From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): We have some great news! Thanks in part to your ongoing support and advocacy, members of the Pennsylvania Senate moved SB 501 out of committee yesterday. This bill is critical in our fight against domestic abuse and … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): In a statewide poll commissioned by the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, results show that a lack of state funding for public education is at odds with the priorities of Pennsylvanians of … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): School safety has been a hotly-debated issue in Harrisburg in recent weeks, with the House and Senate Education Committees holding hearings on how best to protect students and education workers. Families and students were … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-05-10/juvenile-justice/report-calls-for-reforming-juvenile-probation/a62474-1 May 10, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A new report on juvenile detention says adolescents are motivated more by rewards and incentives than by threats of punishment. (eric_urquhart/Twenty20) HARRISBURG, … Continued
From the Pennsylvania School Board Association (https://www.psba.org/): The results of a new public opinion poll show most Pennsylvanians are opposed to giving parents taxpayer-funded vouchers to send their children to private schools and prefer investing state funds to strengthen resources … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): A statewide poll commissioned by the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, a project of the Keystone Research Center, shows strong support in Pennsylvania for raising the minimum wage. The poll conducted in … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): This week, the New York Times reported that more than 700 children have been taken from parents arriving at our borders since October, including more than 100 children under the age of 4. [1] WHAT the WHAT? … Continued
This week, the House is expected to swiftly vote on the “Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act,” the harmful banking bill that was recently passed in the Senate. If passed in its current form in the House and signed into … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): The number of women in prison is nearly eight times higher than in 1980. In addition to the 213,722 women incarcerated in jails and prisons, one million women are under community supervision, according to a … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/05/08/18455/#.WvMvnUxFzIU By CHN May 8, 2018 Editor’s note: Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, issued the following statement Tuesday, May 8 in response to the Trump Administration’s rescissions package: “The members of the Coalition … Continued