BURLINGTON, Vt.–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the Senate Budget Committee ranking member, today issued the following statement on new data showing the extent to which some American companies are avoiding taxes: “I applaud Citizens for Tax Justice for releasing new data today revealing the unfairness of our[Read More…]
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Colorado: Marijuana Charges Down More Than 90 Percent Since 2010
Denver, CO–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015. The total number of charges filed in Colorado courts for marijuana possession, distribution, and cultivation fell from 38,878 in 2010 to 2,036 in 2014, a reduction of some 95 percent, according to data obtained by the Court Services Division of the Colorado Judicial Branch and published[Read More…]
Report: Low-Income Americans Will See Major Health, Job, Cost Saving Benefits from Clean Energy, Reduced Carbon Pollution
NRDC to hold events nationwide to kick off conversation on how clean energy will help most vulnerable; low-income Americans among most vulnerable to economic, health effects of climate change CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015—While climate change threatens the public health and economic well-being of everyone, low-income Americans are especially vulnerable to the[Read More…]
Analysis Estimates Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Failure to Provide Legislative Immigration Solution With Pathway to Citizenship
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 9, 2015. Today, the Center for American Progress released a new analysis that compares the 10-year potential economic impact of three scenarios: no executive action on immigration, the implementation of deferred action—the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful[Read More…]
Report: Seattle’s New Approach to Low-Level Drug Offenses Produces Nearly 60% Reduction in Recidivism
LEAD Establishes Unique Collaboration Among Law Enforcement, Human Service Agencies, Business Leaders, and Community Members NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 8, 2015. According to a new, independent study by a University of Washington evaluation team, one of the nation’s most innovative and promising approaches to ending the war on drugs and mass incarceration has been[Read More…]
New Polling Shows Millennials Overwhelmingly Support Comprehensive LGBT Nondiscrimination Protections
Opponents of the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act march outside Lucas Oil Stadium, site of the NCAA Final Four, in Indianapolis on April 4, 2015. SOURCE: AP/Doug McSchooler Washington, D.C. — Despite historic progress on marriage equality over the past decade, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender, or LGBT, individuals still lack basic,[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Analysis Shows Extreme Weather Events on the Rise, Time is Now to Invest in Resilience
Cars sit on the edge of a sinkhole in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore, April 30, 2014, as heavy rain moved through the region. SOURCE: AP Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. Only five years into the current decade, the United States has already experienced nearly as many extreme weather[Read More…]
Indiana LGBT Discrimination Law Could Cost the State at Least $250 Million
A window sticker on a downtown Indianapolis business shows its objection to a discriminatory bill passed by the Indiana Legislature on March 25, 2015. SOURCE: AP/Michael Conroy Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–April 2, 2015. The national backlash that has followed the passage of Indiana’s recent license-to-discriminate bill could cost the state as[Read More…]
Persons Born in the Latter Years of the Baby Boom Hold 11.7 Jobs from Ages 18 to 48
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 31, 2015. The average person born in the latter years of the baby boom (1957-1964) held 11.7 jobs from age 18 to age 48, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nearly half of these jobs were held from ages 18 to 24. These findings are from[Read More…]
Targeted but Dramatic School Turnaround Can Successfully Increase Student Achievement, New Center for American Progress Brief Shows
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–March 31, 2015. Dramatic school improvement efforts are key to turning around underperforming schools and successfully increasing student achievement, according to the available body of research, and powerful examples from schools in Maryland, Kentucky, Kansas, and California demonstrate that school turnaround is most effective when districts take aggressive steps to rescue[Read More…]
