Northampton, MA-(ENEWSPF)- Young Invincibles and National Priorities Project are warning of the devastating impact that looming automatic budget cuts known as sequestration could have on young adults–and the nation’s economy for years to come as a result of diminished earning potential of a generation. With college costs rising and the[Read More…]
Analysis
ALEC’s Economic Agenda Will Weaken State Economies and Harm Working Families, Leading Experts Find
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2013. Leading state policy experts revealed yesterday how the economic policy agenda of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) would weaken state economies, hurt working families, and put the interests of corporations and the wealthiest households before the common good. Governors and legislatures in numerous states are[Read More…]
NRDC Post-State of the Union Poll: 60 Percent of Americans Support Presidential Action to Fight Ravages of Climate Change
Environmental, Small Business and Farm Leaders Welcome President Obama’s Vow to Reduce Threat WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2013 – Sixty-five percent of Americans think that climate change is a serious problem and a substantial majority support President’s Obama using his authority to reduce its main cause, dangerous carbon pollution, according to a[Read More…]
Robin Hood Calls on Jack Lew to Pledge a Real Recovery Through Wall Street Sales Tax
Poll findings show broad public support for tax on Wall Street speculation Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2013. Wearing their signature Robin Hood hats, U.S. Robin Hood Tax Campaign advocates brought their message of a Wall Street sales tax directly into the confirmation hearing of Jack Lew before the Senate Finance Committee[Read More…]
Resignation of Pope Benedict XVI Demands Close Look At Rules Of Modern Papal Election
Election Law Journal is published quarterly in print and online. For more information visit www.liebertpub.com/elj. (©2013, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers) New Rochelle, NY-(ENEWSPF)- When Pope Benedict XVI ends his reign at the end of February he will be the first pope to do so before his death in nearly 600 years.[Read More…]
Women and Families Would Be the Lead Recipients of a Minimum-Wage Boost
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2013. In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama pushed for an increase in the federal minimum wage, and today the Center for American Progress released four charts and an analysis of how this policy change would markedly improve the lives of women and families across[Read More…]
Survey Shows 80 Percent of Americans Support New U.S. Posatal Service Delivery Schedule
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–February 14, 2013. The U.S. Postal Service released the results of a new survey today showing 80 percent of Americans support the new six-day package, five-day mail delivery schedule announced last week that the Postal Service intends to implement the week of Aug. 5, 2013. The survey, commissioned for the[Read More…]
Increasing Opportunities for Chinese Direct Investment in Clean Energy
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2013. Today as President Obama prepares to deliver his State of the Union speech, expected to touch on ways that energy can be harnessed to move our economy forward, the Center for American Progress released “Increasing Opportunities for Chinese Direct Investment in U.S. Clean Energy.” This analysis[Read More…]
Five Percent of Consumers Had Errors on Their Credit Reports That Could Result in Less Favorable Terms for Loans
Consumers Should Check Their Credit Reports for Free Using AnnualCreditReport.com Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2013. A Federal Trade Commission study of the U.S. credit reporting industry found that five percent of consumers had errors on one of their three major credit reports that could lead to them paying more for products[Read More…]
Teen Birth Rate Continues to Decline in U.S.
Elk Grove Village, IL–(ENEWSPF)–February 11, 2013. General fertility rates and the number of births in the United States both declined by 1 percent in 2010-2011, and teenage birth rates continue to decline, as stated in the “Annual Summary of Vital Statistics: 2010-2011.” The annual report in the March 2013 issue[Read More…]
