For weeks, they had been misleading Pennsylvanians by claiming the state budget couldn’t use surplus funding for investments in schools, housing, and vital services for families and communities.
Voting rights and our access to the ballot in Pennsylvania are under attack.
Voters in the Commonwealth showed this year that they wouldn’t stand for big-money donors distorting our state courts. Well, it’s time to do the same for our federal courts.
To protect fair and impartial justice, Pennsylvania voters need to turn out in huge numbers.
A flood of ethics scandals and a plummeting approval rate for the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s times like these that Pennsylvanians should have some gratitude for our own state courts.
Proponents of this voter suppression often employ dishonest and disingenuous racist dog whistles to make their case. Journalists shouldn’t uncritically print them.
So long as our state courts remain fair and impartial, extremists won’t be able to shamelessly trample on our rights and freedoms.
New Pennsylvania Project CEO Kadida Kenner’s keynote address on voting rights at the 34th Annual Dr. King Commemorative event Sunday in Media, PA.
It’s hard to overstate how important state courts are to maintaining rights and freedoms.
If ICE approves the 287(g) “task force model” application and the sheriff moves forward without the commissioners’ green light, legal action will be imminent and “Bucks County taxpayers will be on the hook.”
The Michigan state lawmaker with a rising national profile is running for U.S. Senate. She also has ties to Bucks County.
The Arizona senator also discussed how Democrats need to stop being “too effing safe all the time” and do a better job of reaching out to voters and expanding the party’s base.
“But without federal funding, the road ahead becomes more challenging — not just in sustaining what we do now, but in continuing to grow and innovate,” said Bill Marrazzo, President & CEO for WHYY.
Proposed funding cuts in the draft budget “would impact our ability to do similar investigations and ensure student safety in the future,” said Jennifer Garman, CEO of Philadelphia-based Disability Rights Pennsylvania.
