Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 17, 2013. The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that in 2012, real median household income and the poverty rate were not statistically different from the previous year, while the percentage of people without health insurance coverage decreased. Median household income in the United States in 2012 was $51,017,[Read More…]
Opinion
4 Ways Austerity Demands Have Reached New Extremes
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2013. In an effort to avoid a government shutdown, Senate Democrats have accepted spending levels equivalent to previous House Republican budgets, yet House Republican leaders are now insisting on new, deeper spending cuts in exchange for preventing a government shutdown, according to a new issue brief released[Read More…]
License to Kill: Report Shows How Weak Concealed Carry Laws Can Combine with Stand Your Ground Laws to Produce Deadly Results
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2013. The Center for American Progress today released a report illustrating how Stand Your Ground laws paired with weak state gun-carry permitting laws allow dangerous individuals to carry concealed, loaded weapons in public with little law enforcement oversight or discretion. The release of the report was planned[Read More…]
ACLU Report Documents FBI Abuse Since 9/11
ACLU Offers Congress and the Attorney General 15 Recommendations for FBI Reform WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 17, 2013. Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has been granted by Congress and assumed for itself the power to investigate and collect data about millions of people. A report[Read More…]
US Marijuana Arrests Remain Largely Unchanged in 2012
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2013. By Erik Altieri, NORML Communications Director The FBI released their crime and arrest statistics for 2012 today and, despite the fact that a majority of Americans believe that marijuana should be legalized, the total marijuana related arrests in the United States is largely unchanged year[Read More…]
NRDC: Governor Brown Must Impose a Fracking Moratorium Immediately
Fracking Bill Gone Bad Due to Last-Minute Amendments SACRAMENTO–(ENEWSPF)–September 16th, 2013 – Governor Brown’s last minute amendments to the newly passed California fracking legislation (SB 4) undermine critical fracking safeguards as well as foundational state environmental review processes, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Due to the risks this[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth Statement on Larry Summers’ Withdrawal from Fed Consideration
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 16, 2013. Below is a statement from Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica on the Larry Summers’ withdrawal from consideration for chair of the Federal Reserve. “Larry Summers’ withdrawal from consideration for the chair of the Federal Reserve is a victory for working families, the environment, women[Read More…]
Public Opinion Analysis Shows Big Gap Between Experts and the Public on Need to Cut Medicare Spending
Boston, MA–(ENEWSPF)–September 13, 2013. As debate over the national debt and the federal budget deficit begins to heat up again, an analysis of national polls conducted in 2013 shows that, compared with recent government reports prepared by experts, the public has different views about the need to reduce future Medicare[Read More…]
70,053 Site Visits This Month, So Far (Sept. 12, 2013)
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- We have over 70,053 site visits to eNew Park Forest, so far, this month. September 12, 2013. That’s one of our best starts ever in the history of ENEWSPF.COM. Thank you to all of you who joined us on Facebook! For those of you who haven’t yet[Read More…]
My Interview with Bob Sullivan of MSNBC from 2010!
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Chicago, IL-(ENEWSPF)- My interview with Bob Sullivan of MSNBC is apparently available for embedding! Bob interviewed me in 2010 about my Chapter 13 bankruptcy, which I am still paying, faithfully, every month. For another year-and-a-half, basically. Bob was[Read More…]
