CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2015. On September 16, 2015, the Chicago Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) recommended that Dante Servin be fired from the Chicago Police Department (CPD); a recommendation that should have been made five months, if not three years ago. This recommendation marks only the second of its kind since[Read More…]

GOP candidate to announce plan to expand Koch brothers measures to entire nation Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 14, 2015.  Monday night at a town hall meeting in Las Vegas, Scott Walker will promise that if he were elected president, he would enact several anti-union measures by executive order that would devastate workers’[Read More…]

  KANSAS–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2015.  Following the June 26th Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality, Rowan County clerk Kim Davis refused to issue same-sex marriage licenses in her home state, citing that doing so compromised her religious beliefs. That day, she became the poster child for the anti-gay movement. As has[Read More…]

Victory: 9th Circuit rejects approval of Dow Chemical’s sulfoxaflor Alyssa Anderson, daughter of a beekeeper, holds a baby bee in a California orchard. Chris Jordan-Bloch / Earthjustice San Francisco, CA —(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2015. Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected U.S. EPA’s approval of the neonicotinoid insecticide “sulfoxaflor.” The[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2015. Hillary Clinton made the following statement after the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers announced their endorsement.  The Union represents 80,000 skilled masonry-trowel trades craftworkers and their endorsement comes after previous backing from the American Federation of Teachers and the Machinists Union. “As a longtime[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2015. Today, Hillary Clinton announced a set of proposals to restore integrity to American elections by overturning Citizens United, ending secret money in politics and amplifying the voices of ordinary Americans. Clinton’s plan sharply contrasts with the positions of many Republican candidates, who continue to defend secret[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—September 7, 2015. Hillary Clinton released the following statement today honoring Labor Day. The campaign also released a video today saluting labor. “America’s workers are the backbone of our economy.  Working men and women forged the basic bargain that made this country great – that if you work hard[Read More…]

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2015.  Hillary Clinton’s campaign is launching its “Women for Hillary” grassroots effort this weekend in New Hampshire, and the National Organization for Women is all in. Hillary Clinton has been a trailblazer for women with an impressive record of public service where she put women’s rights[Read More…]

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2015.  Center for American Progress Economist Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the August 2015 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, or BLS: Today’s jobs report brings more evidence that our economy is continuing down the road to recovery. Last month,[Read More…]

After hedging on the issue for weeks, Donald Trump is pledging he won't run as an independent candidate should he lose… Posted by NY1 on Thursday, September 3, 2015 New York-(ENEWSPF)- Donald Trump aides "hit and pushed anti-Trump protesters demonstrating on a public sidewalk" after Trump made an announcement that he[Read More…]