Baltimore, MD–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2016. Cannabis-influenced driving performance is significantly different than alcohol-induced driving behavior, according to driving simulator data published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology. Investigators with the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the University of Iowa evaluated simulated driving performance in subjects following their consumption of vaporized[Read More…]
Opinion
AFL-CIO: Resolution Against Immigration Executive Actions Validates Trump’s Racist Rhetoric
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 18, 2016. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on H.Res. 639 authorizing the House to file an amicus brief calling for continued obstruction of the Administration’s immigration executive actions in U.S. v. Texas. Once again, we see that the only immigration votes House Republican leadership is willing to call are[Read More…]
SEIU on Passage of Speaker Ryan’s Resolution Against the President’s Immigration Initiatives
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. Today, Speaker Paul Ryan and all but 5 House Republicans passed the resolution that would allow the House to file an amicus brief against the president’s immigration initiatives. SEIU’s Executive Vice President Rocio Saenz issued the following statement: “The resolution approved by Speaker Ryan and[Read More…]
Jan. 2016 Jobless Rates Down Over the Year in 333 of 387 Metro Areas; Payroll Jobs Up in 325
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 18, 2016. Unemployment rates were lower in January than a year earlier in 333 of the 387 metropolitan areas, higher in 43 areas, and unchanged in 11 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Six areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent, and 12[Read More…]
NRDC: Flint Hearing Reinforces Need for Federal Court to Restore Safe Drinking Water
WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. The second Congressional hearing of the week on the Flint water crisis today showcased Michigan Governor Snyder and EPA Administrator McCarthy laying blame for the disaster at each other’s feet today. On October 1 of last year, NRDC and its partners petitioned the EPA to[Read More…]
BYP100 Statement on the Defeat of Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 17, 2016 – Political freedom has been at the forefront of our minds as we engaged in #ByeAnita actions, street-team canvassing, phone-banking and voter education events focused on young Black voters to remove the anti-Black Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez. Though the entire governmental structure is anti-black, the current Cook County States[Read More…]
A Better Surveillance System for Tracking Police Homicides
Boston, MA –(ENEWSPF)–March 17, 2016. Official counts of homicides by police seriously undercount incidents, according to a study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, but a relatively new national data system, currently in use in 32 states, could be a crucial tool for gathering more comprehensive information, say[Read More…]
NARAL on Senate Judiciary’s Hearing on Unconstitutional Abortion Ban, Continued Obstruction on SCOTUS Nominee
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on an unconstitutional 20-week abortion ban and other plans to curtail Americans’ constitutional right to access abortion. This hearing comes days after Republican members of the Judiciary Committee reaffirmed their refusal to hold hearings or vote on any Supreme[Read More…]
NRDC: Obama Administration Excludes Atlantic from Oil, Gas Drilling
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016 – The Obama Administration this morning announced plans to exclude the waters off the Atlantic coast from oil and gas drilling. The following is a statement by Rhea Suh, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council: “By dropping the Atlantic from oil and gas leasing, the administration[Read More…]
Sierra Club: Obama Administration Unveils Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling Plan
Draft Plan Protects Atlantic Ocean but Leaves Arctic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Vulnerable to Oil and Gas Drilling Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2016. Today, the Obama administration released a draft of the 2017-2022 plan for offshore drilling, known as the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program. The[Read More…]
