Portland, OR–(ENEWSPF)—May 8, 2015. Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) released the following statement on President Barack Obama’s visit to Portland. “I am pleased the President is coming to visit as we are entering into perhaps the final stages of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. Trade is critically important to Oregon. We[Read More…]
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Justice Department Opens Pattern or Practice Investigation into the Baltimore Police Department
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 8, 2015. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced today that the Justice Department has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into Baltimore Police Department (BPD), pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The department’s investigation of BPD will seek to determine whether there[Read More…]
Thirty-Three Defendants Charged in Massive Criminal Conspiracies Including Allegations of Fraud, Prescription Drug Diversion, and Money Laundering
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 7, 2015. Thirty-two people were arrested yesterday after being charged variously with racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit identity theft, conspiracy to commit access device fraud, conspiracy to commit mail, wire and bank fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to use a facility of interstate commerce to commit[Read More…]
Payroll Employment Rises by 223,000 in April, 2015; Jobless Rate Essentially Unchanged (5.4%)
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 8, 2015. Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 223,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 5.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, and construction. Mining employment continued to decline. Household Survey[Read More…]
Formerly Incarcerated Moms and Moms Whose Children were Killed by Police to Hold Mother’s Day Vigil, Speak-out, and Balloon Action Outside Cook County Jail on May 9
Chicago, IL—(ENEWSPF)—May 8, 2015. The Illinois Department of Corrections estimates that 80-85% of incarcerated women are mothers of minor children. That means a whole lot of moms will visit their kids inside jail or prison this Mother’s Day. Given the many barriers to visitation, many moms never receive a visit[Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Eric Schultz Aboard Air Force One, May 7, 2015
Aboard Air Force One En Route Portland, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015 – 3:56 P.M. EDT MR. SCHULTZ: Welcome aboard Air Force One this afternoon en route to Beaverton. I just have one announcement at the top that’s personnel related. This trip is the last trip for Hannah Hankins, a wrangler who[Read More…]
Free Press: Congress Must Abandon Bulk Collection of Phone-Call Data
WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. On Thursday morning, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that Section 215 of the Patriot Act does not authorize some of the sweeping surveillance programs the NSA and other intelligence agencies use. The judges rejected the government’s argument that Section 215 is[Read More…]
CAIR Welcomes Ruling that NSA Phone Surveillance Program is Illegal
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed a ruling by a federal appeals court that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) ‘dragnet’ collection of Americans’ phone records is illegal under the USA Patriot Act’s amendment of[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan Files Amended Lawsuit Against Cicero Oil Company for Oil, Antifreeze Spills in Chicago Shipping Canal
Chicago —(ENEWSPF)—May 7, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today filed an amended lawsuit against a Cicero-based oil production facility after a series of oil spills last year and a major antifreeze spill this year contaminated the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and surrounding areas. The updated lawsuit, which was filed[Read More…]
Governor Rauner Announces Fourth Consecutive Year of Record-Breaking Visitors to Illinois in 2014
Domestic visitors to Illinois rose 3.8 percent in 2014 to 107.44 million; 6.4 percent increase in hotel-motel tax revenue sets mark for third year in a row SPRINGFIELD –-(ENEWSPF)–May 7, 2015. Governor Bruce Rauner today announced a record-breaking number of visitors traveled to Illinois in 2014, topping out at 107.44[Read More…]
