WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015. U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the November 2015 Employment Situation report released today: “With the addition of 211,000 jobs in November, the economy continues to recover at a steady clip. It was the 69th consecutive month of private[Read More…]
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Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz on November 2015 Jobs Report
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015. Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the November 2015 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS. The BLS announced that the unemployment rate remained steady at 5.0 percent last month. The November[Read More…]
Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden on Senate’s Failure to Protect Americans from the Next Mass Shooting One Day After the Last Mass Shooting
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden issued the following statement following the rejection of a number of common-sense gun violence prevention proposals by the Senate majority this afternoon: Barely 24 hours after the worst mass shooting in the United States since the massacre[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: As Comment Period Ends, Groups Challenge Justice Department on BP’s Latest Tax Break
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015. A letter from Friends of the Earth and 16 other groups was sent this morning to Attorney General Loretta Lynch. It calls on the Justice Department to ensure that the costs of BP’s latest Deepwater Horizon settlement are not passed along to taxpayers. In[Read More…]
California Releases Gray Wolf Management Plan
SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released a draft plan for managing the state’s wolf population as it expands and addressing conflicts with livestock interests and hunters. Recognizing that the wolf is protected under both the state and federal endangered species acts, the[Read More…]
Defendant Pleads Guilty in Tallahassee Cyberstalking Case
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015. Michael Daniel Rubens, 31, formerly of Tallahassee, Florida, pleaded guilty yesterday to cyberstalking, unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft. The guilty plea was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher P. Canova of the Northern District of Florida. During his guilty plea, Rubens[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Rises by 211,000 in November, 2015; Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 5.0%
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2015. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 211,000 in November, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in construction, professional and technical services, and health care. Mining and information lost jobs. Household Survey Data[Read More…]
Four St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, Correctional Officers Charged with Violating the Civil Rights of an Inmate Resulting in Her Death
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. A grand jury today indicted four correctional officers from the St. Bernard Parish Prison in Chalmette, Louisiana, for violating the civil rights of inmate Nimali Henry by deliberately ignoring serious medical needs that led to her death. The indictment was announced by Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney[Read More…]
Sixteen Additional FIFA Officials Indicted for Racketeering Conspiracy and Corruption
The New Defendants Include Five Current or Former FIFA Executive Committee Members and the Current Presidents of CONCACAF and CONMEBOL; Guilty Pleas for Eight Others, Including Jeffrey Webb and the Former Presidents of the Colombian and Chilean Soccer Federations, also Announced Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. A 92-count superseding indictment was[Read More…]
Russian Taliban Fighter Sentenced to Life in Prison in Terrorism Case
Led Attack on U.S. and Afghan Forces in Afghanistan in 2009 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015. Irek Ilgiz Hamidullin, 55, a Russian national and former Russian army tank commander, was sentenced today to life plus 30 years in prison for conspiring to shoot down American helicopters and to kill U.S. and[Read More…]
