Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Justice Department today announced that it has entered into an extension agreement with the state of Georgia to improve the quality and availability of services for people with developmental disabilities living in the community and to provide supported housing to individuals with significant mental illness who need it.[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on International Trade Commission (ITC) report on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): This ITC report is so damaging that any reasonable observer would have to wonder why the Administration or Congress would spend even one more day trying to turn this disastrous proposal into[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka in response to new overtime rules unveiled by the Department of Labor: New overtime protections mark a major victory for working people that will improve the lives of millions of families across America. The new rule more than doubles the salary threshold, ensuring[Read More…]

2016 Executive PayWatch highlights Mondelez International’s Pay Inequality Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- CEO pay for major U.S. companies continues to soar as income inequality and outsourcing of good-paying American jobs increases. Outsourcing has become a hot presidential election topic with candidates calling out corporations who say they need to save money by sending[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- President Obama wrote this message to petition signers to announce that the Department of Labor will be finalizing a rule that expands overtime pay to millions of American workers. I wanted you to be the first to know about some important news on an issue I know you care deeply[Read More…]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFJaDm720FU Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- From the White House: Every week, millions of Americans work more than 40 hours a week but do not receive the overtime pay they have earned. Tomorrow, the Department of Labor will be finalizing a rule to fix that by updating overtime protections for workers. In total,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- Preliminary statistics released today by the FBI show that 41 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2015. This is a decrease of almost 20 percent when compared with the 51 officers killed in 2014. By region, 19 officers died as a result of[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that $130 million in funding is available for research, education, and extension projects to support sustainable, productive and economically viable plant and animal production systems, including certified organic production. This funding is available through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)[Read More…]

Raleigh, N.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of North Carolina, and Lambda Legal today asked a federal court to order an immediate halt to enforcement of a North Carolina law that targets transgender people for discrimination in single-sex facilities. The three organizations and the law firm of Jenner and[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Supreme Court today issued an opinion in Zubik v. Burwell that vacates the judgments  in the cases before it.  It also issued orders vacating the judgments of the decisions in all the contraceptive cases in which certiorari was pending. “We are disappointed that the Court chose[Read More…]