From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Education Voters of PA has issued a report that examines Pennsylvania’s flawed cyber school funding system and provides recommendations for a new system that will more closely match the funding sent to cyber charter … Continued
Pennsylvania Capital-Star By Stephen Caruso, February 6, 2019 Marisa Nowicki’s award-winning congressional map. (Courtesy Draw the Lines PA) Three dozen Pennsylvanians walked out of the Capitol Wednesday with a nice chunk of change, all for drawing maps. The winners, divided … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): When it comes to nuclear weapons, it seems like the Trump administration is taking one reckless gamble after another. The most recent? The decision to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty with … Continued
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (http://www.cbpp.org): Food assistance is at risk — again — and your voice is needed. Just months after Congress and the Trump Administration debated and renewed the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through the … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Today, Acting EPA Administrator and former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler sent his proposal to the Federal Register to declare that mercury pollution limits on coal plants are no longer “appropriate and necessary.” This is … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/07/major-party-backing-ocasio-cortez-and-markey-unveil-green-new-deal-outlining-wwii Published on Thursday, February 07, 2019 by Common Dreams “The Green New Deal offers a positive solution to match the scale of our nation’s biggest crises—climate change, structural racism, and skyrocketing inequality.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/07/despite-promises-aca-study-shows-two-thirds-personal-bankruptcies-still-caused Published on Thursday, February 07, 2019 by Common Dreams “We need to move ahead from the ACA to a single-payer, Medicare for All system that assures first-dollar coverage for everyone.” By Julia Conley, staff writer A majority … Continued
From 350.org (https://350.org/): The Green New Deal just took an enormous step forward: Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey have introduced resolutions to support a Green New Deal in the House and the Senate. Make no mistake: this is … Continued
From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): Recently Pennsylvania state Senators Williams, Bartolotta, and Street introduced a bill (SB 14), that would reform how long Pennsylvanians stay on probation and the time they serve for probation violations. FAMM supports this bill … Continued
From the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (http://www.thecaap.org): As of January 25th, 2019, the longest government shutdown in American history ended as President Trump signed a bill that temporarily opened the government until February 15th. When the shutdown began on … Continued