Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending May 28, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 267,000, a decrease of 1,000 from the previous week’s unrevised level of 268,000. The 4-week moving average was 276,750, a decrease of 1,750 from the previous week’s unrevised[Read More…]
Month: June 2016
Obama Administration Announces New Restrictions on Ivory Sales to Save Elephants
African savannah elephant courtesy Flickr/Bernard Dupont. WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. President Obama announced new regulations today that restrict the trade of ivory across state lines and expand limits on ivory exports. The regulations are part of an ongoing effort to crackdown on wildlife trade through President Obama’s National Strategy on Wildlife[Read More…]
Midwest Moose Move Toward Endangered Species Act Protection
Climate Change Driving Alarming Declines in Moose Across Minnesota, North Dakota, Michigan Including Nearly 60 Percent Drop in Minnesota Photo by Ryan Hagerty, USFWS. MINNEAPOLIS—(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. In response to a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity and Honor the Earth, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today[Read More…]
Lawsuit Challenges Monterey County’s Contract With Federal Wildlife-killing Program
Wildlife Services’ Indiscriminate Trapping Endangers Family Pets Bobcat photo © Robin Silver, Center for Biological Diversity. SALINAS, Calif.— (ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. Animal protection and conservation organizations filed a lawsuit today challenging Monterey County’s contract renewal with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services — a notorious federal wildlife-killing program that[Read More…]
Huffington Post: Iraq War Vet: Trump University Fired Me ‘Because I Was In The Military’
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—June 2, 2016. Corinne Sommer, an Iraq War veteran, was fired in 2007 by Trump University. While Ms. Sommer cannot discuss the terms of the settlement she received from Trump University, her recently disclosed deposition indicates that she believed she was terminated because her military commitments interfered with her[Read More…]
Environmental Protesters Fight Defamation Lawsuit Filed by Coal Ash Landfill
ACLU Makes Free Speech Case Defending Residents of Low-Income, Majority Black Alabama Town MOBILE, Ala. —(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against four people who voiced opposition to a coal ash landfill in their small town.[Read More…]
Attorney General Madigan: Lawmakers Pass Bill to Improve Response to Sexual Assault Crimes
Joint Sexual Assault Working Group’s Legislation Encourages Survivors to Report Crimes, Improves Training for Law Enforcement & Ensures Justice & Healing for Survivors Chicago — (ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2016. Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that Illinois lawmakers passed legislation to encourage more sexual assault survivors to come forward and increase[Read More…]
Federal Officials Decline Prosecution in the Death of Jamar Clark
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. The Justice Department announced yesterday that the independent federal investigation into the fatal shooting of Jamar Clark on Nov. 15, 2015, in North Minneapolis, Minnesota, found insufficient evidence to support federal criminal civil rights charges against Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) Officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze. [Read More…]
White House Press Gaggle by Josh Earnest Aboard Air Force One, June 1, 2016
en Route Elkhart, Indiana–(ENEWSPF)–June 1, 2016 – 1:23 P.M. EDT MR. EARNEST: Good afternoon, everybody. It looks like you’re all ready. It’s been a while since I’ve walked back here and everybody was standing up. Listen, I’ll be brief at the top. I want to commend to your attention the[Read More…]
Congresswoman Robin Kelly: Wear Orange on National Gun Violence Prevention Day, June 2
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. Congresswoman Robin Kelly encourages Chicagoland residents to help bring attention to the issue of gun violence today by wearing the color orange in recognition National Gun Violence Awareness Day. “We wear orange on June 2 — what would’ve been Hadiya Pendleton’s 19th birthday — to honor[Read More…]
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