“The law is clear: only Congress has the authority to change a national monument designation under the Antiquities Act—not the president.” San Francisco, CA —(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2017. Today, the Interior Department announced that Secretary Zinke sent a report with recommendations on national monuments to President Trump—without releasing the report itself.[Read More…]
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Sierra Club Calls for Release of Public Land Monument Recommendations
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–August 25, 2017. The Sierra Club today filed a Freedom of Information Act request seeking details on recommendations from Interior Secretary Zinke on the future of public lands protected as national monuments. The summary report from Secretary Zinke was void of any actual recommendations or decision-making metrics. In[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Report Warns That Taking Out a Reverse Mortgage Loan Can be an Expensive Way to Maximize Social Security Benefits
CFPB Releases Consumer Guide and Video Explaining Reverse Mortgages WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2017. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued a report warning older consumers about taking out a reverse mortgage loan in order to bridge the gap in income while delaying Social Security benefits until a later age.[Read More…]
Analysis: Strong Favorable Views of ACA Increased in Spring 2017, Strong Unfavorable Views Remain Flat
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 24, 2017. Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, Kaiser Family Foundation polling has found the public divided in their overall views of the law and in the intensity of their opinions: For seven years, the share of the public holding strongly unfavorable views of[Read More…]
Blue Collar Jobs Down in Rust Belt as the Country on the Whole Continues to See Job Growth
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2017 By: Alan Barber New York continues to see the largest losses in manufacturing jobs in the Rust Belt. The latest state jobs report shows that overall employment grew strongly in 11 states and Washington, DC, while only Georgia lost a substantial number of jobs (-14,100 or[Read More…]
Sessions’s Leak Warning To Journalists Misguided, Misplaced
Commentary By Gene Policinski (ENEWSPF)- A threat from the Trump administration, apparently aimed at journalists as part of a larger campaign to prevent widespread government “leaks” that have enraged the president, is the wrong message delivered by the wrong messenger. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, only a few days removed from[Read More…]
Poll: Large Majority of the Public, Including Half of Republicans and Trump Supporters, Say the Administration Should Try to Make the Affordable Care Act Work
Most Americans Oppose Tough Negotiating Tactics Such As Ending Cost-Sharing Reduction Payments, but Most Republicans and Trump Supporters Favor Such Strategies; Most Republicans Are “Disappointed” But Not “Angry” That Repeal-and-Replace Legislation Did Not Pass Senate CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)–August 11, 2017. After the Senate’s failure to pass legislation to repeal and replace the[Read More…]
Early Analysis of 21 Major Cities Tracks ACA Marketplace Premium Changes, Insurer Participation, Uncertainty
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–August 10, 2017. As insurers grapple with continuing uncertainty surrounding 2018 Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces, a new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of initial filings in 21 major cities finds that changes in 2018 benchmark silver plan premiums are likely to range widely, from a decrease of 5 percent in[Read More…]
July 2017 Jobs Report
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 4, 2017. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 209,000 in July, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in food services and drinking places, professional and business services, and health care. Household Survey Data Both[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: Trump Called New Hampshire a ‘Drug-Infested Den’, Where Drugs Are Sold for Less than Candy
DPA Statement: Trump Comments are Reprehensible and Will Do Nothing to Save Lives; Comments Highlight Contradictions Between Trump and His Opioid Commission Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—August 3, 2017. In a private conversation with Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto earlier this year, President Trump called New Hampshire a ‘drug-infested den,’ where drugs are[Read More…]
