Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2015. U.S. Congresswoman Robin Kelly today asked federal and Indiana officials to re-evaluate plans for a proposed quarry in Indiana near the Illinois state line and called for more research into potential impacts the quarry could have on the Kankakee River eco-system in both states. Many Illinois[Read More…]
Author: Rosemary Piser
U.S. State Dept. Updates Libya Travel Warning, Sept. 16, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2015. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to Libya and recommends that U.S. citizens currently in Libya depart immediately. On July 26, 2014, the U.S. Embassy suspended all embassy operations in Libya and relocated staff outside of the country because of ongoing violence between[Read More…]
Court Authorizes IRS to Issue Summonses to Discover U.S. Taxpayers with Offshore Bank Accounts at Belize Bank International Limited and Belize Bank Limited
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2015. A federal court in Miami entered an order yesterday authorizing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve a “John Doe” summons seeking information about U.S. taxpayers who may hold offshore accounts at Belize Bank International Limited (BBIL) or Belize Bank Limited (BBL), the Justice Department announced[Read More…]
Justice Department Will Not Challenge Expedia’s Acquisition of Orbitz
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2015. Assistant Attorney General Bill Baer of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division released the following statement yesterday on the division’s decision to close its investigation into Expedia’s $1.3 billion acquisition of Orbitz: “We know online travel booking is important to U.S. consumers and to the airlines, car[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Sept. 12, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending September 12, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 264,000, a decrease of 11,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 275,000. The 4-week moving average was 272,500, a decrease of 3,250 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama to the Business Roundtable, Sept. 16, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 16, 2015 – 11:24 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Randall, and thank you to everybody here at the Business Roundtable for having me today. I’m just going to say a few words and then hopefully spend a lot of time taking your questions. Seven years[Read More…]
Thursday, Sept. 17: Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) to Rally to Demand Superintendent McCarthy and Police Board Fire Detective Servin
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2015. On Thursday, September 17th at 7 p.m., theBlack Youth Project 100 (BYP100) Chicago Chapter in coordination with Black Lives Matter Chicago, We Charge Genocide, and Rekia Boyd’s family, will lead a public rally outside of Chicago Police Department (CPD) Headquarters, 3510 S. Michigan Ave., to demand[Read More…]
Hillary Clinton’s Statement on Missouri Vote Blocking ‘Right to Work’ Law
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2015. Hillary Clinton released the following statement on the bipartisan vote in Missouri upholding Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of a “right to work” law. “I applaud the leadership of Governor Jay Nixon and the bipartisan group of legislators who successfully blocked a harmful “right to work” law[Read More…]
New Report Reveals Major Flaws in Industry Attack on Stronger Ozone Standard
Billions identified in overinflated cost estimates Misinformation is a key tactic in polluters efforts to avoid strengthening ozone standards. Source: Andrea Hricko Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2015. As a court-ordered deadline looms for a decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on strengthening national clean air standards for ozone, a[Read More…]
For First Time in History, a State Generates More Annual Tax Revenue From Marijuana Sales Than From Alcohol Sales
Colorado’s ‘marijuana tax holiday’ on Wednesday will be a ‘much-deserved day off’ — the state raised nearly $70 million from marijuana-specific taxes in FY 2014-2015, compared to just under $42 million from alcohol-specific taxes DENVER —(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2015. For the first time in history, a state has generated more annual revenue from taxes imposed on[Read More…]
