Flowers by Ausrine Kerr CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2016. Surface Design Association – Illinois (SDA-IL) will be having their meeting on Sunday, December 4 from 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.at Union Street Gallery,1527 Otto Blvd. in Chicago Heights. Ausrine Kerr, Ausrine’s Arts Room of Evanston, will be providing a demonstration duing[Read More…]
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Statement by Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline Protests (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2016. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released the following video statement after phone calls to Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman David Archambault II, in which she discussed ways to reduce the potential for violence surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline protests[Read More…]
White House Weekly Address: Pass the 21st Century Cures Act, Dec. 3, 2016 (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2016 Hi, everybody. On the first day of my administration, I promised to restore science to its rightful place. I told you we would unleash American innovation and technology to tackle the health challenges of our time. Over the last eight years, we’ve delivered on that promise in[Read More…]
Siberian Air Will Blow to U.S. as Polar Vortex Breaks Down & Jet Stream Crosses North Pole
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016 By FishOutofWater Forecast map for Tuesday shows Siberian and polar air breaking out into western north America from Alaska to Texas. This is not a normal Arctic air outbreak. Siberian air will be driven into western north America by winds blowing across the north pole from[Read More…]
Public Health and Environmental Groups Move to Defend Standards to Reduce Waste of Natural Gas on Public Lands
Groups Seek to Join Lawsuit to Oppose Challenges to the Standards OREGON–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016. Fifteen national, regional, tribal and local public health and environmental groups representing millions of Americans took legal steps today to defend new standards that will reduce natural gas waste on public and tribal lands, protect public[Read More…]
Trump May Have Just Provoked a Diplomatic Incident with China
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016 By Laura Clawson Taiwanese President Tsai Ying-wen Donald Trump’s phone call with Tsai Ying-wen, the president of Taiwan, was not like other phone calls with foreign leaders, even by the appalling standard Trump has been setting so far: The telephone call, confirmed by three people, is[Read More…]
Trump Team Seems Weirdly Afraid of Recounts in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016 By Laura Clawson Lawyers for Donald Trump or the Republican Party are now trying to block the recounts in all three states in which Jill Stein has requested them—Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. The Trump legal team is saying “nothing to see here, folks, and it’s an outrage you’d even[Read More…]
Harry Reid On the Floor of the U.S. Senate: I Stand with Those at Standing Rock (Video)
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016 By Walter Einenkel Senator Harry Reid took to the Senate floor today to show his support for the peaceful resolution to the protests surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline. Standing Rock Sioux are fighting for their land right to clean water near and their history. They’re not alone Standing Rock[Read More…]
Jeff Sessions’ Heroic Effort as Alabama Attorney General to Block Freedom of Speech on LGBT Issues
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016 By Kerry Eleveld If you’re wondering how Attorney General Jeff Sessions would use his powerful perch to defend civil rights, here’s a telling example from Andrew Kaczynski: As Alabama’s attorney general in 1996, Sessions attempted to stop the Southeastern Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual College Conference from meeting at the University[Read More…]
Former Property Management Company Agrees to Pay More Than $1.6 Million for Defrauding Military Housing Projects
VIRGINIA–(ENEWSPF)–December 2, 2016. American Management Services LLC, based in Seattle, agreed to pay more than $1.6 million pursuant to a deferred prosecution agreement to resolve criminal charges that the company defrauded the U.S. Army and Virginia-based Clark Realty Capital LLC (Clark) while performing property management services for military housing at[Read More…]
