Federal Court Agrees That Current House and Senate Districts Unconstitutional COVINGTON, Ky.–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013  A panel of three federal judges on Friday agreed with the ACLU of Kentucky and the ACLU’s Voting Rights Project that Kentucky’s current House and Senate districts – which were established in 2002 – are unconstitutional.[Read More…]

NEW JERSEY–(ENEWSPF)–August 19, 2013.  This morning, Governor Christie signed legislation banning the practice of gay conversion therapy on minors in New Jersey. First introduced in October 2012, Assembly Bill 3371 “prohibits counseling to change the sexual orientation of a minor.” It passed both houses of the legislature with bipartisan majorities[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 17, 2013. The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced today that Kansas City Royals infielder Miguel Tejada has received a 105-game suspension without pay after testing positive for an Amphetamine in violation of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. The suspension of Tejada is[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 17, 2013. Hi, everybody.  Over the past few weeks, I’ve been visiting with Americans across the country to talk about what we need to do to secure a better bargain for the middle class. We need to rebuild an economy that rewards hard work and responsibility; an economy[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013.  U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) issued the following statement regarding reports that the NSA has violated rules intended to protect Americans’ privacy thousands of times each year. Wyden and Udall are both members of the Senate Intelligence Committee.   “The executive branch[Read More…]

HARRISBURG, Pa.–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013.  Pennsylvania voters will not have to show photo identification at the polls until the Commonwealth Court makes a final decision in the  lawsuit challenging the controversial law. Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard L. McGinley issued an order on August 16th extending the preliminary injunction of the voter[Read More…]

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–16 August 2013 – A group of independent United Nations human rights experts today called for restraint and an immediate end to violent confrontations that have seen hundreds killed and thousands injured in the Egyptian capital in recent days. “Egypt is facing an escalating and deeply worrying human rights crisis,”[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–August 16, 2013.  The intelligence community violated restrictions on surveillance powers thousands of times a year in the past five years, according to a new report in The Washington Post. “The number of ‘compliance incidents’ is jaw-dropping. The rules around government surveillance are so permissive that it is difficult[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013. The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer travel to Egypt and U.S. citizens living in Egypt to depart at this time because of the continuing political and social unrest. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning issued on July 3, 2013. On August[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–August 15, 2013.  The Department of the Interior today announced the launch of a new, comprehensive resource for Indian landowners and tribal governments seeking information about the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program). The website, http://www.doi.gov/buybackprogram, will serve as a one-stop-shop for visitors interested in timely and[Read More…]