Abandoned by Cuomo, Families Turn to Legislature to Pass a Bipartisan Bill; Bill Would Create Emergency Access Program to Provide Relief to Critically Ill Patients, including Children with Epilepsy Albany– (ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2015. Patients, family members, and advocates stood with legislators from both sides of the aisle today in support[Read More…]
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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Expected To Sign Marijuana Sentencing Reform Law
New Law Would Be Important Step Toward Reducing Louisiana’s Notoriously Overcrowded Prisons and Jails; Even With This Reform, Louisiana’s Marijuana Laws Would Remain Harsher Than Nearly All Other U.S. States; Majority of Louisianans Support Ending All Criminal Penalties for Marijuana Possession NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2015. The Louisiana legislature voted yesterday[Read More…]
Job Openings Increase to 5.4 Million in April 2015; Hires and Separations Hold Steady
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2015. The number of job openings rose to 5.4 million on the last business day of April, the highest since the series began in December 2000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The number of hires was little changed at 5.0 million in April and[Read More…]
Comprehensive Prevention Program Effectively Reduces Falls Among Older People
HHS-supported study tests falls intervention program Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2015. Families and physicians have a new tool in the fight against falls- a comprehensive prevention program developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that reduces both falls and resulting use of long-term care such as nursing homes.[Read More…]
Sierra Club: U.S. Court of Appeals Rules Against Coal Industry Challenge to Historic Clean Power Plan
Washington, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015. Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected coal industry challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan, ruling coal interests had prematurely challenged the Obama Administration’s historic effort to curb carbon pollution[Read More…]
Responsible Credit Is an Economic and Moral Issue, New Center for American Progress Brief Says
On January 22, 2015, Maranda Brooks stands outside a payday loans business that she frequented in the past in Cleveland, Ohio. SOURCE: AP/Tony Dejak Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015. Millions of financially vulnerable Americans take out high-cost, predatory loans each year. These loans have interest rates so high that borrowers may never[Read More…]
Wild Bees Numbers Plummet as Pesticide Use Increases
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015. Agricultural pesticides are sprayed intensively throughout the growing season in New York’s conventional apple orchards. Researchers at Cornell University found that as the use of pesticides on these farms increased, the abundance of wild bees declined significantly. The study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal[Read More…]
DoD Identifies DoD Civilian Casualty, June 9, 2015
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015. The Department of Defense announced today the death of a DoD civilian who was supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel in Afghanistan. Krissie K. Davis, 54, of Talladega, Alabama, a member of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) at Anniston, Alabama, and deployed to DLA Disposition Services Bagram as[Read More…]
Friends of the Earth: House Prepares Frontal Assault Against EPA, Interior
WASHINGTON, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)—June 9, 2015. The House Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee proposed steep cuts to key environmental programs within the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Interior. The proposal, which moves next to the full Appropriations Committee, amounts to a $246 million cut from the committee’s[Read More…]
House Bill to Fund Interior Department Would Strip Protections From Gray Wolves
Rider Would End Protections for Wolves in Wyoming and Great Lakes, Undermine Integrity of Endangered Species Act WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 9, 2015. Legislation introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives today to fund the Interior Department contains a rider that would end Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in Wyoming and[Read More…]
