Washington, DC:–(ENEWSPF)–September 21, 2012. Four of the six statewide marijuana initiatives appearing on the November 2012 ballot are solidly favored among likely voters. Voters in six states – Arkansas, Colorado, Massachusetts, Montana, Oregon, and Washington – will be deciding on marijuana-specific ballot measures this November. In Massachusetts, voters will decide[Read More…]
Analysis
Women Much More Likely to Earn Poverty-level wages
Women much more likely to earn poverty-level wages Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 20, 2012. Women are much more likely to earn poverty-level wages than men. The data from The State of Working America, 12th Edition, shows that 32.0 percent of women earned poverty-level wages or less in 2011, significantly more than the[Read More…]
State and Local School Finance Systems Perpetuate Inequitable Student Spending
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 19, 2012. Today a new report from the Center for American Progress tackles the serious issue of public school funding inequity by identifying often-overlooked features of school funding systems that exacerbate inequities in per-pupil spending rather than reduce them. Findings from the report will be presented today[Read More…]
New EPI Report Finds That Some Components of ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Should Expire
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. The “fiscal cliff” is not one piece of take-it-or-leave-it legislation. Congress can and should make à-la-carte decisions about which tax increases and spending cuts should be prevented from taking effect at the end of 2012 and which ones should be allowed to phase out (and perhaps[Read More…]
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Announces Availability of 2011 Data on Mortgage Lending
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 18, 2012. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) today announced the availability of data on mortgage lending transactions at 7,632 U.S. financial institutions covered by the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA). Covered institutions include banks, savings associations, credit unions, and mortgage companies. The HMDA data made available[Read More…]
Late-night Comedy Television Increases Political Discussion
President Barack Obama laughs during the taping of his appearance on the “Late Show with David Letterman” in New York, Monday, September 21, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete SouzaANN ARBOR, Mich.–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012. The jokes by late-night comedy television hosts can be just as effective as regular political[Read More…]
Study: U.S. Underestimates Costs of Carbon Pollution and Climate Change
NRDC: “A Wake-Up Call to Invest in Clean, Renewable Energy Sources” WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2012 – The federal government is significantly underestimating the costs of carbon pollution because it is using a faulty analytical model, according to a new study published in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. A more[Read More…]
Campaign Money Patterns Entering New Phase in 2012 Judicial Races
Special Interests Are Spending Millions to Capture Our Courts, And They Are Succeeding New York–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2012. Judicial candidates spent more than $4.6 million in television advertisements this primary season, according to data released by the Brennan Center for Justice and the Justice at Stake Campaign, in an election cycle[Read More…]
New Poll: Americans Support Investment to Increase Transportation Choices, Favor Expanding Transit Over Building New Roads
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2012 – Three out of four Americans are frustrated with the lack of transportation options that forces them to drive more than they would prefer, according to a new nationwide public opinion survey released today by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). According to the poll results, two out of[Read More…]
Military Families, Schools Near Military Bases Already Suffering from Looming Sequester
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2012. Today the Center for American Progress released a new analysis describing how the upcoming federal sequester has already forced budget cuts to schools located on or near military installations. While the vast majority of federal government money provided to school districts is forward funded, that is[Read More…]
