Iconic Oregon Salmon Threatened by Lack of Recovery Plan, Destructive Logging Practices PORTLAND, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2015. The Center for Biological Diversity and Oregon Wild today filed a court challenge against the National Marine Fisheries Service over its failure to develop a recovery plan for Oregon coast coho salmon. Despite the[Read More…]
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Common Cause: Wisconsin Ruling Invites Onslaught of Special Interest Spending on State Politics
WISCONSIN–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015. Statement by Jay Heck, Executive Director, Common Cause in Wisconsin: As expected, a highly compromised Wisconsin Supreme Court majority has issued a highly flawed decision today ending the John Doe investigation of possible illegal coordination between Governor Scott Walker and his 2011-2012 recall campaign with outside special interest groups.[Read More…]
United States Chamber of Commerce: Blowing Smoke for Big Tobacco
Working for Big Tobacco, Chamber Fights to Delay, Block Life-Saving Policies WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—July 16, 2015. With deep ties to the tobacco industry, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been working to derail tobacco control rules and undermine life-saving policies in dozens of countries around the world, according to a[Read More…]
Lawmakers Introduce Solution to Wall Street Conflicts of Interest; New Public Citizen Report Highlights Extent of Problem
With Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act, Baldwin and Cummings Seek to Close Revolving Door Between Banks and Financial Regulatory Agencies WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2015. In an effort to rein in conflicts of interest and revolving door abuses within financial regulatory agencies, U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Rep.[Read More…]
Ohio Man Indicted for Providing Support to ISIL and Other Federal Offenses
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2015. A 28-count indictment was filed charging a Sheffield Lake, Ohio, man with providing material support to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as well as firearms and narcotics violations. Assistant Attorney General for National Security John P. Carlin, U.S. Attorney Steven D. Dettelbach of[Read More…]
Justice Department Announces Three Banks Reach Resolutions under Swiss Bank Program, July 16, 2015
Three Banks Collectively Will Pay Penalties of More than $3.1 Million and Continue to Cooperate with Department Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 16, 2015. The Department of Justice announced today that Mercantil Bank (Schweiz) AG, Banque Cantonale Neuchâteloise and Nidwaldner Kantonalbank have reached resolutions under the department’s Swiss Bank Program. The Swiss Bank[Read More…]
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Keynote Address at the 106th NAACP Annual Convention Freedom Fund Dinner
Philadephia, PA–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2015. Thank you, President [Cornell] Brooks, for that kind introduction and for your outstanding leadership of this distinguished organization. I also want to recognize Roslyn Brock, Chair of the NAACP’s Board of Directors. And I want to thank all of you for such a warm welcome tonight,[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending July 11, 2015
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 16, 2015 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending July 11, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 281,000, a decrease of 15,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised down by 1,000 from 297,000 to 296,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
A Long-Awaited Promise: Obama Gets Real About Criminal Justice Reform
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—July 15, 2015 By: Sharda Sekaran “Mass incarceration makes our entire country worse off, and we need to do something about it.” – President Obama in his July 14, 2015 speech to the NAACP annual conference Fifteen years ago, when I first started working on drug policy and criminal[Read More…]
New CDC Study Highlights Burden of Pneumonia Hospitalizations Among US Adults
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–July 15, 2015. When U.S. adults are hospitalized with pneumonia, viruses are more often to blame than bacteria. However, despite current diagnostic tests, neither viruses nor bacteria are detected in the majority of these patients according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)[Read More…]
