State agrees to provide attorneys to poor people facing re-imprisonment as part of class action settlement CHICAGO, IL–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016 –The state of Illinois will provide attorneys to eligible parolees who are accused of violating their parole, and will overhaul the parole revocation process to ensure that the hearing process[Read More…]
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Warns Financial Institutions About Potential Mortgage Lending Reporting Failures
CFPB Puts 44 Mortgage Lenders and Brokers on Notice That They May Be Required to Report Mortgage Data WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016. Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is issuing warning letters to 44 mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers. The Bureau has information that appears to show they[Read More…]
Republican Women Discover—a Day Late and a Dollar Short—That ‘War on Women’ is Really a Thing
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016 By Laura Clawson For years, one of the key roles of Republican women operatives has been to make regular media appearances expressing outrage that Democrats say Republicans are waging a war on women with things like forced ultrasounds or opposition to equal pay. In the year of[Read More…]
Trump Can’t Stop Kicking the Khan Family in the Heart
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016 By Mark Sumner Donald Trump spent weeks fighting with the Gold Star family of Captain Humayun Khan, a Muslim soldier who was killed by a suicide bomber in Iraq in 2004. While campaign manager Kellyanne Conway may have slapped Trump’s twitter fingers long enough to make him stop saying[Read More…]
Scientists Propose Neuroscience Framework for Diagnosing Addictions
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016. Scientists at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, propose using an assessment tool to diagnose addictive disorders that considers addiction-related behaviors, brain imaging, and genetic data. According to a new review article, the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment[Read More…]
Long-Term Oxygen Treatment Does Not Benefit Some COPD Patients
Study addresses long-standing question for those with moderately low blood oxygen levels. Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016. Newly published data from the Long-Term Oxygen Treatment Trial (LOTT) show that oxygen use is not beneficial for most people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and moderately low levels of blood oxygen. It[Read More…]
Sierra Club Independent Action and For Our Future PAC Launch African-American Voter Mobilization Campaign in Pennsylvania
New Effort Will Reach Nearly 300,000 Voters Before Election Day WASHINGTON, D.C. -(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016. – Today, Sierra Club Independent Action and For Our Future launched a joint campaign to mobilize African-American voters in Pennsylvania in the final week leading up to election day. The six-figure campaign will focus on[Read More…]
Court Declares Fish and Wildlife Service Failed to Protect Rare Colorado, Utah Wildflowers Threatened by Oil Shale Mining
Finds “Conservation Agreement” inadequate to address threats from Uinta Basin Energy Development A White River beardtongue. Graham’s and White River beardtongues are found only in oil shale outcroppings in northeastern Utah’s Uinta Basin and northwestern Colorado’s Piceance Basin. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Photo Denver, CO —(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2016. A[Read More…]
Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report for Week Ending October 22, 2016
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2016 SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending October 22, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 258,000, a decrease of 3,000 from the previous week’s revised level. The previous week’s level was revised up by 1,000 from 260,000 to 261,000. The 4-week moving average[Read More…]
In 8 States, Half of ZIP Codes Lack Sufficient Supply of Child Care Centers, New Center for American Progress Interactive Maps Show
New interactive maps and analysis from CAP examine child care accessibility in Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia. Nearly half of ZIP codes are “child care deserts,” impacting more than 27 million people—including 1.8 million children under the age of 5. The first years of life[Read More…]
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