Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-03-15/education/report-finds-pa-school-funding-inadequate-unfair/a56874-1 March 15, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvania schools with the fewest white students receive $2,000 a year less per pupil, according to a new report. (lourdesnique/Pixabay) PHILADELPHIA – … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Budgets are about priorities and yesterday 147 members of the PA House made it clear that funding scholarships for students to attend unaccountable private/religious schools is one of their top budget priorities this year. … Continued
From Put People First! PA (http://putpeoplefirstpa.org/): Put People First! PA has just released a new video as part of its Healthcare is a Human Right Campaign that was just released two days ago. This video is about nine months in … Continued
Donald Trump just announced an executive order that puts the Clean Power Plan in the crosshairs and represents a HUGE step backwards in terms of protecting our health and fighting climate change. In his address to Congress, Donald Trump vowed … Continued
From Pennsylvania’s Choice (http://pachoice.org/): Today we’re pleased to premiere the much-anticipated first “budget stories” video for the PA’s Choice 2017 campaign! The video features Keith from Westmoreland County courageously sharing the story of his successful fight against opioid addiction, stressing … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/03/14/gil-lykens-story-exhibit-case-preserving-medicaid/#.WMqo228rIdU By David Elliot March 14, 2017 Editor’s note: Congress is considering repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and is debating major structural changes, and perhaps significant cuts, to Medicaid, which serves 74 million Americans. Voices for Human Needs is reaching … Continued
From Americans United for Separation of Church and State (http://www.au.org): Since the start of this new administration, we have witnessed almost a nonstop assault on the people in our congregations and communities; the people we love. Whether they are banning … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/march/pbpc-cbo-score-gop-healthcare-plan Mar 13, 2017 07:29 pm | John Neurohr Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, made the following statement following the release of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scoring for the “American Health Care … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-03-14/education/house-bill-would-divert-more-public-money-to-private-schools/a56859-1 March 14, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window House Bill 250 would expand two educational tax-credit programs by a total of $75 million. (Jared Kofsky/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – State … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): Amnesty International is pushing for the release of four families who have been detained at Berks for more than a year. The kids have pending green card applications yet ICE will not release them. Below … Continued