From Keystone Counts (https://www.keystonecounts.org/): The Census 2020 Complete Count Commission, which comprises 43 commissioners, government officials, community stakeholders and other statewide organizations, including Keystone Counts, today called for the state to include funding in the 2019-20 General Fund budget to … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Imagine: A thick, black, tarry substance flows into your home, coating your body and preventing you from keeping warm, causing you to slip into hypothermia. This is what life is like after an oil spill for a … Continued
The Pennsylvania Council of Churches has long believed in our call as Christians to be faithful citizens, participating in the public square in ways that support God’s call to love our neighbors as ourselves (without defining neighbor as only those … Continued
From Families USA (http://www.familiesusa.org): This week the U.S. House of Representatives took a step forward for families across the nation by passing H.R. 987, the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act. In last fall’s election, families across … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Great news! Because of moms, dads, and people who care about families lifting their voices all over the country, both Wells Fargo Bank and JPMorgan Chase have declared that they will no longer finance private prisons! … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-05-16/climate-change-air-quality/pa-could-benefit-from-new-federal-methane-bill/a66519-1 May 16, 2019 – Mary Schuermann Kuhlman, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A proposed federal bill sets a goal of capturing 85% of all methane gas produced on public lands within three years … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Submit a comment today at https://actionnetwork.org/letters/submit-your-official-comment-tell-the-department-of-labor-to-reject-trumps-weak-overtime-rules! In 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) attempted to strengthen overtime regulations for working people. The updated overtime pay rule would have raised the overtime salary threshold from … Continued
HARRISBURG – The Keystone Research Center released a new study today outlining the demographics of the over two million workers across the state who would see their wages raised if Pennsylvania would raise its minimum wage to $15/hour by the … Continued
From Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania (http://www.housingalliancepa.org/): HB 71 – the Accelerated Eviction bill passed out of the House Urban Affairs Committee on May 14. Please contact your state representative at https://housingalliancepa.org/take-action/#/64 today to ask him/her to oppose Accelerated Eviction when it … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): We love birthdays — it’s a chance to celebrate life and mark the start of another trip around the sun. And this week marks the 54th birthday of one of our country’s most successful early learning … Continued