From Start Strong PA (https://startstrongpa.org/): We know Pennsylvania child care providers and parents are still enduring significant struggles with program staffing shortages, closings, illnesses and more. It is so important to continue to share these challenges with our elected officials … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-01-11/budget-policy-and-priorities/pas-new-broadband-development-authority-overseeing-internet-expansion/a77328-1 January 11, 2022 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvania stands to gain at least $100 million to improve broadband access from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The Pennsylvania … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Believe it or not, Pennsylvania isn’t home to a single national park! Maybe that’s not surprising since there are only nine national parks found east of the Mississippi. But an effort is underway to change that by … Continued
We encourage all our members, partners and friends to read this press release from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe announcing a press conference for tomorrow, Tuesday, January 11th, where Archbishop John C. Wester will discuss his pastoral letter, “Living in … Continued
Thanks to UU Justice PA (https://uujusticepa.org/): Yesterday we warned you about House Bill 2207, being fast-tracked through the state legislature, possibly by WEDNESDAY, that would ultimately give the majority party in each chamber of the legislature the power to draw legislative and congressional districts … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): We need a climate revival! After another year of record-breaking climate disasters, environmental injustices are degrading our communities, God’s Creation, and democracy. This year, we’re changing the script. Let’s move from degradation to resilience, from … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-01-10/housing-homelessness/after-fire-advocates-say-philly-must-address-affordable-housing-crisis/a77297-1 January 10, 2022 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A devastating fire in a Philadelphia public-housing rowhome last week killed 12 people, eight of them children. In the aftermath, advocates say … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): This past summer alone, 1 in 3 Americans lived in a county that was hit by a weather disaster.1 The climate crisis is supercharging storms, fires, hurricanes and more — and one of the most important things … Continued
From Americans for Tax Fairness (https://americansfortaxfairness.org/): The U.S. Postal service provides a critical public good―but it needs our help. Under the last two Republican administrations, the USPS has been under constant attack. In 2006, during the George W. Bush administration, … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-01-07/census/pa-lawsuit-asks-state-supreme-court-to-intervene-in-redistricting/a77277-1 January 7, 2022 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A new lawsuit asks the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to intervene in creating a new congressional district map for the Commonwealth, as concerns … Continued