Puerto Rico—(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2017 By: Rakesh Singh and Craig Palosky A new Kaiser Family Foundation report and video find residents across Puerto Rico facing a wide range of daily and long-term challenges as they struggle to rebuild their lives after Hurricane Maria swept across the island Sept. 20 as a[Read More…]
Commentary
NOW: Alabama Women Can Make History in the December Senate Special Election
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—December 11, 2017. The National Organization for Women (NOW) issued the following statement regarding the December Senate special election in Alabama taking place on Dec. 12: NOW congratulates the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for adopting its new Standards of Conduct, to which each of its[Read More…]
Want Your Car Stolen? Park Forest Police Have A Tip
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Are you looking to get your car stolen? Park Forest police have a tip to help you lose one of your most expensive possessions. It’s easy. Start your car, leave it running, and go back into your house. Police say they’ve already taken several reports of cars[Read More…]
Center for America Progress Report: Trump and Associates Could Be Prosecuted Under Racketeering Laws
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2017 By: John Norris and Carolyn Kenney Few issues in Washington have generated more heat and less light than the idea that the actions of President Donald Trump, his campaign associates, and his businesses could be prosecuted as part of an ongoing criminal conspiracy under the[Read More…]
Methane Rule Suspended for One Year: Trump Administration Shifts Waste Costs to Taxpayers
NEW MEXICO—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2017 By: Thomas Singer and Erik Schlenker-Goodrich Tomorrow, the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will finalize a one-year suspension of a regulation adopted just a year ago to reduce methane waste on public lands. This is the latest in a series of attempts[Read More…]
Wisconsin Governor Walker’s Plan to Drug Test Food Stamp Applicants Would Be Wasteful, Ineffective and Perhaps Unconstitutional
Wisconsin—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2017 By Widney Brown Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker announced plans this week to move forward with making Wisconsin the first U.S. state to drug test people applying for food stamps. We’ve been down this road before. Several states have attempted to drug test people applying for public assistance,[Read More…]
Survey: Three Months after Hurricane Harvey, Nearly Half of Affected Texas Residents Say They are Not Getting the Help They Need to Recover
Residents’ Top Priorities for Rebuilding Focus on Financial Help and Housing; Most Give Local and State Governments Good Marks for Response, But Lower for Federal Officials Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 5, 2017 By: Rakesh Singh and Craig Palosky Two-thirds (66%) of residents across 24 Texas counties report that they suffered property damage,[Read More…]
Stop This Tax Scam! Drop by Your Member of Congress’s Office This Week
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 4, 2017 By: Ben Wikler We’ve entered the critical final phase of the fight over the GOP tax bill. What happens in the coming days will have consequences for a generation. While the odds are long, we still have a chance to stop this. It’s time for an[Read More…]
Report Gives Data on Corporate Money to Lawmakers Crafting Tax Bill, Issues New Call for Committee Contribution Ban
Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2017 By: Alex Tausanovitch and Liz Kennedy As lawmakers prepare to vote on a bill that gives massive tax cuts to millionaires and corporations, a new report from the Center for American Progress shows how much key members of Congress have accepted in contributions from corporate[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance: Kellyanne Conway is the Wrong Person to Lead the White House’s Response to the Opioid Overdose Crisis
Administration Continues to Rely on Failed Criminal Justice Approaches to a Public Health Problem Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 1, 2017 By: Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno More than thirty days ago, President Trump declared a public health emergency on the opioid overdose crisis. In the month since the declaration, there has been little substantive[Read More…]
