From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): Scroll down for action. Senators Lisa Boscola (D, District 18, Lehigh and Northampton counties) and Tom Killion (R, District 9, Chester and Delaware counties) introduced Senate bills mirroring the two bills/one commission solution Fair Districts … Continued
Representative Chris Rabb is seeking co-sponsors for a bill that would compensate Pennsylvanians exonerated for wrongful convictions. We will be watching for when this is assigned a bill number. From his co-sponsorship memo: Pennsylvania is one of only 15 states … Continued
Date: Thursday, February 27 Scripture: James 2:5 Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Imagine that every 10 to 12 seconds, blasts interrupt your life so loudly that they not only disturb your day, but disorient you and interfere with your ability to communicate and eat. And this continues for hours, … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): Survivor Space is a project of CeaseFirePA to provide a place for survivors of gun violence to tell their stories and tell those in power what they need from them. CeaseFirePA conducted a series of audio interviews with … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): This group (and more!) gathered in Harrisburg on February 25 for a hearing the PA House Health Committee is holding on prescription drug prices with people who have been hurt by high prescription … Continued
Date: Wednesday, February 26 Scripture: Ezekiel 13:20 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am against your magic charms with which you ensnare people like birds and I will tear them from your arms; I will set free … Continued
Court agrees that the interests of detained families and legal representatives have not been adequately represented by Pennsylvania’s child welfare agency On January 21, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled that families formerly imprisoned by ICE at the Berks family detention center … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/13/temperature-antarctica-soars-past-69degf-noaa-reports-last-month-was-worlds-hottest Published on Thursday, February 13, 2020 by Common Dreams While the reading in Antarctica still needs to be confirmed, the Brazilian scientists who logged it called the new record “incredible and abnormal.” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Every day, it seems like the need to address the climate crisis becomes more urgent. And we all know that politicians’ efforts to implement climate solutions have lagged behind the public’s resolve to tackle climate change. That’s … Continued