Seven Pennsylvania municipalities have received Welcoming America certification for pro-immigrant policies.
Student mental health has been a priority for state lawmakers and the Shapiro administration in the first half of his term.
County election workers flagged suspicious applications in a large batch turned in just before Monday’s deadline.
State election officials said the lawsuit is an effort to ‘sow confusion’ and disenfranchise uniformed service members.
Republicans in the committee opposed the bill that would guarantee all workers employed in the state would earn one hour of paid leave for every 40 hours worked and could use up to 40 hours of leave per year.
Washington County’s policy of preventing voters from finding out if their ballots are disqualified is unconstitutional.
Voting rights advocates say it’s clear that the timeliness of mail-in ballots is determined by when they are received in county elections offices and not the date on the envelope.
“The Administration’s notice to the court is a welcome acknowledgment of what we’ve long known to be true, which is that the Pennsylvania Constitution protects reproductive autonomy rights,” said the Women’s Law Project’s Susan J. Frietsche.
The $47.6 billion package includes a compromise on plans to fix Pennsylvania’s unconstitutional school funding system.
“Weaponizing a 200-year-old law to facilitate mass deportations is pure xenophobia and would repeat one of the darkest episodes in United States history,” said Erol Kekic, senior vice president of programs at Church World Service.
Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s First Congressional District has an estimated 5,201 federal employees.
The event, sponsored by The Braver Angels of Southeast Pennsylvania and League of Women Voters of Bucks County, is to promote dialogue and strengthen community relationships.
“The executive order is not law and cannot change existing law. The orders even say on them they do not have the force of law,” said Kristina Moon, a senior attorney at the Education Law Center.
The right-wing law firm Thomas More Society, along with their plaintiffs which include South Side Area School District and Knoch School District, and Republican State Representatives Barbara Gleim and Aaron Bernstine, want to make discrimination OK again in the commonwealth.
