Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) condemned the Dorchester Collection’s shameful attempts to use its own employees to divert attention away from actions taken against the Sultan of Brunei’s hotels. This ploy comes despite assurances from the company that it has guaranteed the positions, income, and benefits of all of its employees for[Read More…]
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United States Postal Service Issues Forever Stamp Honoring Harvey Milk
Washington, D.C.-(ENEWSPF)- The United States Postal Service (USPS) officially issued a postage stamp in honor of the late LGBT rights leader Harvey Milk. At a first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony, representatives from the White House, USPS and the Harvey Milk Foundation honored the visionary leader who became one of the first openly[Read More…]
New York State Assembly Passes Comprehensive, Bi-Partisan Medical Marijuana Bill
New York One Step Closer Becoming 23rd Medical Marijuana State; Patients and Families Cheer Assembly Action, Call for Vote in the Senate Albany—(ENEWSPF)—May 27, 2014. Today, the New York State Assembly passed (A.6357-B/Gottfried) by a bipartisan vote of 91 – 34. This is the fifth time that the Assembly has[Read More…]
Statement by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Afghanistan, May 27, 2014
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—May 27, 2014. I strongly support the president’s decision to maintain a limited U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan after our combat mission ends there later this year. This presence, which is contingent on a signed bilateral security agreement, will help ensure that al Qaeda cannot reconstitute itself in Afghanistan,[Read More…]
Amid Unprecedented Marriage Momentum, Freedom to Marry Expands Key Southern Partnerships
New York–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014. With marriage cases quickly progressing through the courts across the country, Freedom to Marry announced plans to expand its campaign to bring marriage to loving, gay couples in the South. Earlier this year, the group formed Southerners for the Freedom to Marry, a public education effort[Read More…]
Suburban Business Owner and Bookkeeper Charged With $1.2 Million Credit Card Fraud Scheme and $1.5 Million Tax Evasion
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014. A suburban businessman and his bookkeeper are facing federal fraud charges for allegedly cheating credit card companies of approximately $1.2 million and evading their personal federal income tax obligations of more than $1.5 million, federal law enforcement officials announced today. The defendants, VIET NGUYEN and ADELINA MIGUEL,[Read More…]
Mayor Emanuel and Chicago Police Department Release Report Detailing Sources of Illegal Guns in Chicago
Based on New Analysis from the University of Chicago Crime Lab, Report Shows Path of Guns from Suburban and Indiana Gun Stores to Chicago Streets; New City Ordinance Regulating Gun Stores Proposed Following Court Decision CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Police Department, with assistance from the[Read More…]
Durbin, Kirk, Quinn Announce New Conservation Program To Include Mississippi River and Lake Michigan
Program to fund public-private partnerships that will spur economic activity statewide WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) joined Illinois Governor Pat Quinn today in announcing that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated both the Mississippi River Basin and the Great Lakes as[Read More…]
ACLU of Florida Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Striking Down Florida Law Setting Strict I.Q. Limit for Executions
MIAMI–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014. Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision striking down a Florida law that set strict criteria based on IQ test scores to determine a defendant’s eligibility for the death penalty. Howard Simon, Executive Director of the ACLU of Florida, responded to the decision with the[Read More…]
ACLU Comment on Wood v. Moss Ruling
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 27, 2014. The U.S. Supreme Court today dismissed a case against Secret Service agents who moved anti-Bush protestors two blocks away from President George W. Bush during a 2004 campaign trip to Oregon. While reaffirming that the First Amendment prohibits the government from discriminating against protesters because of their[Read More…]
