From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): HB 33, the bill to eliminate General Assistance, is likely to move as part of the budget this June. This means that we only have a couple of weeks to make our voices heard … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Submit a comment today at https://actionnetwork.org/letters/submit-your-official-comment-tell-the-department-of-labor-to-reject-trumps-weak-overtime-rules! In 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) attempted to strengthen overtime regulations for working people. The updated overtime pay rule would have raised the overtime salary threshold from … Continued
HARRISBURG – The Keystone Research Center released a new study today outlining the demographics of the over two million workers across the state who would see their wages raised if Pennsylvania would raise its minimum wage to $15/hour by the … Continued
From the National Alliance to End Homelessness (http://www.endhomelessness.org): We are at the start of yet another federal budget cycle. The Alliance’s top priority is a substantial increase in funding for HUD’s homeless assistance programs (the Continuum of Care, and the Emergency … Continued
Go to https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/05/07/2019-09106/request-for-comment-on-the-consumer-inflation-measures-produced-by-federal-statistical-agencies to provide a comment. From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (http://www.cbpp.org): CBPP Statement: May 7, 2019 – For Immediate Release BY SHARON PARROTT The Administration yesterday floated a proposal to use a lower measure of inflation when adjusting the … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): From our friends at the Children’s Defense Fund: Nearly 1 in 5 children live in poverty in the United States. That’s more than 12.8 million children who often face inadequate health care and … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/04/24/promising-signs-america-waking-student-debt-crisis Published on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 by Common Dreams By Sean McElwee Protestors gather in Parliament Square during a march against student university fees on November 19, 2014 in London, England. (Photo: Rob Stothard/Getty Images) The revolution … Continued
From We the People PA (http://wethepeoplepa.org/): Every state surrounding our Commonwealth has raised its minimum wage while Pennsylvania remains stuck at $7.25, where it’s been for 10 years. But we have a chance to raise the wage in the next … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): HARRISBURG – Senator Robert Casey today joined Senators Sherrod Brown, Michael Bennet, Dick Durbin, and Ron Wyden to introduce the Working Families Tax Relief Act, legislation that would begin to fix our … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/04/03/flood-comments-shows-public-utterly-repulsed-trump-plan-take-food-stamps-750000 Published on Wednesday, April 03, 2019 by Common Dreams “This is a direct attack on the most vulnerable among us and this policy violence cannot go unchallenged,” said Rev. William Barber By Jake Johnson, staff writer U.S. … Continued