From the Every Child Matters Education Fund (http://www.everychildmatters.org/): Family comes first. Parents who are working to provide for their family need to know that their children are receiving excellent care. They shouldn’t have to choose between paying for a quality … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-04-20/senior-issues/more-support-for-family-caregivers-in-pa/a57359-1 April 20, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Hospitals must tell caregivers about discharge plans and give training for home care. (agilemktg1/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Family caregivers in Pennsylvania now … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/04/19/15594/#.WPfPFfkrIdU By Leo Nguyen April 19, 2017 Closing racial disparities in homeownerships. Ending domestic hunger in low-income communities. Tackling the gender pay gap. Proposing commonsense, high-quality, and realistic child care reform. CHN’s … Continued
Download the document What Does Senate Bill 76 Do? Senate Bill 76 would re-organize the state’s taxation and educational systems, with vast negative consequences for Pennsylvania’s schools, its workers and consumers, and the economy of the commonwealth. SB 76: Eliminates … Continued
From the Coalition for Peace Action (http://www.peacecoalition.org/): INDW has been working for months to produce films to educate congregations on the rapidly growing issue of drone warfare. We have just finished a 30 minute film Safe and Moral: War, Peace, … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Congressional leadership is not backing away from their attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Next week members return to Washington and have pledged to continue efforts to repeal the ACA and gut … Continued
By: Andrew Small, Atlantic City Lab Published: April 12, 2017 In the spring and summer of 2011, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania strapped heart monitors onto test subjects and set them loose on the side streets of Philadelphia. The subjects strolled … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): Beginning in January, Pennsylvania legislators joined the White House in attacking immigrant and refugee communities. They started the year in the Senate by introducing and voting on SB10, a bill attempting to … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): PA’s Choice latest “budget stories” video is now online., The video focuses on the importance of adequately funding the protection of our air & water, specifically funding for the state Department of … Continued
A new Pennsylvania bill would make body camera video a tool for prosecutors — not the public. Photo via Flickr user North Charleston. By Matt Stroud, Criminal justice researcher, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania is swiftly pushing forward a … Continued