By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new report shows the number of children in Pennsylvania without health insurance is growing and children’s advocates are concerned those numbers could get worse. According to the 2020 State of Children’s Health Care Report from Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children, nearly 128,000 kids in the Keystone State are uninsured, the eighth-highest […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — With more people facing food insecurity during the COVID pandemic, anti-hunger advocates are urging Congress to increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. The HEROES Act, originally passed in the House last May, would raise the maximum benefit under SNAP by 15% through September of next year. But there has been no increase in […]
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GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander comes to the defense of Dr. Anthony Fauci; the NAACP goes to bat over student debt and Election 2020. Download QR 🡻
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — Anti-hunger advocates are expressing alarm at a new US Department of Agriculture requirement that millions of boxes of surplus food include a letter from President Donald Trump. The letters – claiming credit for the program funded by the CARES Act – started appearing in some Farmers to Families Food […]
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The White House isn’t contact tracing guests who attended Supreme Court nominee event; renters’ advocates fight loopholes in CDC eviction moratorium. Download QR 🡻
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Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new study shows the manufacturing sector in Pennsylvania and three other key swing states had gone into decline before the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis, performed by experts at The Century Foundation, Policy Matters Ohio and The Groundwork Collaborative, looked at job and wage growth since 2000. Stephen Herzenberg, executive director of the Keystone Research Center, explained […]
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Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding announced today that Pennsylvania’s agriculture industry will be celebrated virtually for the 2021 PA Farm Show, with no in-person events or competitions, to mitigate against COVID-19. “There are times in the life of a farmer when the risks are too great or uncertain, requiring farmers to make the tough decision to […]
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As Commissioners, we take seriously our role to protect Chester County’s natural resources and to try to ensure the health, safety and welfare of you, our residents, our businesses and the environment. The two major Mariner East 2 (ME2) pipeline construction events that occurred this past week – including the incident resulting in the release […]
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