From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): Today, we take a fresh breath of air and rejoice at the vision of a better future. Yesterday afternoon, we received word that Miriam Vargas has returned to her Columbus, OH home to be … Continued
Posted at https://www.penncapital-star.com/blog/wolf-centralized-registration-for-vaccines-could-come-when-supply-grows/ By Elizabeth Hardison February 23, 2021 (Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, an emergency department physician at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, receives Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, Mon., 12/14/20) Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday that Pennsylvania may launch a centralized tool to … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): It sounds too outrageous to be true, but: when Pennsylvania has some of its smoggiest and unhealthiest air days, state officials allow dirty power plants to turn off their pollution-reducing equipment and actually INCREASE THEIR SMOG POLLUTION. Speak … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/23/we-must-heed-warning-1-3-freshwater-fishes-vital-food-and-jobs-millions-face Published on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 by Common Dreams “Humanity can’t afford to lose any more of the world’s forgotten fishes or the freshwater ecosystems they inhabit.” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer A new report by WWF … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): The Supreme Court of the United States decided against hearing three cases that would disqualify over 10,000 Pennsylvania ballots — meaning they won’t be second-guessing some of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s major pro-voter decisions. In the months … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/22/virginia-nations-death-penalty-capital-poised-become-first-state-south-ban-capital Published on Monday, February 22, 2021 by Common Dreams “Thankfully, the repeal of the death penalty by its leading practitioner gives hope that work for justice is not in vain.” By Andrea Germanos, staff writer Derick Lane … Continued
CeaseFirePA will be hosting seven Zoom training sessions to make sure all participants are prepared to meet with lawmakers and effectively advocate for the Common Agenda at the Virtual Lobby Day on March 23. Here is the list of training dates, … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): As people of faith, we know how important it is that our laws reflect that all people have dignity. Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity is unjust and immoral. Last … Continued
From the Philadelphia Unemployment Project (http://www.philaup.org/): The Philadelphia Unemployment Project is launching a state-wide petition demanding that Gov. Wolf and Lt. Gov. Fetterman immediately fix our state’s broken unemployment system. Hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians have gone weeks missing payments, unable to … Continued
