Raleigh, N.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against North Carolina and Gov. Pat McCrory challenging House Bill 2, a law that removes local legal protections for LGBT people and prohibits transgender people from using public facilities that correspond to their gender identity. Earlier today, McCrory had filed a lawsuit[Read More…]
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ACLU And Lambda Legal Statement On North Carolina’s Lawsuit Against Federal Government
Raleigh, N.C.-(ENEWSPF)- North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice that asks a federal court to determine that House Bill 2, the discriminatory law that removes local legal protections for LGBT people and prohibits transgender people from using public facilities that correspond to their[Read More…]
ACLU Sues To Challenge Unconstitutional Anti-LGBT Mississippi Law
Jackson, Miss.-(ENEWSPF)- The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Mississippi today filed a lawsuit to challenge an anti-LGBT law passed this spring that allows public officials and businesses to refuse to serve gay and transgender individuals. The lawsuit, which targets the registrar of vital records, was filed on behalf[Read More…]
Oregon Spotted Frog Gains More Than 65,000 Acres, 20 River Miles of Protected Habitat in Oregon, Washington
Portland, OR-(ENEWSPF)- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today designated 65,038 acres and 20.3 river miles of critical habitat for Oregon spotted frogs in Oregon and Washington. The frogs were protected as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in 2014 in response to a petition and lawsuit from the[Read More…]
$15,000 Reward for Men Who Vandalized Death Valley, Caused Death of Rare Pupfish
Los Angeles, CA-(ENEWSPF)- The Center for Biological Diversity today tripled the reward to $15,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case of three men whose drunken spree led to the death of a tiny endangered fish in Death Valley National Park on April 30. “Devil’s Hole pupfish[Read More…]
White House Daily Press Briefing by the Press Secretary, 5/9/2016
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:15 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Happy Monday. Before we get started I wanted to just bring to your attention a statement that was issued today by the National Governors Association. So the NGA is a bipartisan organization that represents[Read More…]
Obama To Be First US President To Visit Hiroshima
Statement by the Press Secretary on the President’s Travel to Vietnam and Japan Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The President will travel to Vietnam and Japan May 21-28, on what will be his tenth trip to Asia. This trip will highlight the President’s ongoing commitment to the U.S. Rebalance to Asia and the Pacific,[Read More…]
Maryland GOP Governor Larry Hogan Signs Syringe Access Expansion Legislation
Syringe Access Proven to Reduce HIV and other infectious diseases Harm Reduction Goes Mainstream: Maryland joins Florida, Kentucky, Indiana and Republican-Led Congress in Expanding Syringe Access DPA-(ENEWSPF)- Today, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed the Opioid-Associated Disease Prevention and Outreach Act, after it passed the Maryland General Assembly with overwhelming bipartisan[Read More…]
Food Recall Of Sweet And Salty Trail Mix –Because Of Possible Health Risk, Due To Potential Presence Of Listeria Monocytogenes
Silver Spring, MD-(ENEWSPF)- Rucker’s Wholesale and Service Co. of Bridgeport, IL is voluntarily recalling the specific code dates listed below of Uncle Bucks Sweet & Salty Trail Mix peg bag, due to the potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children,[Read More…]
NORPAC Foods, Inc. Recalls Natural Directions Organic Mixed Vegetables, And Natural Directions Organic Green Peas, Due To Possible Health Risk
Silver Spring, MD-(ENEWSPF)- NORPAC Foods, Inc. of Salem, Oregon is voluntarily recalling two (2) frozen private label vegetable items, Natural Directions Organic Mixed Vegetables and Natural Directions Organic Green Peas, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and[Read More…]
