MASSACHUSETTS–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2014.  When a massive chemical spill happens that contaminates the water supply and leaves over 300,00 people in West Virginia without water to drink, bathe or even brush their teeth –  when a dangerous event that throws a whole area of the country into an existential crisis happens, one[Read More…]

Statement from Drug Policy Alliance: More Senators Should Follow Reid’s Lead NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014.  In an interview today with the Las Vegas Sun, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NY) said Nevada cities should move in the director of making medical marijuana legal. “If you’d asked me this question a[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014.  Today, members of Congress introduced a bill to strengthen the Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court eliminated key protections last year. The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law released the following statement from President Michael Waldman: “The Supreme Court gutted the core[Read More…]

MASSACHUSETTS–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2014.  I am not sure what it says about our culture when six figure speaker fees are awarded to War Criminals, but that is what happened in New York City on Monday, January 13 when George W. Bush took a break from his retirement and rigorous painting schedule and took[Read More…]

“America the Crumbling or America the Great? It’s Time to Build America” Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2014 – The U.S. House of Representatives’ Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing, “Building the Foundation for Surface Transportation Reauthorization,” underscores the urgent need for passing a long-term Highway Bill before the current bill expires on[Read More…]

Massachusetts—(ENEWSPF)—January 13, 2014. Last week, legislation to fast track a vote on the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) was introduced in Congress. President Obama, who, along with advisors from several hundred corporations, has built the TPP in secret, away from the prying eyes of Congress or the public, desperately wants this[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.—(ENEWSPF)—January 12, 2014. Today, the Obama administration announced that an agreement between the P5+1 and the Islamic Republic of Iran had been reached on the implementation of the Joint Plan of Action, or JPA, signed in November. As with the signing of the JPA, today’s agreement marks another significant[Read More…]

Key Tool Issued to Help End School-To-Prison Pipeline WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2014.  The Department of Education and Department of Justice today released federal guidance to assist schools in administering discipline in a nondiscriminatory way and to provide alternatives to overly punitive school discipline practices. In the guidance, the agencies have stated[Read More…]

Patients and Advocates Disappointed that Cuomo Doesn’t Call for Comprehensive Legislation to Effectively Help Patients Get Medicine NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 8, 2014.  After making national headlines for his support of medical marijuana, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State only briefly mentioned his medical marijuana plan.  Cuomo administration officials[Read More…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 6, 2014. By Norm Kent, Chair, NORML Board of Directors  The gravesite closest to President John Kennedy in Arlington belongs to a courageous, but assassinated congressman from Long Island, Allard Lowenstein, who fought many years to bring an end to the Vietnam War. His tombstone reads: “If a[Read More…]