SEIU Executive Vice-President, Valarie Long, arrested at civil disobedience action, demanding the House leadership give America a vote on citizenship WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2013. As pressure continues to build on the House to vote on an immigration reform solution that includes a path to citizenship, one hundred women, including SEIU[Read More…]
Opinion
States with the Most Federal Disaster Aid Sent Climate-Science Deniers to Congress
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 12, 2013. Today the Center for American Progress released an analysis showing a state-by-state breakdown of the nearly $50 billion spent by the federal government on disaster relief in fiscal years 2011 and 2012. This is the first-ever estimate of each state’s receipt of federal disaster funds during[Read More…]
We’re Happy To Welcome a Dollar General Store into Our DownTown, Thank You Very Much
Commentary By Gary Kopycinski We’re happy to welcome a Dollar General Store into our DownTown, thank you. I read a comment from an individual who shared one of my stories from Facebook on his own Facebook profile. The story he shared, Frame Rises for DownTown Park Forest’s Dollar General Store,[Read More…]
Drug Policy Alliance Statement on Senate Marijuana Hearing: Era of Robust State-Based Regulation Has Begun
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a first-ever Senate hearing on the issue of marijuana legalization and the tension between state and federal marijuana laws. “It feels like there’s a paradigm shift underway in the Justice Department’s interpretation of federal drug control law,” said Ethan Nadelmann,[Read More…]
MPP Statement on U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on ‘Conflicts Between State and Federal Marijuana Laws’
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday regarding “Conflicts Between State and Federal Marijuana Laws.” The Justice Department announced on August 29 that it will not seek to stop Colorado and Washington from moving forward with implementation of voter-approved laws establishing state-regulated systems of[Read More…]
Boehner’s Damaging Continuing Resolution Plan Locks in Sequester Cuts for Domestic Programs, Partially Lifts Them for Defense
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–September 10, 2013. House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) expected stopgap funding measure would lay the foundations for another round of damaging cuts to vital programs, services, and investments, according to a new report released today by the Center for American Progress. The analysis, authored by CAP President Neera Tanden[Read More…]
DEA: Marijuana Plant Seizures Decline to Lowest Levels in Nearly a Decade
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—September 9, 2013. By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director DEA seizures of indoor and outdoor cannabis crops declined dramatically from 2011 to 2012 and are now at their lowest reported levels in nearly a decade, according to statistics released online by the federal anti-drug agency. According to the Drug[Read More…]
D.C. Circuit Hears Arguments in Net Neutrality Case
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard arguments in Verizon v. FCC — the landmark case on the Federal Communications Commission’s open Internet rules. In December 2010, the FCC approved its Open Internet Order, which established limited protections preventing Internet service providers[Read More…]
Driving and Economic Activity Link Differs Across the Nation
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013. Driving in the Northeast and on the West Coast is associated with greater economic activity than in the South, says a University of Michigan researcher. The Midwest, Great Plains and Mountain States generally fall somewhere in between. “Despite the uncertainty about the nature of the relationship[Read More…]
NRDC: Canada’s Tar Sands Expansion Would Make Climate Change Worse
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–September 9, 2013 – Canada has no chance of hitting its international climate change targets, due to its unchecked expansion of tar sands production, the Natural Resources Defense Council said today. The announcement comes as Canada’s Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver is in Washington to lobby American officials on the[Read More…]
