CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—September 8, 2014. The Chicago Sun-Times announced, going into the weekend of September 5-7 that U.S. Attorney Zachary Fardon and FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert Holley have stated that there is no “sweeping investigation of shootings by Chicago Police Officers”. This statement by the Feds was released a week after[Read More…]
Opinion
Stock Market Participation Has Dropped Most Among Small Investors
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2014. The share of U.S. families who own stocks has dropped from about 30 percent in 2001 to under 18 percent in 2011, according to a new University of Michigan analysis that adds detail to a recently released Federal Reserve Board report on consumer finances. And as[Read More…]
College Students’ Use of Marijuana on the Rise, Some Drugs Declining
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2014. More college students nationwide have added illicit drugs, such as marijuana and amphetamine, to their back-to-school supply lists. Illicit drug use has been rising gradually among American college students since 2006, when 34 percent indicated that they used some illicit drug in the prior year; that[Read More…]
SEIU on White House’s Decision to Delay Executive Action on Immigration
WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–September 8, 2014. After President Obama announced his decision to delay executive action on immigration, the Service Employees International Union’s (SEIU) President, Mary Kay Henry, and Executive Vice President, Rocio Saenz, issued the following joint statement: “America is a nation founded on the dreams of immigrants. Today, we[Read More…]
New CAP Report Offers Recommendations for Strengthening Program to Better Help Neighborhoods and Homeowners and Save Taxpayer Dollars
With Release of DASP Analysis, CAP Launches Asset Sale Interactive Database Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 5, 2014. Two years after the Federal Housing Administration, or FHA, launched the Distressed Asset Stabilization Program, or DASP, a new Center for American Progress report examines the results of the program so far and provides[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Proposes Accountable Care States Model to Control Health Care Costs, Saving $1.7 Trillion
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014. Although growth in health care spending has slowed dramatically in recent years, leading health care experts agree in a report released today that additional policies will be needed to sustain the slowdown. The Center for American Progress, in conjunction with several current state officials from Arkansas,[Read More…]
CAP and PERI Report to Outline Ways U.S. Can Reduce Carbon Emissions by 40 Percent, Create 2.7 Million New Jobs
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014. As climate leaders and policymakers meet today in Nevada for the seventh Annual National Clean Energy Summit, the Center for American Progress and the Political Economy Research Institute, or PERI, have announced the release of a groundbreaking report that quantifies the investment and technology deployment needed[Read More…]
7th Circuit Court of Appeals Strikes Down Indiana and Wisconsin Marriage Bans
New York—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2014. Today the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled in favor of the freedom to marry, upholding lower-court decisions in Indiana and Wisconsin and rejecting marriage discrimination as a violation of the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection. Judge Richard Posner, appointed by President Reagan, wrote[Read More…]
Friday: 25th Anniversary of President George H.W. Bush’s Infamous Oval Office Speech Escalating ‘War on Drugs’
25 Years Later Voters and Elected Officials in Both Parties Rolling Back Punitive Drug Policies Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 4, 2014. On September 5th, 1989 President George H.W. Bush gave a speech from the Oval Office that defined a generation (link: http://www.c-span.org/video/?8921-1/presidential-address-national-drug-policy). Declaring an escalation of the war on drugs he held[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Corporate Political Spending
In a record-breaking demonstration of support, over one million commenters have submitted comments to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) calling on the agency to act now to require publicly traded corporations to disclose their use of corporate resources for political purposes to their shareholders. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 4, 2014. [Read More…]
