By: Patrick Cicero Published: September 8, 2016 NATIONWIDE, low-income households spend an average of three times as much of their income on energy as higher income households, in large part because of energy-inefficient housing. Low-income households here in Pennsylvania are … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-09-14/environment/prioritizing-five-counties-is-key-to-pas-clean-water-efforts/a54027-1 September 14, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window About 1,400 miles of rivers and streams in five priority counties have been damaged by agricultural pollution. (Ruhrfisch/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2016/september/education-voters-pa-statement-oral-argument-pa-supreme-court-school-funding-lawsuit Sep 14, 2016 09:58 am | Susan Spicka The following is a guest post from Susan Spicka, Executive Director of Education Voters of Pennsylvania. It was originally posted on their blog here. Following oral argument of the … Continued
From the Partnership for New Americans (http://partnershipfornewamericans.org/): CHICAGO—According to USCIS data published recently, 926,189 individuals have applied to become American citizens since this time last year. The data from the third quarter of FY 2016 shows a 32.1 percent spike … Continued
From Peace Action (http://www.peace-action.org/): Legislation has been introduced to block the administration’s proposed $1.15 billion weapon sale to Saudi Arabia. Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT), Rand Paul (R-KY), Al Franken (D-MN) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced the bill just last week, … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): The gun lobby and their friends in Harrisburg seem to be in a timewarp. Just like two years ago, they are trying to ram through the special standing bill during the short time between summer recess and … Continued
The Census Bureau has released two reports with some information about poverty and median income by state and for the most populous metro areas. They say their tables with the full range of American Community Survey will be up on … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): The recent Census Bureau annual report on poverty, income, and health coverage shows major economic improvement on a number of indicators, including a drop in poverty from 14.8 percent of Americans in 2014 to 13.5 percent in … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): We need your help today, as Congress might flatline funding for refugee resettlement at the same time as we prepare to welcome more refugees in 2017. I want to share the story of my … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): 3.5 million fewer people were poor in 2015 than in 2014 (1 million fewer poor children among them). That’s a reduction from 14.8 percent poor in 2014 to 13.5 percent in 2015. Good … Continued