Playboy’s March 2990 Cover with Presidential Hopeful Donald Trump CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2016 By: Cooper Hefner If you are a liberal and the United States presidential race on the Republican side hasn’t scared you thus far, then either you haven’t been paying attention or you don’t understand the significance of what[Read More…]
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Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending Feb. 27, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending February 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 278,000, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 272,000. The 4-week moving average was 270,250, a decrease of 1,750 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
More Productivity, No Payoff: New Center for American Progress Analysis Shows How Millennials’ Wages Have Barely Budged Beyond Baby Boomer and Generation X Levels
A woman checks a news website on her smartphone before boarding a train home at the end of her workweek in Chicago, March 2015. Source: AP/M. Spencer Green Washington, D.C. — (ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2016. More productivity, but no payoff: That’s the bottom line of a new analysis from the Center for[Read More…]
Mitt Romney Makes the Case Against Donald Trump
UTAH–(ENEWSPF)–March 3, 2016. In a speech at the University of Utah, Mitt Romney referred to Donald Trump as a “phony” and a “fraud” and argued that his policies would lead to a recession. The full text of Romney’s remarks follows. I am not here to announce my candidacy for office.[Read More…]
UN-led Drug War Threatens Peace and Security in 1 in 3 UN Member States
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–March 2, 2016. A new report from the Count the Costs initiative, ‘The War on Drugs – Undermining Peace and Security’ (PDF), finds that in sixty countries around the world national security is fundamentally compromised or threatened by the UN-led global drug war. Despite claiming to protect society from the[Read More…]
To The Editor: Are We Forgotten In The South Suburbs By Candidates?
To The Editor: My name is Tony Mielcarz and I have lived in Park Forest for about 50 years, voted in all elections that I could. But this is the first time in my 77 plus years of living in the south suburbs that I can remember not receiving any[Read More…]
Is The Day Of Reckoning Near For The GOP?
Commentary By Bruce Lindner “If Mr. Trump has a substantial delegate majority at day’s end, it would take an extraordinary effort to defeat him, even with 40% of the delegates (most in proportional contests) remaining to be selected after March 15. Put another way: Donald Trump could well have a[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Monthly Complaint Snapshot Examines Prepaid Complaints
Report Also Includes Look at Consumer Complaints from Texas and the Houston Metro Area WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016. Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its latest monthly consumer complaint snapshot, highlighting consumer complaints about prepaid products. The report shows that consumer complaints about prepaid products spiked in[Read More…]
Americans Want Stronger Regulation of Cosmetics
New Poll Finds Wide Support the Personal Care Products Safety Act WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016. A survey released today by the Mellman Group and American Viewpoint shows that voters overwhelmingly support stricter regulation of the chemical ingredients used in their personal care products. More specifically: 94 percent believe that companies[Read More…]
Statement of Environmental Working Group’s Scott Faber on Passage of DARK Act by Senate Agriculture Committee
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–March 1, 2016. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) issued the following statement today after the Senate Agriculture Committee narrowly passed a version of the House-adopted Deny Americans the Right to Know, or DARK Act. The bill would block states from enacting GMO labeling laws and make it harder for companies[Read More…]
