Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2013.  As debate over the national debt and the federal budget deficit begins to heat up again, an analysis of national polls conducted in 2013 shows that, compared with recent government reports prepared by experts, the public has different views about the need to reduce future Medicare[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2013.  Today the Center for American Progress released an analysis showing a state-by-state breakdown of the nearly $50 billion spent by the federal government on disaster relief in fiscal years 2011 and 2012. This is the first-ever estimate of each state’s receipt of federal disaster funds during[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013.  House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) expected stopgap funding measure would lay the foundations for another round of damaging cuts to vital programs, services, and investments, according to a new report released today by the Center for American Progress. The analysis, authored by CAP President Neera Tanden[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2013. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director DEA seizures of indoor and outdoor cannabis crops declined dramatically from 2011 to 2012 and are now at their lowest reported levels in nearly a decade, according to statistics released online by the federal anti-drug agency. According to the Drug[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013.  Driving in the Northeast and on the West Coast is associated with greater economic activity than in the South, says a University of Michigan researcher. The Midwest, Great Plains and Mountain States generally fall somewhere in between. “Despite the uncertainty about the nature of the relationship[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013.  University of Michigan researchers today released seven technical reports that together form the most comprehensive Michigan-focused resource on hydraulic fracturing, the controversial natural gas and oil extraction process commonly known as fracking. The studies, totaling nearly 200 pages, examine seven critical topics related to the use[Read More…]

The “Explaining Extreme Events of 2012 from a Climate Perspective” report was published today by the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. (Full report). High resolution (Credit: U.S. Navy) Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013.  Human influences are having an impact on some extreme weather and climate events, according to the report[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2013.  As private investors across the nation take advantage of the foreclosure crisis by purchasing tens of thousands of homes at bargain prices, often beating out potential homeowners who remain sidelined, a new report released today by the Center for American Progress calls on policymakers to closely[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Septemer 4, 2013.  A report released today by the Center for American Progress provides powerful new evidence that a strong middle class and economic opportunity go hand in hand. According to the report, regions with large middle classes have far more economic mobility than areas with small middle classes,[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–August 30, 2013.  Consumer confidence eased in August after reaching its highest level in six years in the prior month, according to University of Michigan economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/U-M Surveys of Consumers. Conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research since 1946, the surveys monitor[Read More…]