From Spotlight PA (https://www.spotlightpa.org/): Pennsylvania lawmakers are weighing a bill that would let voters who aren’t affiliated with a political party vote in primaries. Former elected officials and government experts told the House State Government Committee in a hearing on Tuesday that Pennsylvania’s current … Continued
From Environment America (https://environmentamerica.org/): The biggest investment in climate action in U.S. history is now law.1 This win was decades in the making. You spoke up for our climate and made this victory possible. The Inflation Reduction Act isn’t perfect; … Continued
From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): Take Action! Go to https://www.regulations.gov/document/BOEM-2022-0031-0001 to submit a comment about the 2023-2028 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Proposed Program, which will determine how many ocean sites will be leased for … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Whether it’s charging your deductible to your credit card, having a hospital bill sent to collections, or racking up debt to pay for medications, millions of Americans have medical debt, even if they … Continued
Trump’s Postmaster General Louis DeJoy wants to cut 50,000 Postal Service positions.1 Go to https://act.demandprogress.org/sign/usps-cuts-dejoy here to stop DeJoy. Not only will DeJoy’s plan eliminate 50,000 good union jobs, it’ll also compromise the ability of the Postal Service to carry out … Continued
When ICE or CBP agents show up at someone’s door, they can, and often do, lie and identify themselves as police. That’s a major problem in many immigrant communities. Immigration agents misidentifying themselves as regular police seriously erodes trust in … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-08-15/civic-engagement/public-hearing-set-to-allow-independents-to-vote-in-pa-primaries/a80245-2 August 15, 2022 – Danielle Smith, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Opening up Pennsylvania’s primary elections to voters who aren’t registered either as Democrats or Republicans is the topic of a State House … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/08/12/arctic-warming-nearly-four-times-faster-earth-whole-study-finds “Scientific data keeps showing that the situation is more urgent than we had previously thought.” JULIA CONLEY August 12, 2022 Scientists have been underestimating how rapidly the Arctic is heating up compared to the Earth as a whole, … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/08/12/game-changer-and-reason-hope-house-passes-inflation-reduction-act “We’ve got more to do,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal said on the House floor. “But today, let’s celebrate this massive investment for the people.” JAKE JOHNSON August 12, 2022 Without the support of a single Republican, Democrats in the … Continued
