Commentary By Gary Kopycinski Stephen Colbert called it truthiness, “the quality of seeming to be true according to one’s intuition, opinion, or perception without regard to logic, factual evidence, or the like.” Let’s talk about what that means in Park Forest. Last night, the mayor and trustees of the Park Forest Village Board concluded discussions on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2015-2016. The draft budget was prepared by staff and[Read More…]
Opinion
Center for American Progress Analysis Debunks Myth that Economic Growth Cannot Happen While Cutting Carbon Emissions
A renewable energy manager walks past solar panels near Vacaville, California, in April 2011. SOURCE: AP/Rich Pedroncelli Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2015. Recent analysis from the Center for American Progress suggests that economic growth can happen while cutting carbon pollution. An issue brief released today by CAP shows that many[Read More…]
Responsible Budget Coalition Releases Statement on IL General Assembly Budget Action
Springfield, IL –(ENEWSPF)—May 27, 2015. The Responsible Budget Coalition releases the following statement regarding General Assembly budget action: This spring lawmakers – reflecting the views of business leaders, human service providers, educators, seniors, and everyday families – have consistently registered their opposition to budget proposals that impose drastic and short-sighted cuts[Read More…]
Food & Water Watch: USDA Sneaks Beef Import Approvals from Brazil and Argentina
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 26, 2015. Statement of Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter “As has become a common practice by the Obama administration, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) transmitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget over a federal holiday weekend two major[Read More…]
Free Press: Planned Charter Mega-Merger Does Nothing to Benefit Customers or Boost Competition
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–May 26, 2015. Charter Communications on Tuesday announced plans to acquire Time Warner Cable in a deal valued at $56.7 billion. Charter also confirmed that it would acquire Bright House Networks, a smaller cable company, for $10.4 billion. The combined mergers would grow Charter’s customer base to approximately 24 million,[Read More…]
New AFL-CIO Report Highlights Reasons Why TPP Is Not the Answer to Trade Issues with China
Washington, DC –-(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2015. On a conference call yesterday, AFL-CIO Policy Director and Special Counsel Damon Silvers and Roosevelt Institute Senior Economist Adam Hersh described the reasons why the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is not the solution to improving China’s trade policies. “The U.S.-China Economic Relationship: The TPP is Not the[Read More…]
Guestworkers Have No Economic Advantages over Unauthorized Workers
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2015. Guestworkers are just as vulnerable to exploitation and low wages as unauthorized immigrant workers, according to a new EPI report. In Authorized Workers, Limited Returns: The Labor Market Outcomes of Temporary Mexican Workers, Lauren Apgar, a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at Indiana University Bloomington, compares the employment[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: Senate Votes to Fast Track Polluting Trade Deals
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—May 21, 2015. The Senate filed cloture on the Hatch-Wyden Trade Promotion Authority bill by a vote of 62-38. The bill would grant President Obama power to send signed trade agreements to Congress for votes with limited debate and no amendments. Friends of the Earth Climate and Energy[Read More…]
New Demos Report Shows Higher Education’s Debt-Financed System Biased Along Class and Racial Lines
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2015. During the next few weeks thousands of students across the country will graduate from college, an accomplishment that used to symbolize a step toward financial independence and entry into the middle class. However, unlike previous generations, today’s students will graduate with nearly $30,000 in student[Read More…]
Center for Food Safety: White House Plan to Protect Pollinators Aims High but Falls Short on Deliverables
Strong goals will not be achieved without immediate changes to current pesticide use and regulation *Photo credit August Jackson Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)–May 19, 2015. Today, Center for Food Safety (CFS) responded to a strategy plan released by the White House Pollinator Health Task Force, charged last June with improving pollinator health[Read More…]
