The open letter organized by Issue One warns that “America is suddenly at a perilous crossroad” and urges Congress to start acting like a check and balance to the executive branch as the Constitution mandates.
This is why State Rep. Jim Prokopiak keeps his focus in Harrisburg squarely on “increased education funding, and [the need to] make sure that we have access to affordable healthcare and good paying jobs.”
The state’s top election official calls on the Legislature to update rules, and to give local administrators a voice.
ALICE households, Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed, live in a financial Catch-22.
Editor Cyril Mychalejko’s conversation with the head of the New Pennsylvania Project also touches on Civil Rights history, the importance of this year’s statewide judicial elections, and anti-democratic legislation like the SAVE Act.
It’s just one of the ways lawmakers are trying to insert Judeo-Christian doctrine into public education.
Under attack by Trump, the Sanctuary Movement is rising up with other human rights activists against the greatest threat to immigrants since Reagan’s dirty wars created the first flood of people fleeing for their lives out of Central America.
The 154-year-old district administration building has a long history in Newtown – and advocates want to protect it.
Money from these programs is currently being held hostage by Trump to benefit the billionaire oil and gas CEOs who funded his campaign.
Locally, the cuts have already hacked away about one-third of the $800,000 the federal government had been sending to supplement Bucks County Opportunity Council programs like Fresh Connect.
“Anyone who visited Starbucks at 2896 S. Eagle Road in Newtown between 10:50 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on March 19 should monitor for symptoms,” the Bucks County Health Department warns.
“These bills will protect health care coverage for Pennsylvanians, regardless of what happens at the federal level,” said state Rep. Perry Warren.
But advocates argue reforms ought to be focused on expanding the electorate and turnout, not making it more difficult to vote.
Providing public oversight of the regional electric grid operator and utility companies’ decision-making will help ensure lower energy rates for consumers and that Pennsylvania is meeting its clean energy needs.
