From the Coalition for Peace Action (https://www.peacecoalition.org/): Textron, the last remaining U.S. company producing cluster bombs, will end production of these terrible weapons. This is a huge victory! Cluster bombs are deadly indiscriminate weapons that disperse bomblets over large areas, … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): WASHINGTON, September 13, 2016 – The U.S. household median income rose and the poverty rate fell — both improved significantly — from 2014 to 2015, according to today’s Census Bureau annual release of income, poverty and … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/09/13/13886/#.V9lav_krIdU By David Elliot SEPTEMBER 13, 2016 Today the U.S. Census Bureau released important new data on poverty, median household income, and the number of Americans covered by health insurance. Below is a statement by CHN Executive Director Deborah Weinstein responding … Continued
By: Patrick Cicero Published: September 8, 2016 NATIONWIDE, low-income households spend an average of three times as much of their income on energy as higher income households, in large part because of energy-inefficient housing. Low-income households here in Pennsylvania are … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-09-14/environment/prioritizing-five-counties-is-key-to-pas-clean-water-efforts/a54027-1 September 14, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window About 1,400 miles of rivers and streams in five priority counties have been damaged by agricultural pollution. (Ruhrfisch/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2016/september/education-voters-pa-statement-oral-argument-pa-supreme-court-school-funding-lawsuit Sep 14, 2016 09:58 am | Susan Spicka The following is a guest post from Susan Spicka, Executive Director of Education Voters of Pennsylvania. It was originally posted on their blog here. Following oral argument of the … Continued
From the Partnership for New Americans (http://partnershipfornewamericans.org/): CHICAGO—According to USCIS data published recently, 926,189 individuals have applied to become American citizens since this time last year. The data from the third quarter of FY 2016 shows a 32.1 percent spike … Continued
From Peace Action (http://www.peace-action.org/): Legislation has been introduced to block the administration’s proposed $1.15 billion weapon sale to Saudi Arabia. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Rand Paul (R-KY), Al Franken (D-MN) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the bill just last week, … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): The gun lobby and their friends in Harrisburg seem to be in a timewarp. Just like two years ago, they are trying to ram through the special standing bill during the short time between summer recess and … Continued
The Census Bureau has released two reports with some information about poverty and median income by state and for the most populous metro areas. They say their tables with the full range of American Community Survey will be up on … Continued