Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. With Election Day less than three weeks away, Common Cause continues to assist potential voters and recruit and train poll watchers and other volunteers across the nation. Common Cause has already signed up thousands of volunteers and some are already answering Election Protection hotlines and monitoring[Read More…]
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ACLU Sues West Virginia Clerk for Refusing to Accept Online Voter Registrations
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. —(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. The American Civil Liberties Union today sued a West Virginia county clerk for refusing to accept and process online voter registrations. State law provides for online voter registration, and all other West Virginia counties accept it save for Cabell County, where County Clerk Karen[Read More…]
Illinois EPA Announces Vehicle Emissions Testing Network Updates
New Contract to Offer More Efficient, Less Expensive Tests SPRINGFIELD –(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Acting Director Alec Messina announced upcoming changes to the Agency’s Vehicle Emissions Testing Program, which will offer more efficient and less expensive tests. The new testing contract also includes numerous added[Read More…]
Second California Man Who Participated in Conspiracy to Provide Support to ISIL Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2016. Muhanad Elfatih M.A. Badawi, 25, of Anaheim, California, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for conspiring with another man to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a designated foreign terrorist organization. The announcement was made by Acting[Read More…]
More Than 3 Million Children Have Coverage Due to Drop in Uninsured Rate Since 2008
Due to coverage gains since 2008, more than 3 million additional children now have health insurance. Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2016. The share of Americans without health insurance has fallen rapidly in recent years, declining to 8.6 percent in the first quarter of 2016, the lowest level on record. Many analyses[Read More…]
White House Press Briefing by Josh Earnest, October 19, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2016 – 12:50 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. Nice to hear you all in a good mood. Q You’re not wearing your tux. (Laughter.) MR. EARNEST: Yes, I’ve changed back into my civilian clothes, which is a coat and tie — occupational hazard, I think. [Read More…]
Green Party Blasts WTTW for Debate Exclusion: “Arbitrary; Unlawful”
Tim Curtin, a ballot-listed candidate for Illinois Comptroller, is prepared to protest third-party exclusion from WTTW’s televised candidate forum. (Source: Tim Curtin for IL Comptroller) CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 20, 2016. In a statement released Sunday, the Illinois Green Party blasted a WTTW candidate forum for the state Comptroller election as “betrayal of its own[Read More…]
Century Old Records Fall As Summerlike Heat Grips Central, Eastern US
By Renee Duff, meteorologist for AccuWeather.com AccuWeather-(ENEWSPF)- AccuWeather reports July-like heat baked the central and eastern portions of the United States early this week, putting century old records temperatures in jeopardy. The heat expanded from the High Plains to the East Coast from Sunday toWednesday. “A strong area of high pressure combined with[Read More…]
The Contemptible Sheriff Joe Arpaio Charged with Being in Contempt
ARIZONA–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2016 By Kerry Eleveld Joe Arpaio with his best buddy, Donald Trump. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has repeatedly proven himself to be a repugnant human being who is uniquely devoid of ethical judgment. But as Arpaio runs for his seventh term of tyranny, he may have finally crossed the[Read More…]
Arizona Prosecutor Bill Montgomery Wants to Preserve Racially-Biased Marijuana Legalization
ARIZONA–(ENEWSPF)–October 19, 2016 By Josie Duffy Rice Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery Sheriff Joe Arpaio gets a lot of attention in Phoenix for being corrupt, infantile, fanatical, and power hungry, but he’s not the only bad public servant there. Bill Montgomery, the Maricopa County Attorney, is one of the nation’s worst[Read More…]
