency communications. Today’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeks to require[Read More…]
Trump’s Border Wall Threatens World Heritage Site
Groups Request ‘In Danger’ Status for El Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Border Wall Threatens Protected Sonoran Desert Wildlife PARIS—(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. Conservation groups and representatives of the Tohono-O’odham of Sonora, Mexico today petitioned for “in danger” status for a World Heritage site in Mexico threatened by U.S. President Donald Trump’s border[Read More…]
Appeals Court Allows Wikimedia Challenge to NSA Internet Surveillance to Go Forward
RICHMOND, Va. —(ENEWSPF)–May 23, 2017. A federal appeals court today unanimously reversed a part of a lower court’s dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the National Security Agency’s mass interception and searching of Americans’ international internet communications. The case was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union in 2015 on behalf[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Joins 31 Attorneys General Urging Congress to Oppose Elimination of Legal Services Funding
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—May 23, 2017. Highlighting the need for legal services in low-income communities across the country, Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday joined with 31 attorneys general in urging Congress to oppose the Trump Administration’s proposal to eliminate federal funding for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). The letter, sent to the[Read More…]
Senator Duckworth Helps Introduce Legislation to Protect LGBTQ Americans from Credit Discrimination
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2017. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and U.S. Representative Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) in introducing the Freedom from Discrimination in Credit Act (FDCA) of 2017 to help ensure LGBTQ individuals are protected from discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity during[Read More…]
Senator Duckworth Calls For Investigation Into Attorney General Jeff Sessions
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 22, 2017. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) joined a number of U.S. Senators including Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in urging the Inspector General of the Department of Justice to investigate whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ involvement in the firing of former FBI Director James[Read More…]
New York A.G. Schneiderman, Fellow AGs To Trump Administration: Close Loophole Allowing Trains To Carry Explosive Crude Oil Through Communities
“Bomb Trains” Carrying Millions Of Gallons Of Crude Oil Routinely Travel Through Cities And Towns In NY And Across Country, Without Any Limits On Explosiveness And Flammability NEW YORK –(ENEWSPF)—May 22, 2017. Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, leading a coalition of six state Attorneys General, is urging the Trump Administration[Read More…]
Mother Sentenced to Prison for Taking Child from Illinois to Canada in International Parental Kidnapping Case
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- A Canadian woman was sentenced to serve 26 months in prison following her December conviction for international parental kidnapping, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Patrick D. Hansen of the Central District of Illinois. Sarah M.[Read More…]
Former CFO of Public Computer-Services Company Pleads Guilty to Federal Fraud Charge
Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The former chief financial officer of a public computer-services company admitted in federal court that he participated in a scheme to defraud a global telecommunications provider out of at least $3 million, pleading guilty to a federal fraud charge. ANTHONY ROTH, 52, of Upton, Mass., pleaded guilty to[Read More…]
