Now that that the Financial Services Committee has voted to pass the Financial CHOICE Act along strict party lines, and some members are being held accountable in their home districts, the vote on the floor of the House is slated for next … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): Too many state legislators want to rollback clean water protections, which is exactly why we cannot miss the chance to urge the Fish and Boat Commission to protect 128 wild trout streams. Pennsylvania has more polluted waterways than … Continued
Posted at http://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/may/pennsylvanias-budget-choices-year May 27, 2017 10:01 am | Marc Stier As we head into what everyone hopes will be the last month of the Pennsylvania budget season, this is a good moment to take stock of where we are … Continued
Posted at https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/apa/65642 Vast majority experienced separation anxiety by DeeAnn Visk PhD May 28, 2017 SAN DIEGO — Syrian refugee children living in the U.S. reported high levels of anxiety, according to research presented at the American Psychiatric Association meeting. Based on self-reported … Continued
From Americans United for Separation of Church and State (http://www.au.org): See Action at end. May 23, 2017 by Liz Hayes in Wall of Separation Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was expected to finally reveal details of President Donald J. Trump’s long-promised federal school voucher … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): On June 6, 1939, over 900 Jewish refugees aboard the MS St. Louis were turned away from the shores of the United States, and sent back to Nazi Europe. As our government again seeks … Continued
Surveillance video showed an interaction between a Woodland Hills High School student and school resource officer Steve Shaulis. Photo via WESA. By Harold Jordan, Senior Policy Advocate, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania Controversy continues to swirl over a series … Continued
Late yesterday, Nevada became the 19th state to call for a constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s abominable Citizens United ruling — bringing us halfway to the number of states needed to ratify an amendment. This is an … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/05/24/chn-cbo-analysis-23-million-reasons-house-health-care-bill-must-defeated/#.WSg7WevysdU By David Elliot May 24, 2017 Editor’s note: Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, issued the following statement Wednesday in response to the CBO’s analysis of the House health care legislation: “Twenty-three million fewer … Continued
From the PICO National Network (http://www.piconetwork.org): If it wasn’t obvious before, analysis done by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shows that Trumpcare would rob 23 million people of their health care and make radical changes to Medicaid. All while … Continued