Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 2, 2017 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending January 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 246,000, a decrease of 14,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 259,000 to 260,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
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Center for Constitutional Rights Seeks Muslim Ban Legal Docs Under Freedom of Information Act
New York –(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Yesterday, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with three Department of Justice offices: the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), the Office of the Attorney General, and the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, seeking the administration’s purported[Read More…]
Global Coalition Stages Protests and Bank Closures Across the Globe to Defund Dakota Access Pipeline
While Trump, Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics race to complete the pipeline, over 500,000 people representing over $2.3 billion in personal investments say no. New York, Madrid, Munich, San Francisco, Tokyo, Amsterdam -(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 29017. On January 24, Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum fast tracking the Dakota Access[Read More…]
Report: Only 30 Vaquita Porpoises Remain on Earth
Extinction Imminent Unless Mexico Halts All Gillnet Fishing LA JOLLA, Calif.— (ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Scientists announced this week that only an estimated 30 vaquita porpoises remain in the world. In a new report, the International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita recognizes that the extinction of the vaquita —[Read More…]
Congressman Chaffetz Backs Off Bill to Sell America’s Public Lands After Enormous Public Outcry
WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. After massive public outcry, Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) announced late Wednesday night on Instagram that he was withdrawing his bill to sell “excess” public lands. The bill, H.R. 621, would have required the federal government to sell 3.3 million acres of federal public lands in 10 western[Read More…]
Class-Action Lawsuit Argues Muslim Ban Unlawfully Targets U.S. Residents Seeking Citizenship and Immigration Status
Class-Action Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Tens of Thousands of Immigrants Living in U.S. Legally SEATTLE —(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Civil and immigrant rights groups asked a federal court last night to lift the unconstitutional ban blocking Muslim immigrants lawfully living in the United States from becoming U.S. citizens, permanent residents,[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan & Civil Rights Leaders Condemn Jewish Community Center Bomb Threat & Hate Crimes
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Attorney General Lisa Madigan yesterday joined with the Anti-Defamation League and the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights to condemn Tuesday’s bomb threat against a Jewish Community Center (JCC) in Lake Zurich. The JCC Chicago reported that an employee of a JCC daycare facility in Lake[Read More…]
Governor Rauner’s Illinois School Funding Reform Commission Reaches Bipartisan Framework for School Funding Formula
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Governor Bruce Rauner’s Illinois School Funding Reform Commission yesterday approved a framework that allows members of the General Assembly to create a new school funding formula. “Illinois is another step closer to fixing our broken school funding system,” Governor Rauner said. “I applaud the Commission members[Read More…]
Former Executive of Tenet Healthcare Corporation Charged for Alleged Role in $400 Million Scheme to Defraud
GEORGIA–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. A former senior executive of Tenet Healthcare Corporation, was indicted for his alleged role in an over $400 million scheme to defraud. The indictment alleges that the scheme to defraud victimized the U.S. government, the Georgia and South Carolina Medicaid Programs, and prospective patients of Tenet hospitals. Acting[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Nominates Nine to Military Academies
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 2, 2017. Congresswoman Robin Kelly today nominated nine high school students from the second district for admission to three United States Military Academies. “These outstanding young men and women represent our next generation of military leaders. I’m proud to nominate them to our nation’s finest military academies,” said[Read More…]
