From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): The state budget is done and a last-ditch effort made by anti-public education lawmakers to include harmful charter school legislation in the school code bill was defeated. Governor Wolf stood strong with our public … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Great news! The Pennsylvania General Assembly just voted to establish a state-based health insurance marketplace on a bipartisan basis! What does this mean for Pennsylvanians? Here are some highlights: Lower Premiums: the proposal … Continued
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (http://www.cbpp.org): Ask your representative to cosponsor the Working Families Tax Relief Act (H.R. 3157), which would expand the federal Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit for 1 in 3 Americans. … Continued
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (http://www.cbpp.org): Submit a comment opposing the Administration rule on housing assistance — comments are due Tuesday, July 9! Last month, the Administration proposed a rule that would bar U.S. citizens and eligible … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): Sunoco is attempting to install pipelines for its Mariner East Project under an exceptional value wetland in Blair Township, PA. The Mariner East Project consists of pipelines transporting hazardous natural gas liquids (NGLs) such … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): We know we’ve been asking a lot this last week as we tried to defeat SB 621, the bill to arm more school personnel and to open the door to arming teachers. But yesterday both the State … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): CLASP issued this statement in response to today’s Supreme Court decision: June 27, 2019, Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Supreme Court today affirmed the crucial importance of an accurate and inclusive census by ruling that, for now, the citizenship … Continued
Taya Keeler Speaks in Front of Eli Lilly Headquarters (Photo credit: Healthcare Voter) On May 28, 1863, thousands of people gathered on the Boston Common to watch the first-ever regiment of African American troops march off to battle in the Civil … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): Art by Michelle Angela Ortiz (insta @michelleangelaortiz) Five Ways to Take Action NOW Family Detention is immoral and unlawful. That is why Governor Wolf, Lt. Governor Fetterman and the PA Department of Human Services Secretary, Teresa Miller, … Continued
Posted at https://drawthelinespa.org/news/scotus-call-on-gerrymandering-does-not-undo-or-thwart-progress-that-pa-has-made Chris Satullo| June 27th, 2019 The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to shrug at extreme partisan gerrymandering is disappointing, but not surprising. Pennsylvanians, though, should realize this ruling does not undo progress at slaying the gerrymander in their state. … Continued