Loading… Background: At the Saturday Financial Review of October 27, 2012, the Village Board discussed with staff the possibility of moving from bi-monthly water bills to monthly water bills. Which would you prefer? Would the added $0.50 per month (necessary to pay for an added meter reader and monthly processing)[Read More…]
Opinion
End Criminal Sanctions For Growing And Cultivating Cannabis, British Study Says
London, United Kingdom–(ENEWSPF)–26 October 2012. Possessing and cultivating personal use amounts of cannabis should no longer be a criminal offense in the United Kingdom, according to the recommendations of a six-year study released last week by a coalition of leading British drug policy experts, treatment specialists, and law enforcement. The[Read More…]
Gold Is Now the Most Lucrative Conflict Mineral from Eastern Congo: Enough Project
GOMA, DR CONGO and WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2012. Gold smuggled from eastern Congo’s war zone is now the most lucrative conflict mineral and is ending up at jewelry stores and banks, according to a new investigative report by the Enough Project. The study found that following a 65[Read More…]
Partisan Judicial Elections and the Distorting Influence of Campaign Cash
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. Today the Center for American Progress released “Partisan Judicial Elections and the Distorting Influence of Campaign Cash,” showing that the eight states that still elect or nominate judicial candidates in partisan races—Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia, Ohio, and Michigan—all rank among the top[Read More…]
Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Christian Weller on Today’s GDP Report
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2012. Dr. Christian E. Weller, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, had the following reaction today to the announcement of the third quarter GDP numbers: The strengthening economy evidenced by today’s GDP release is impressive, considering the strong global headwinds we face from slowing[Read More…]
Representative Jan Schakowsky: The sham of Simpson-Bowles
ILLINOIS–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. By Rep. Jan Schakowsky Published in Reuters | October 24, 2012 http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/10/24/the-sham-of-simpson-bowles/ Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson deserve some kind of medal for creating the widely held perception that their plan for reducing the deficit and debt is anything other than a bad proposal. It[Read More…]
Romney’s Supreme Court is Just Too Dangerous for Women
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. People For the American Way launched a campaign today aimed at making sure Ohio women understand the danger of a Supreme Court nominated by Mitt Romney. The campaign, which includes television, direct mail, Internet advertising and telephone calls, exposes the power that Romney’s Supreme Court justices[Read More…]
Republicans in Stronger Position to Maintain Long-Term Control of House After 2010 Redistricting
New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. Gains from the 2010 redistricting cycle may put theGOP in position to keep long-term control of 11 more seats than under previous congressional district lines, according to a new Brennan Center for Justice study. As a result, the existing partisan makeup of Congress is unlikely[Read More…]
VoteVets.org Action Fund and UFCW Extend Television Ad Taking Richard Mourdock to Task on Jobs
With Mourdock on the Ropes, Votevets.org Action Fund and UFCW Extend television ad taking extreme senate candidate to task for saying he didn’t pledge to support EVERY job in indiana, when indiana veterans needed jobs ENGLISH, Ind.–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. With extremist Senate Candidate Richard Mourdock’s campaign on the ropes,[Read More…]
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: JPMorgan Chase Should be Liable for Alleged Acts of Fraud by Bear Stearns
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2012. America’s working families demand strong enforcement of our nation’s securities laws against allegations of bank wrongdoing. Law enforcement must get to the bottom of the fraudulent activity that spawned the Wall Street financial crisis. For this reason, the AFL-CIO strongly supports the ongoing law enforcement efforts[Read More…]
