By: Andrea Sears PITTSBURGH – The COVID pandemic has shown that the lack of a paid family-leave system has devastating consequences for families, public health and the economy, according to backers of the idea. The United States is one of the few countries without a national paid-leave policy. That means workers faced with a family […]
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Lancaster, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and South-Central Transit Authority (SCTA) will open the Christian Street Parking Lot on April 1 to assist Amtrak users originating in Lancaster. The lot is located on the corner of Christian Street and McGovern Avenue across from the Amtrak station and has 53 surface spaces including […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — Child and maternal health advocates urged Pennsylvania to take advantage of an opportunity to extend coverage for new mothers on Medicaid. The United States has one of the highest maternal mortality rates of any industrialized country. But Medicaid usually only provides postpartum coverage for 60 days after the birth of a […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Families are returning to visit relatives in Pennsylvania nursing homes, bringing a year of painful isolation to an end for many seniors. More than a year after the COVID pandemic put nursing homes and long-term care facilities in the Commonwealth in lockdown, visitors are being welcomed back. Over the past […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — A proposed amendment to Pennsylvania’s state constitution that would create judicial districts for the election of appellate court judges won’t be on the primary ballot in May, but it could still go to the voters this year. House Bill 38 was put on hold after two Republicans on the House […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – Fighting climate change could be key to rebuilding the Pennsylvania workforce that’s been devastated by the COVID pandemic, a new report says. The Keystone State has lost a half-million jobs in the past year. According to the report from the Political Economy Research Institute, following the “ReImagine Appalachia Blueprint” would create thousands […]
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Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – As an estimated 230,000 Pennsylvania families face possible eviction, civil-rights advocates say President Joe Biden’s executive order extending the moratorium on evictions is a good start – but Congress could do more to protect tenants who have fallen behind on rent because of the pandemic. The moratorium was set to […]
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Andrea Sears PHILADELPHIA – Civil-rights groups have sent a written complaint to the United Nations over what they call violence and excessive force by Philadelphia police officers against Black Lives Matter protesters. The letter says police violence against demonstrators peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights in the demonstrations in May and June was a violation […]
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