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 … Continue reading “PA Urged to Extend Medicaid for New Mothers”
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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 … Continue reading “Visits Bring Relief to Nursing Home Residents”
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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 38Â was put on hold after two Republicans on the House … Continue reading “Pennsylvania Judicial Districts Amendment Faces Bipartisan Skepticism”
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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 … Continue reading “Report: Appalachia Climate Plan Means PA Jobs”
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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 … Continue reading “Biden Eviction Moratorium Is A Good Start”
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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 … Continue reading “Letter to UN Alleges Misconduct by Philly Police”
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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 … Continue reading “Report: PA Child Health Care Headed in Wrong Direction”
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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 … Continue reading “Anti-Hunger Advocates Call for SNAP Boost”
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