Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2015 – 11:08 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning, everybody. Please have a seat. More than 54 years ago, at the height of the Cold War, the United States closed its embassy in Havana. Today, I can announce that the United States has agreed to formally re-establish[Read More…]
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Oregon Governor Signs New Law to Implement Marijuana Legalization That Includes Broad Sentencing Reform
Oregon Goes Beyond Other Legalization States to Reduce Harsh Marijuana Sentences and Allow for 78,319 Prior Marijuana Convictions to Potentially be Cleared Diverse group of adults smoking marijuana at a bbq. Darrin Harris Frisby/Drug Policy Alliance OREGON—(ENEWSPF)—July 1, 2015. Today Governor Kate Brown signed H.B. 3400, an omnibus bill to[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Takes Action Against Companies for Unfair Billing of Credit Card Add-on Products and Services
Consumers Billed for Credit Reporting and Identity Theft Protection Benefits They Did Not Receive WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—July 1, 2015. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) took action against two credit card add-on product vendors – Affinion Group Holdings, Inc., Affinion’s affiliated companies, and Intersections Inc. – for unfairly charging[Read More…]
Representatives from Over 30 Cities, Counties and States to Meet at The White House for National Convening on Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD), An Innovative Approach to Low-Level Drug Offenses
LEAD Established Unique Collaboration Among Law Enforcement, Human Service Agencies, Business Leaders, and Community Members to Produce Nearly 60% Reduction in Recidivism in Seattle Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—July 1, 2015. This week, government officials and community leaders from over 30 city, county and state jurisdictions will gather to discuss an innovative program that[Read More…]
Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein, Calling Hillary Clinton the ‘Wal-Mart’ Candidate, Demands Radical System Change
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 1, 2015. DR. STEIN OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED HER PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN last week in a Democracy Now Exclusive stating “I have a people-powered campaign. I am running with the only national party (the Green Party) that does not take corporate funding.” When host Amy Goodman asked (full transcript) how[Read More…]
Oregon Drug Reform Advocates: Legalizing Marijuana is Just the First Step
Oct. 1 early start bill passes in Oregon Senate; Oregon police to stop arresting people for some marijuana crimes Portland, Oregon—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2015. The day before adult use of marijuana becomes legal in Oregon, leaders of the state’s drug reform movement said they plan to expand their work to change[Read More…]
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Signs Marijuana Sentencing Reform Law
New Law an Important Step Toward Reducing Louisiana’s Notoriously Overcrowded Prisons and Jails; Even With This Reform, Louisiana’s Marijuana Laws Remain Harsher Than Nearly All Other U.S. States NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2015. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed legislation yesterday to reform the state’s severely punitive marijuana laws and reduce criminal[Read More…]
White House Fact Sheet: Middle Class Economics Rewarding Hard Work by Restoring Overtime Pay
“Of course, nothing helps families make ends meet like higher wages…We still need to make sure employees get the overtime they’ve earned.” – President Barack Obama, State of the Union Address, January 20, 2015 Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2015. Middle class economics means that a hard day’s work should lead to[Read More…]
Senator Bernie Sanders Statement on Supreme Court Decision Upholding Independent Redistricting Commissions
BURLINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 29, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court decision in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission: “Today’s Supreme Court decision is an important step in the fight against voter suppression. When congressional districts are controlled by partisanship it is[Read More…]
Yemen: Secretary General Ban Deplores Attack on UN Compound in Gulf Country, Calls for Full Investigation
Smoke fills the sky above the Yemeni capital Sana’a after a series of airstrikes (12 May). Photo: Almigdad Mojalli/IRIN NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–29 June 2015 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the Coalition-led airstrikes on a United Nations compound in the Yemeni city of Aden, which resulted in serious structural damage and[Read More…]
