From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): Pennsylvania just became the 38th state to enact a law classifying non-lethal strangulation as a stand-alone crime (http://www.pahomepage.com/news/governor-wolf-signs-bill-strengthening-domestic-violence-laws). Strangulation is the single most accurate predictor of a future domestic violence homicide, but has been … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-10-27/childrens-issues/more-pa-kids-have-health-insurance/a54689-1 October 27, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Children with health insurance are more likely to do well in school. (U.S. Navy/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania has reduced the … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/10/25/four-reasons-why-consumers-will-find-affordable-health-insurance-in-the-marketplaces/#.WBDDrS0rIdU By Families USA October 25, 2016 Editor’s note: With the press coverage and campaign rhetoric about increasing premiums in Affordable Care Act marketplace plans, we want you to see important facts, supplied by the health care experts at Families USA. Open … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/10/26/11511/ It is October, when the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) updates its report on overall school spending across the states. In this year’s version, released last week, CBPP presents new numbers (in inflation-adjusted dollars) depicting … Continued
From the Kairos Center (https://kairoscenter.org/): Your struggle gives us – and the wider world – a moral and spiritual vision. The truth you’re exposing is that those of us most impacted by the evils in our society will be the … Continued
CALL YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE today to urge them to vote YES on House Resolution 932. This resolution would have the State House on record opposing TPP! WHY FIGHT TPP? The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is presented as a “free- trade” agreement … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-10-24/juvenile-justice/report-calls-for-closing-juvenile-prisons/a54616-1 October 24, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Report says locking up youths has high costs and hurts children. (Unsplash/Pixabay.com) PHILADELPHIA — The number of young people in juvenile detention … Continued
Here is a message being sent today to all Pennsylvania Senators, calling for them to vote NO to SB 1885. This is legislation that would discriminate against immigrants in Pennsylvania. It will be accompanied by a letter signed by over … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): Pennsylvania legislative leaders are considering trying to shoe-horn into the end of the legislative session a pension proposal that is an amalgam of old proposals rejected in the past four years. Based on actuarial studies, … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): On Friday, October 21, Before the Flood, a film by Academy Award winners Leonardo DiCaprio and Fisher Stevens, will be released in theaters from New York to Los Angeles. The film follows Leonardo DiCaprio … Continued