A giant logo of the German car manufacturer Volkswagen is pictured on top of a company’s factory building in Wolfsburg, Germany, September 2015. Source: AP/Michael Sohn Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–March 29, 2016. With the investigation into Volkswagen’s alleged use of a cheat device to circumvent Clean Air Act regulations continuing[Read More…]
Opinion
Feb. 2016 Jobless Rates Down in 22 States, Up in 8; Payroll Jobs Up in 36 States, Down in 14
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 25, 2016. Regional and state unemployment rates were little changed in February. Twenty-two states had unemployment rate decreases from January, 8 states had increases, and 20 states and the District of Columbia had no change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-seven states and the District[Read More…]
Sierra Club: China Puts the Brakes on Coal Plants
WASHINGTON, DC -(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2015. Chinese media reported today that the country’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has ordered 13 provincial governments to suspend approvals of new coal-fired power plant projects until the end of 2017 (Reuters reporting in english here). Another group of 15 provinces has been ordered to delay[Read More…]
New Report Reveals the Dangerous Influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) on Climate Policy in Virginia
Report from Sierra Club Virginia Chapter and Center for Media and Democracy unveils ALEC’s attempts to delay action on climate change and reveals legislative polluter ties RICHMOND, VA –(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2016. Today, the Sierra Club Virginia Chapter and the Center for Media and Democracy released AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL (ALEC)[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Collects Nearly $1 Billion in State Revenue in 2015
2015 recoveries for state pension systems brings total pension recoveries by Madigan to over $400 million Chicago —(ENEWSPF)–March 24, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced her office collected $983,282,519 in revenue on behalf of the state through litigation and collection efforts in 2015. “I am committed to continuing my[Read More…]
Bernie Wallops Trump by 20 Points
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. –(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2016. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday campaigned in Idaho, Utah and Arizona drawing big crowds to rallies as a new national poll gave him a whopping 20-point lead over Republican front-runner Donald Trump. A new CNN/ORC poll found that if Sanders becomes the Democratic Party[Read More…]
New Smart on Crime Data Reveals Federal Prosecutors Are Focused on More Significant Drug Cases and Fewer Mandatory Minimums for Drug Defendants
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2016. The Justice Department today revealed new data from its innovative Smart on Crime Initiative that show charging decisions by federal prosecutors in fiscal year 2015 resulted in prosecutors’ focusing on more serious drug cases and fewer indictments carrying a mandatory minimum. Meanwhile, prosecutions of high-level drug defendants have risen and cooperation and plea rates remained effectively[Read More…]
Supreme Court Rejects Nebraska and Oklahoma Lawsuit Over Colorado Marijuana Legalization
DPA Applauds Supreme Court for Rejecting Misguided Attempt to Halt Marijuana Legalization Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 21, 2016. Today, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear the case brought by Nebraska and Oklahoma against Colorado over its marijuana legalization law. Oklahoma and Nebraska had claimed the Colorado law had created an[Read More…]
VIDEO: NARAL Launches New General Election Effort Focused on Records of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on Women and Abortion Access
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2016. Today, NARAL Pro-Choice America launched a new campaign to highlight the tremendous strength Hillary Clinton brings to the general election on reproductive freedom and the enthusiasm NARAL member activists have for her candidacy going into the general election, especially in the face of Donald Trump’s inevitable[Read More…]
Study: Passage Of State Medical Marijuana Laws Doesn’t Influence Youth Use
“There is no evidence of a differential increase in past-month marijuana use in youth that can be attributed to state medical marijuana laws” New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2016. The enactment of state laws permitting physicians to authorize cannabis therapy to qualified patients has not stimulated increases in marijuana use by[Read More…]
