From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Great news! Governor Wolf has vetoed HB 59 as promised. This harmful bill would have forced Medicaid recipients to jump through hoops to get and stay covered and fast-tracked cuts to non-essential benefits. Governor … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): The Senate has let us down, voting to advance drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as part of a larger budget-tax bill scheme. Make no mistake. This threat to the iconic Arctic Refuge … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): Urge President Trump to uphold our nation’s cultural, spiritual, and natural heritage in our public lands. Act Now at http://action.creationjustice.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=23373. In the spring, President Trump asked Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to “review” all … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for defenders of public education in PA. On Wednesday, October 18, mostly along party lines, the PA House passed an amended School Code with significant attacks on public education … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): After losing in court, the Trump administration is now using delay tactics to try and slow down and weaken a critical new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) rule on methane pollution. If implemented as … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/10/19/ecological-armageddon-warnings-scientists-flying-insects-disappear Published on Thursday, October 19, 2017 by Common Dreams As new report shows flying insect population plunged by 76 percent, author predicts “our grandchildren will inherit a profoundly impoverished world” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer New research … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): As expected, Pennsylvania’s new insurance rates are out, and they’ve increased significantly – by 30.6% on average. This is a direct result of the actions taken by the Trump administration to sabotage the … Continued
Posted at http://familiesusa.org/blog/2017/10/whats-alexander-murray-stabilization-package Wednesday, October 18, 2017 Eliot Fishman, Senior Director of Health Policy Claire McAndrew, Director of Campaign Strategy On October 17, Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander and Democrat Sen. Patty Murray announced an agreement on a bipartisan package of … Continued
Progress News, October 10, 2017 Clearfield, Pennsylvania’s County Commissioners unanimously approved a resolution urging “our federal representatives to … oppose efforts to cut nutrition programs funded in the Farm Bill,” including SNAP. The Coalition Against Hunger, an anti-hunger group based … Continued