Drug Policy Alliance: The President is Acting; Congress Must Step Up Too New York, NY-(ENEWSPF)- President Barack Obama commuted the sentences of 58 people incarcerated in federal prison for drug offenses. This follows the commutation of 61 individuals on March 30, 2016, 95 people in December of 2015, 45 people[Read More…]
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Interior Secretary Jewell, Senator Feinstein Join Hundreds to Celebrate Three New California Desert National Monuments
Tucson, AZ-(ENEWSPF)- The Center for Biological Diversity, along with hundreds of local desert residents, elected officials, community and faith leaders, business owners, veterans and others, joined today with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to celebrate three new national monuments that President Obama designated in the Southern California[Read More…]
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest, 5/5/2016
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- James S. Brady Press Briefing Room **Please see below for a correction, marked with an asterisk. 1:00 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Nice to see you all. We’ve got a couple of quick comments at the top before we get to your questions. As we’ve[Read More…]
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Josh Earnest en route Flint, MI, 5/4/2016
Air Force One-(ENEWSPF)- Aboard Air Force One En Route Flint, Michigan 11:13 A.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Why don’t I just give you a little bit of a rundown on the day, and then we can go into your questions. The President is joined on the plane today by a couple[Read More…]
Uninsurance Insurance Weekly Claims For Week Ending May 6, 2016
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending April 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 274,000, an increase of 17,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 257,000. The 4-week moving average was 258,000, an increase of 2,000 from the previous week’s unrevised average of[Read More…]
USW Strongly Supports U.S. Steel’s Trade Case to Sanction Chinese Unfair and Illegal Practices Affecting Steel Sector: Bold Action is Absolutely Necessary
Pittsburgh, PA-(ENEWSPF)- United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard issued the following statement in support of a new petition filed by United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The petition was filed at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) seeking relief[Read More…]
‘No one goes to work to die’ – USW Observes Workers Memorial Day
Pittsburgh, PA-(ENEWSPF)- The United Steelworkers released this statement from International President Leo W. Gerard on Workers Memorial Day: “Today on Workers Memorial Day, the United Steelworkers pauses to remember 28 men and women who died in the past year at workplaces in the United States and Canada where we are[Read More…]
HRC Alabama Calls for Full Repeal of Oxford, Alabama’s Horrific, Anti-Transgender Ordinance
City Council to discuss recalling the measure at special meeting tomorrow MONTGOMERY, ALA.-(ENEWSPF)- Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Alabama responded to the Oxford, Ala., City Council’s decision to hold a special meeting tomorrow to consider the fate of a horrific, anti-transgender ordinance by calling for repeal of the measure,[Read More…]
IKEA, AIG Join Growing List of Nearly 200 Major Business Leaders Against HB 2
Momentum in North Carolina: IKEA, AIG Join Growing List of Nearly 200 Major Business Leaders Against HB 2 as McCrory & Berger Double Down on Discrimination Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC announced that executives from 23andMe, Instacart, The Honest Company, United Guaranty Corporation, Cabot Creamery,[Read More…]
Interior Secretary Jewell, Senator Tester Join Blackfeet Tribal Chairman Barnes to Commemorate Implementation of Land Buy-Back Program
Land program strengthens tribal sovereignty and reduces land fractionation BROWNING, MONT. –(ENEWSPF)–May 3, 2016. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today traveled to the Blackfeet Nation in Browning, Montana with U.S. Senator Jon Tester for a signing ceremony commemorating a new agreement with the Blackfeet Nation to implement the Land Buy-Back[Read More…]
