From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): This week, a package of bills (HB209, HB1237, HB1792, HB1959, and HB1960) crafted under the guise of “regulatory reform” is scheduled for a vote in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. These bills will irreparably harm the Department … Continued
WASHINGTON (Feb. 6, 2018) – The Natural Resources Defense Council and the National Wildlife Federation today filed a lawsuit to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers from illegally delaying implementation of the Clean Water Rule. … Continued
From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): Throughout 2017, the Women’s Law Project worked with our partners in the Pennsylvania Campaign for Women’s Health to organize and host 12 public conversations in 10 cities and towns across the Commonwealth, so we … Continued
From Project H.O.M.E. (http://www.projecthome.org): Why red? Because the time is now – funding for health centers is urgent. We wear red to protect access to quality care for millions of Americans, to sustain the backbone of primary care in this … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): A youth pastor in Texas shares a story about the kids in her Sunday School coming to her, weeping, begging for prayers that their parents with DACA status would not be deported. Kids shouldn’t … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): BACKGROUND: Nearly two-thirds of mothers with children under age six work, and families with a working mom spend nearly twice as much on childcare as they did 30 years ago. In fact, the average family spends … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): This week it was reported that the Department of Labor (DOL) hid their economic analysis on the impact of proposed changes to rules affecting tipped workers. DOL’s revised rule would allow employers to “pool” … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In his first year, President Trump—with the help of Congress—launched an unprecedented attack on regulations, rolling back or delaying countless rules protecting workers. A report from EPI’s Perkins Project on Worker Rights and Wages … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-02-06/environment/research-shows-oil-and-gas-wastewater-makes-streambeds-radioactive/a61319-1 February 6, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Sediment contaminated by oil and gas well wastewater can be 600 times more radioactive than sediment from upstream. (Jwvein/pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. — … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/02/05/supreme-court-blocks-pennsylvania-gops-attempt-restore-gerrymandered-map-2018 Published on Monday, February 05, 2018 by Common Dreams “The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the fundamental right of Pennsylvanians to fair representation—something they have been denied since this gerrymandered map was put in place.” By Jake … Continued