Posted at http://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/june/what-would-adequate-pennsylvania-budget-look-year Jun 15, 2017 05:55 pm | Marc Stier A really good budget for Pennsylvania would begin addressing our long-term public investment deficit. It would provide new funds to: eliminate our worst-in-the-nation inequality in K-12 school funding; expand … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-06-15/senior-issues/report-pa-needs-to-boost-services-for-seniors/a58143-1 June 15, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The majority of older Pennsylvanians want to live independently, at home, as they age. (Tunstall/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania has made some … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): We’ve all seen the pictures: oil and birds do not mix. Yet, Interior Secretary Zinke could expose Teshekpuk Lake – a protected Special Area with the highest density of shorebirds in the Arctic – … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): At a Sierra Club event in Lancaster, Malinda of LAP shared her story about why she is fighting and resisting the corporate greed that is the Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline. She made the crowd feel emotional … Continued
Thanks to UUPLAN for this alert that we are sharing with you. The Senate Republicans are trying to pass a health care repeal bill before the week of July 4th which would cut coverage for 23 million people. In the … Continued
Posted at http://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/june/public-pensions-done-it%E2%80%99s-time-now-victory-retirement-securityand-great-state-budget Jun 12, 2017 03:13 pm | Stephen Herzenberg Roughly five years after Gov. Corbett first began an effort to eliminate guaranteed pensions for future school and state employees, Gov. Wolf today signed a bill that reduces the … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): Rabyaah Althaibani writes: If Donald Trump has his way, I may never get to bring my husband home. My husband Basheer and I married over a year ago. I’m American, he’s Yemeni. After our wedding … Continued
Posted at http://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/june/kansas%E2%80%99-experiment-yields-valuable-lessons Jun 09, 2017 03:59 pm The following post was written by Heidi Holliday, Executive Director at Kansas Center for Economic Growth. You’re welcome, America. Our state, Kansas, just wrapped up a 5-year long experiment in governance from … Continued
Under Pennsylvania’s “Clean Slate” bill, records of minor, non-violent misdemeanor convictions will automatically be sealed from public viewing after 10 conviction-free years. Photo from Steven Gottlieb via The Atlantic. By Andy Hoover, Communications Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania This … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): New analysis of significant changes in federal sentencing Since reaching a peak in 2013, the federal prison population declined 13% by the close of 2016—twice the national rate of decarceration. But recent policy changes by … Continued