Setting a dangerous precedent, nation’s highest court allows bosses to discriminate against employees’ health care coverage based solely on personal, religious views Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2014. In a 5-to-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling today allowing private companies to deny their employees insurance coverage for birth control under[Read More…]
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Mayor Emanuel And Senator Durbin Unveil New Mezzanine At Clark-Division CTA Station Opening
First Major Renovation of Clark/Division Red Line Station Since 1943 Renovation Work on Historic Section to Continue CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Senator Dick Durbin opened today the newly constructed mezzanine at the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Clark/Division Red Line Station, more than two months ahead of schedule,[Read More…]
DC Cannabis Campaign Collects Over 55,000 Signatures to Place Marijuana Legalization Initiative on General Election Ballot
Members of Congress May Take Away DC Voter’s Right to Vote on Initiative WASHINGTON, DC—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2014. In less than 75 days, the DC Cannabis Campaign has collected more than twice the number signatures required to place Initiative 71 on November’s General Election ballot. However, the Campaign is alarmed that[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly Releases Congressional Report on Gun Violence
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—June 30, 2014. Congresswoman Robin Kelly today released the 2014 Kelly Report on Gun Violence in America, the first-ever Congressional analysis of the nation’s gun violence epidemic that offers a blueprint for ending the crisis. The Kelly Report brings together members of Congress, academics and gun reform advocates to examine[Read More…]
NY Communities Triumph Over Fracking Industry In Precedent-Setting Case
As NY high court rules towns can zone out oil and gas operations, trend spreads to other states Downtown in Dryden, NY. Dryden’s story began in 2009, after residents pressured by oil and gas company representatives to lease their land for gas development learned more about fracking. Chris Jordan-Bloch /[Read More…]
Supreme Court Allows Employers to Discriminate Against Employees by Denying Contraception Coverage
Employers Allowed to Use Religious Beliefs to Refuse to Comply With Law Requiring Contraception Coverage WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2014. The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled in favor of closely-held corporations that sought an exemption to a federal law requiring employers to provide insurance coverage for contraception. The owners of the plaintiff[Read More…]
Home Care Workers Vow to Stand Up for Good Jobs and Quality Home Care in Wake of Harris v. Quinn Ruling
Caregivers to Work with States and Consumers to Ensure a Strong Voice for Care WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2014. Home care workers and consumers are ready to stand up for quality home care in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Harris v. Quinn today. “No court case is[Read More…]
The Unitarian Universalist Association Joins Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement
BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2014. Delegates at the 2014 General Assembly (GA) of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) meeting in Providence, RI, passed a resolution on Saturday calling for divestment from fossil fuel companies in the UUA Common Endowment Fund (UUCEF). The resolution requires the UUA to: Cease purchasing securities of CT200[Read More…]
Pesticide Production Leaves a Legacy of Poisoning and Contamination
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2014. Decades later there are still horrifying impacts from a legacy of dumping in the environment tens of thousands of pounds of chemical waste used in the production of pesticides. The production by the Hooker Chemical Company of C-56, the progenitor of many now banned organochlorine pesticides,[Read More…]
Two Convicted in 2010 Shooting Death of 20-year-old Adam Martinez
Cook County-(ENEWSPF)- The Southtown Star reports that two men who had “participated” in the shooting death of 20-year-old Adam Martinez were convicted of murder last week. From the Southtown Star: A jury found Corey Anderson, of Richton Park, guilty Friday on five counts, including first-degree murder, in the shooting death[Read More…]
