We will report further as information becomes available. Notable–$100 million increase for education, and no $50 million decrease in school transportation. Associated Press, 6/30/2017 PA lawmakers will take up a $32 billion bipartisan spending package on the state fiscal year’s … Continued
Fortune, Katherine M. Gehl, Michael E. Porter Mar 09, 2017 Beware the political–industrial complex. They rig the game for their benefit. The public interest is the loser. Here’s how to fix it. By nearly every measure, America’s political industry is … Continued
From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): While Louisiana and Massachusetts are dispatching with failed approaches to sentencing, some in the Pennsylvania legislature hope to reinstate mandatory sentences.The Senate is debating whether it should pass HB 741, legislation approved by the … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): CLASP released a set of fact sheets outlining the top five ways the ACA supports low-income young adults and the top five threats from Republican repeal-and-replace proposals. View CLASP fact sheets on health justice at http://www.clasp.org/resources-and-publications/publication-1/mental-health-youth-fact-sheet-final.pdf.
From the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (http://www.itep.org/): The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office today is out with its forecast of economic growth over the next decade. As expected by economists across the political spectrum, CBO predicts the economy will … Continued
From Fair Vote (http://www.fairvote.org/): After tireless efforts by folks on the ground in Maine to uphold the will of the people, the Maine legislature dropped its effort to repeal ranked choice voting for state and non-presidential federal elections on Wednesday. … Continued
This week the U.S. Conference of Mayors passed three resolutions urging Congress to move money out of the military and into human and environmental needs — exactly the reverse of Trump’s budget. Those historic actions came after more than 20,000 … Continued
Posted at https://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/june/memo-effects-us-senate-health-care-bill-pennsylvania Jun 28, 2017 03:04 pm | Marc Stier MEMO To: Interested Parties From: Marc Stier, Director, Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center Date: June 28, 2017 Re: Effects of U.S. Senate Health Care Bill on Pennsylvania The Pennsylvania … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): By Matthew Stepp, PennFuture Director of Policy; and Jan Jarrett, Communications, Policy and Outreach Consultant When astronomers discover planets orbiting far-off stars, they assess whether or not that world could support life by determining if water is present. … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Pennsylvania’s Senate Education Committee voted HB 97, the charter school expansion bill, out of committee yesterday (June 29th). HB 97 was amended to ELIMINATE the $27 million in savings school districts would have received … Continued