Las Vegas, Nevada–(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. While campaigning today in Las Vegas, Nevada, Hillary Clinton made the case for transforming how we prepare our workforce for jobs of the future. She pointed to the successful apprenticeship partnership between Mojave Electric and the local electric workers union, and discussed her plans to[Read More…]
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Interior Secretary Jewell Joins Pennsylvania Leaders to Kick Off Innovative Reclamation Project to Help Revitalize Coal Country
Western Pennsylvania community launches mine clean up under pilot program inspired by President Obama’s POWER + Plan EHRENFELD, PA –(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Janice Schneider and Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) Director Joe[Read More…]
UN Agency Welcomes ‘Landmark Step’ by North and Central American Countries to Protect Refugees
As people continue to flee violence in the northern triangle of Central America – Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador – UNHCR is supporting asylum-seekers find safety at a series of shelters, including the Tres Angeles Shelter, pictured here, in southern Mexico. Photo: UNHCR/Sebastian Rich GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–4 August 2016 – The United[Read More…]
AFL-CIO Commits to Mobilizing Millions of Women in 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2016. Statement by AFL-CIO Secretary Treasurer Liz Shuler on the AFL-CIO Executive Council’s Working Women Economic Agenda: Women make up more than half of the U.S. electorate, and we vote at higher rates than men. From now until November, the AFL-CIO will be talking to women voters[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending July 30, 2016
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 4, 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending July 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 269,000, an increase of 3,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 266,000. The 4-week moving average was 260,250, an increase of 3,750 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Expands Foreclosure Protections
Updated Servicing Rule Provides Surviving Family Members and Other Homeowners with Same Protections as Original Borrowers Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today finalized new measures to ensure that homeowners and struggling borrowers are treated fairly by mortgage servicers. The updated rule requires servicers[Read More…]
‘Bundy Militia’ Pocket Constitution Tops Amazon Charts Amidst Trump-Khan Feud
NCCS Constitution Cloaked in Recruitment Materials for Sagebrush Rebel Movement Steeped in Racism, Anti-federal Domestic Terrorism Ammon Bundy with NCCS pocket Constitution in his shirt pocket. Photo by Gage Skidmore. WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–August 4, 2016. Following Khazir Khan’s challenge to Donald Trump to read the U.S. Constitution, sales of pocket-sized versions published[Read More…]
U.S. State Dept. Updates Nigeria Travel Warning, August 3, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2016. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Nigeria and recommends that U.S. citizens avoid all travel to Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states because the security situation in northeast Nigeria remains fluid and unpredictable. The Department of State strongly urges U.S. citizens[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at the Young African Leaders Initiative Town Hall
President Barack Obama greets audience members after participating in a Q&A during the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) town hall at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C., Aug. 3, 2016. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2016 – 3:28 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, August 3, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 3, 2016 – 11:44 A.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good morning, everybody. Nice to see you all. You’ll have to bear with me a little bit today. I’m fighting off one of those nasty summer colds. So I’ll try to keep the sniffling and sneezing to a minimum up[Read More…]
