From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): Members of Congress are working to reach a compromise on an infrastructure package that could pass with bipartisan support. So far, however, these negotiations do not include robust investments to make housing affordable to … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): Keystone Research Center economists Stephen Herzenberg and Maisum Murtaza today published a blog that interprets the latest job and small business data for Pennsylvania editorial boards, reporters, and other media. They finds that Pennsylvania is still 400,000+ … Continued
From Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania (http://www.housingalliancepa.org/): On June 8, 2021, after months of education and advocacy, Housing Alliance champion Senator David Argall introduced a co-sponsor memo to fund Pennsylvania’s State Housing Tax Credit program. Now, we need everyone to call their state senators and … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The 2021 redistricting process has officially begun―and we must speak out to stop partisan politicians from creating rigged, unfair maps that are created to silence voters and limit the political power of marginalized … Continued
From the National Alliance to End Homelessness (http://www.endhomelessness.org): This week, the IRS has started sending letters to families eligible for monthly Child Tax Credit payments, informing them that they qualify based on past tax returns. Most families do not need … Continued
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently requesting speakers for three virtual “listening sessions” to receive input on the EPA’s upcoming standards for methane pollution from existing oil and gas facilities. Please email rzerbo@cleanair.org if you would like to … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/09/55-us-corporations-paying-no-federal-tax-last-year-spent-450-million-political “The lobbying, campaign contributions, and tax avoidance by these 55 companies is a never-ending cycle in which the companies spend to win tax breaks, then use the money saved from those breaks to try to get more.” … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/06/09/keystone-xl-dead-after-10-year-battle-climate-movement-victory-complete “Keystone XL is now the most famous fossil fuel project killed by the climate movement,’ said one veteran campaigner, “but it won’t be the last.” JON QUEALLY, STAFF WRITER June 9, 2021 Former U.S. President Barack Obama … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.krc-pbpc.org): A newly released Independent Fiscal Office report indicates Pennsylvania should end the fiscal year with a sizable revenue surplus. We are looking at a $3-billion revenue surplus for the current fiscal year, … Continued
From Clean Water Action (http://www.cleanwateraction.org/): The EPA announced that they will begin the process of repealing the Trump administration’s Dirty Water Rule. Although this is an important first step and we agree the unlawful rule should be repealed, today’s announcement continues to … Continued