Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 6, 2015 – 11:58 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everybody.  Several years ago, the State Department began a review process for the proposed construction of a pipeline that would carry Canadian crude oil through our heartland to ports in the Gulf of Mexico and out into the[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 6, 2015. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 271,000 in October, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, retail trade, food services and drinking places, and construction.[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2015 – 1:00 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Happy Thursday.  I do not have any announcements at the top, so we can go straight to your questions. Josh, do you want to get started? Q    Sure.  Thanks, Josh.  Can you give us the latest[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2015. A mass mobilization in Washington, DC from November 14th  to 18th  has been announced to begin the next stage of the campaign to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).  The TPP was made public 10 days from the actions. The protest, co-sponsored by 59 organizations, is being[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 5, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending October 31, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 276,000, an increase of 16,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 260,000. The 4-week moving average was 262,750, an increase of 3,500 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2015 – 12:53 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I apologize for the brief delay there.  I do not have any announcements at the top, so we can go straight to your questions.   Darlene, do you want to get us started? Q    Thank you.[Read More…]

Landmark Case Could Pave the Way for Marijuana Legalization NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2015. Today, in a 4 to 1 vote, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that the prohibition of the consumption and cultivation of marijuana for personal use is unconstitutional. The Court determined that the prohibition of the consumption of marijuana[Read More…]

Second Major Marijuana Reform Bill Introduced in the Senate This Year; Support for Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Continues to Grow Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2015. Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation in the Senate that would remove marijuana from the list of federally controlled substances, end federal marijuana prohibition,[Read More…]

Marijuana Oligopoly Rejected by Ohio Voters NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—November 4, 2015. Ohio voters have rejected a controversial marijuana legalization initiative that would have restricted commercial marijuana production to the ten properties owned by the principal investors in the initiative. The initiative, Issue 3 was a first in many respects: the first marijuana reform[Read More…]

Accelerates recalls to get safe air bags into U.S. vehicles  WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–November 3, 2015.  The Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today issued two orders designed to protect the traveling public from defective Takata air bag inflators. The orders impose the largest civil penalty in NHTSA’s history for[Read More…]