WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 10 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) issued the following statement today after the U.S. Postal Service reported quarterly losses: “Understated in the Postal Service’s financial report of today is one simple fact: Ninety-four percent of the Postal Service’s losses this year are a direct result of an onerous payment,[Read More…]
Day: May 10, 2012
Nearly 30 Illinois Mayors Join Mayor Emanuel in Urging Retirement Security Reform
Mayors from Across Illinois Facing Difficult Pension Challenges Join Mayor Emanuel in Call for Reform CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2012. Mayor Rahm Emanuel was joined today by nearly 30 Mayors of municipalities representing over 3.2 million Illinoisans who traveled to Chicago to express their support of pension reform to ensure retirement security[Read More…]
FDA Issues Alert on Potential Dangers of Unproven Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis
Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2012. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting health care professionals and patients about injuries and death associated with the use of an experimental procedure sometimes called “liberation therapy” or the “liberation procedure” to treat chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI). Some researchers believe that[Read More…]
Numerous Elected Officials, Community Members to March and Rally in New York to End Illegal Arrests and Racist Police Practices, Saturday at Noon
Under Bloomberg, Close to 400,000 Mostly Young Black and Latinos Arrested on Low-Level Marijuana Charges, Despite Marijuana Being Decriminalized and Whites Using Marijuana at Higher Rates Illegal Searches and Manufactured Misdemeanor Arrests Make Marijuana Arrests #1 Offense in NYC and Make Up 15% of All Arrests; Cost to Taxpayers is[Read More…]
New Legislation Would End Over $110 Billion in Handouts to Fossil Fuels
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2012. Today Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) announced legislation that is by far the most comprehensive attempt to end subsidies for the fossil fuels industry in the United States. Sen. Sanders and Rep. Ellison’s bill would save taxpayers over $10 billion a year[Read More…]
Cygnus-X: the Cool Swan Glowing in Flight
Herschel’s swan EU–(ENEWSPF)–10 May 2012. Chaotic networks of dust and gas signpost the next generations of massive stars in this stunning new image of the Cygnus-X star-nursery captured by ESA’s Herschel space observatory. Cygnus-X is an extremely active region of massive-star birth some 4500 light-years from Earth in[Read More…]
SEC Urged to Release Delayed Rules on Conflict Minerals Trade
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2012. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) needs to issue regulations to tackle the trade in minerals fuelling conflict and human rights abuses in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a group of non-profits, investors and companies said today. A provision directing the SEC to publish[Read More…]
Congo: Now is the Time to Arrest War Criminal Bosco Ntaganda
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2012. Congo should heed growing international pressure and arrest wanted war criminal Bosco Ntaganda, the Enough Project said in a new paper. The U.S. government and other donor nations should support and pressure Congo to arrest Ntaganda and other senior commanders, according to the paper. “Bosco Ntaganda’s mutiny[Read More…]
ACLU Responds to Justice Department’s Lawsuit Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio
ACLU’s Lawsuit Over Racial Profiling by Maricopa County, Arizona, Sherriff Is Scheduled for July Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–May 10, 2012. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today it would proceed with legal action against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. “By bringing this suit, the Justice Department has taken an important step[Read More…]
Governor Quinn Surprises Outstanding Teacher with Golden Apple Award
CHICAGO –(ENEWSPF)–May 9, 2012. Governor Pat Quinn today surprised Elizabeth Luna, a kindergarten teacher at Murray Language Academy, with a 2012 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching. The governor presented the award, which is one of the education community’s most prestigious, during National Teacher Appreciation Week. As part of[Read More…]
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