AU Student Essay Contest: Identify Threats to Church-State Separation—Deadline April 15
10 Jan 2018

AU Student Essay Contest: Identify Threats to Church-State Separation—Deadline April 15

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Posted at https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/au-s-2018-student-essay-contest-asks-youth-to-identify-threats-to-church Jan 5, 2018 by Liz Hayes in Wall of Separation Today Americans United is launching its 2018 Student Essay Contest! Houston high school student and church-state advocate Lekha Sunder, who was the winner of Americans United’s 2017 Student Essay Contest, told AU’s Church & State magazine that … Continued

Issues Temporary Halt to Sunoco’s Mariner East: Gov. Wolf Makes Token Bow to Pressure from Public and Legislators
5 Jan 2018

Issues Temporary Halt to Sunoco’s Mariner East: Gov. Wolf Makes Token Bow to Pressure from Public and Legislators

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Announcement Continues to Ignore Threats to Public Safety HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, January 3, 2018—Today, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced that his administration’s Department of Environmental Protection would issue a temporary halt to construction of Sunoco’s Mariner East export pipeline. This proposed … Continued

Minimum Wage to Rise by the End of 2018 in 19 States, Data Suggest Pennsylvania Should Join Them
5 Jan 2018

Minimum Wage to Rise by the End of 2018 in 19 States, Data Suggest Pennsylvania Should Join Them

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From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): Workers in Pennsylvania lost ground relative to those in neighboring states where minimum wages are higher and employment growth in low-wage sectors like food services has been stronger HARRISBURG, PA – As many increases in … Continued

If Our Children Are So ‘Precious,’ We Must Invest In Them
5 Jan 2018

If Our Children Are So ‘Precious,’ We Must Invest In Them

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Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/01/03/if-our-children-are-so-precious-we-must-invest-in-them/#.Wk6HG1WnEdU By Andrew L. Yarrow January 3, 2018 Editor’s note: This piece was originally published by the San Francisco Chronicle on December 23, 2017. We often hear how “precious” a child is, what a “treasure” she is, and how our kids are … Continued

PA Wages Lag Behind Bordering States; Food Service Workers Hurting
5 Jan 2018

PA Wages Lag Behind Bordering States; Food Service Workers Hurting

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From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): The map above presents the percent change in real annual average weekly wages by county in Pennsylvania and in six bordering states (Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia) and the District … Continued

Urge the Governor to Support Adequate Funding for PA Food Programs
5 Jan 2018

Urge the Governor to Support Adequate Funding for PA Food Programs

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From Hunger-Free Pennsylvania (http://www.hungerfreepa.org/): Please urge Governor Wolf to support adequate funding for the State Food Purchase Program and the PA Agricultural Surplus system in the 2018-19 PA budget. First—follow this link: https://www.governor.pa.gov/contact/ Fill in the requested information. When you … Continued

Fracking Linked to Low Birthweight Babies
5 Jan 2018

Fracking Linked to Low Birthweight Babies

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Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-12-29/environment/fracking-linked-to-low-birthweight-babies/a60827-1 December 29, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window About 1.5 million Pennsylvanians live within a half mile of oil and gas facilities. (anita_starzycka/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pregnant women living near … Continued