Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/10/20/14192/#.WAkqvfkrIdU By Lecia Imbery October 20, 2016 Housing costs eat up an exorbitant amount of low-income families’ budgets. A new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) shows that three-quarters of extremely low income (ELI) renter households, … Continued
Posted at http://www.clasp.org/issues/child-care-and-early-education/in-focus/a-broad-base-is-speaking-up-for-child-care OCT 11, 2016 By Christine Johnson-Staub As a testament to the critical role that child care plays in supporting today’s working families, a diverse array of voices is undertaking an important national conversation on the affordability and accessibility … Continued
Posted at http://www.clasp.org/issues/work-supports/in-focus/two-new-briefs-highlight-how-asset-limits-hold-back-public-benefit-recipients OCT 17, 2016 By Jessica Gehr and Victoria Palacio Savings allow families to start a small business, move to a better neighborhood, or simply handle unexpected bills. A reliable car can be necessary to get to work. But restrictive policies … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): Early this week, the PA Senate unfortunately passed SB 1330, the special standing/sue our cities bill. The vote was 30-19, which is not, as the NRA had been predicting, veto-proof. Next, the bill moved to the House … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-10-19/energy-policy/pa-could-be-carbon-free-by-2050/a54546-1 October 19, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Switching to 100 percent renewable source would save $9 billion in energy and fuel costs in Pennsylvania in 2050 alone. (USDA/Wikimedia Commons) … Continued
From Social Security Works (http://www.socialsecurityworks.org/): This morning, next year’s cost-of-living adjustment for Social Security was announced. It is a meager 0.3 percent — $5 per month. That $5 will not cover the cost of prescription drugs, which rose by 10 … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/10/17/the-election-tax-policy-and-the-economy/#.WAUTY_krIdU By Deborah Weinstein October 17, 2016 Last Friday, we noted that some very important issues have not gotten much attention in this campaign season. We cannot tell you who to vote for – hence the silenced Head Smacker. But we … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/fairtest-uncovers-one-possible-path-away-from-test-and-punish/ FairTest, the National Center for Fair and Open Testing, has released an important brief, Assessment Matters: Constructing Model State Systems to Replace Testing Overkill. The new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaced No Child Left Behind … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/10/11/big-pharma-spending-big-defeat-drug-price-measure Published on Tuesday, October 11, 2016 by Common Dreams Sanders lends support as battle over California’s price gouging ballot measure heats up By Nika Knight, staff writer Mylan infamously raised EpiPen prices by over 500 percent. California’s … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/10/12/denouncing-colossal-waste-drug-war-report-makes-case-decriminalization Published on Wednesday, October 12, 2016 by Common Dreams ‘Locking people up for using drugs causes tremendous harm, while doing nothing to help those who need and want treatment’ By Nadia Prupis, staff writer There were 574,640 … Continued