
Pennsylvania Health Advocates Say Governor Shapiro Has Let Residents Down on Fracking Protections
A new report assesses the governor’s first two years, concluding that a few positive steps are outweighed by larger inaction.
A new report assesses the governor’s first two years, concluding that a few positive steps are outweighed by larger inaction.
The DRBC says the current plan to boost downstream flows may not be enough to repel a “salt front” in the tidal Delaware River.
At the first two hearings, some folks brought receipts, and some brought excuses, while the cyber charters themselves declined to appear at all.
Gallego travels to Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District and will be joined by Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, who is running against Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, “to engage the constituents Fitzpatrick is ignoring as he backs his party’s reckless budget resolution.”
Still, teachers, families and advocates remain concerned about the stability of Head Start. The Trump administration is closing several regional offices and laying off the staff who support the program, which has led to funding delays that threatened to close individual preschools.
“If you read the news a lot last year, you might have seen that we made history with the largest state [funding] increase ever. However, it only filled 11 percent of the total gap in funding that our schools need,” said Children First’s Priyanka Reyes-Kaura.
BCOC’s Economic Self-sufficiency Program has now reached 420 families becoming financially independent since its inception.