Day: January 15, 2016

Earthjustice Files Challenge to Utility-Sponsored Solar Amendment

Misleading measure should not go before voters Florida International University Solar House at Engineering Campus.  Junior Henry / CC BY 2.0 Tallahassee, FL —(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2016.  Earthjustice has filed a legal brief with the Florida Supreme Court, which argues that the utility-backed “Smart Solar” amendment should be removed from the[Read More…]

Center for American Progress Proposes a National Service Automatic Stabilization Plan to Re-Engage Americans Facing Long-Term Unemployment

  AmeriCorps volunteer John Harris III helps coordinate a jobs fair program for job seekers in Washington on July 31, 2013. Source: AP/Manuel Balce Centa Washington D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2016.   More than 2 million Americans who are currently out of work have been looking for a job for 27[Read More…]

Sales of Organic Pest Controls Growing

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 16, 2016.  A new analysis finds that sales of organic pest control products are now on par with their traditional chemical pest controls for U.S. garden retailers, with retailers reporting that the organic options have a higher increase in sales than their chemical counterpart each year. The report,[Read More…]

ACLU Sues Over Public Defender Shortage and Resulting Wait List in New Orleans

Unstable, Inadequate Funding Causes Public Defender Shortage, Putting Those Who Are Arrested and Can’t Afford an Attorney in Legal Limbo NEW ORLEANS —(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2016.  The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Louisiana filed a class-action lawsuit yesterday evening against the Orleans Parish public defenders’ office and the Louisiana Public Defender[Read More…]

U.S. State Dept. Updates El Salvador Travel Warning, Jan. 15, 2016

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2016.  The Department of State continues to warn U.S. citizens that crime and violence levels in El Salvador remain critically high, and U.S. citizens traveling to El Salvador should remain alert to their surroundings. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning dated June 22, 2015, and includes updated[Read More…]

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