From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Senate Local Government Committee passed HB 1885, legislation that will result in discrimination toward our immigrant brothers and sisters. We have another chance to stop this bill from passing the Pennsylvania Senate. … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): State lawmakers widely acknowledge that Pennsylvania’s charter school law is flawed, outdated, and must be revised. Nevertheless, year after year, Harrisburg has failed to fix its own broken charter school law. Lawmakers have failed to … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Recently, nearly-record low Arctic Ocean ice coverage forced about 6,000 walrus onto land, distancing them from their food source. It’s time for the Senate to act by taking a stand against Arctic Ocean oil … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-10-14/education/challenging-charters-profits-from-students-with-disabilities/a54470-1 October 14, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Charter schools often collect $10,000 more than they spend on a student with disabilities, according to the Pennsylvania School Board Assn. (Dscot018/Wikimedia … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/10/14/the-state-of-poverty-in-your-state-2/#.WAfSx_krIdU By Ana-Elisa Gentle October 14, 2016 In the wake of the September release of the 2015 Census Bureau data on poverty, CHN put out a national report, The High Cost of Being Poor in the U.S., which detailed our findings … Continued
From Interfaith Worker Justice (http://www.iwj.org): There’s a crisis happening right now in coal communities across the nation. Working people are being laid off from their jobs at a catastrophic scale, losing critical health and retirement benefits while coal executives cash … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2016/october/revenue-shortfall-and-budget Oct 07, 2016 11:33 am | Marc Stier Almost as soon as the Pennsylvania budget was passed in July, rumors swirled about the legislature coming back—either in a lame duck session in December or next year—to fix … Continued
From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org): From the hunger crisis in West Africa to Hurricane Matthew that has wiped out nearly 80 percent of crops in Haiti, the biggest challenges facing our world rarely make the nightly news. Many people aren’t even … Continued
From UUPLAN (http://www.uuplan.com/): We have hit an important milestone in our collective efforts to halt the inhumane detention of Central American mothers and children seeking asylum in the U.S. Just a few days ago, the Department of Homeland Security’s own … Continued
The Neighborhood Assistance Program (NAP) helps our members and others strengthen communities. Unfortunately, the funding has not increased since 1967! Now, imagine doubling the amount of NAP tax credits from the current $18 million to $36 million. Pennsylvania House Bill 2213 would do … Continued