From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Submit a public comment at https://secure.alaskawild.org/a/protect-denning-bears-and-wolves to tell the National Park Service: No bear-baiting and shooting hibernating bears on Alaska’s national preserves. Donuts left out to lure bears close enough to shoot. Killing hibernating … Continued
From Fund Our Schools PA (https://www.fundourschoolspa.org/): In a historic victory for students, a judge has declared Pennsylvania’s school funding system unconstitutional. We proved that the students who need the most have the least, because the state shortchanges low-wealth communities. It’s … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): In the space of just one week, 400 CeaseFirePA supporters from 142 PA House districts signed a petition urging Speaker of the House Mark Rozzi to prioritize lifesaving gun violence prevention bills in the new General Assembly … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/natureserve-40-animals-extinction-us “We are currently experiencing and causing the Sixth Extinction—the mass extinction of species across the planet,” said the head of NatureServe, which also found a third of plants nationwide are under threat. JESSICA CORBETT Feb 06, 2023 … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The Biden administration has released a new renter protection blueprint — a bold initiative that protects renters, promotes rental affordability, uses an evidence-based strategy to quickly connect people to homes, and helps them … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): Who expected that PA House legislative rules would become a statewide, even national story? Yet a month after the January 3 Swearing-In Day, the House has still not voted on rules for the 2023-2024 session. … Continued
From Social Security Works (http://www.socialsecurityworks.org/): Congressional Republicans are not shy about advancing their agenda: cutting taxes for the rich while attacking critical programs for working people. Their 2017 Trump-GOP tax scam added approximately $1.9 trillion to the national debt, while … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2023-02-06/civic-engagement/group-continues-calls-for-better-legislative-rules-in-pa/a82759-1 February 6, 2023 – Danielle Smith, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window While the Pennsylvania House is still out of session and won’t resume until late February, the public and advocacy groups are voicing … Continued
From PA Schools Work (https://paschoolswork.org/): Every child, regardless of where they live, has a right to good education. Now is the time to reimagine Pennsylvania’s public education system so every student has what they need to reach their full potential, … Continued
Since dating can be stressful, there is the possibility of humor to try to reduce tensions. In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Rosenfeld found that heterosexual couples are more likely to meet … Continued