Andrea Sears PHILADELPHIA — Reproductive-rights advocates say if the U.S. Supreme Court weakens or overturns Roe v. Wade, more women may seek abortion services in Pennsylvania. Lawmakers in Ohio have said they intend to limit access to abortions as much as possible, and West Virginia still has an abortion ban on the books that predates […]
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Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — A new report shows state spending on special education has remained almost unchanged for a decade, leaving school districts to pick up the rising costs. The report, called “A Decade of Shortchanging Students with Disabilities“, demonstrated from 2009 to 2019, Pennsylvania school districts increased spending on special education by $2 […]
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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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Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — More than fifty advocacy organizations have sent a letter to Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation urging immediate action on a new COVID relief package. Ten months into the COVID pandemic, more than 1.3 million Pennsylvania households report they are struggling to put food on the table and half a million households have fallen behind […]
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“Dreamers” cautious and hopeful over DACA ruling; the pandemic makes open enrollment all the more important. Download QR 🡻
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We examine the fate of the Trump border wall under Biden; and climate change triggers mold in the Carolinas. Download QR 🡻
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. — This is American Education Week and even with the disruptions of a national health crisis, educators say there is plenty to celebrate. School closures, remote learning and fears of spreading the coronavirus have presented teachers, parents and students with a unique set of challenges this year. Joe Welch, an eighth-grade American […]
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By: Andrea Sears HARRISBURG, Pa. – An independent think tank has released a list of ten actions it says the incoming Biden administration could take to support equal rights and protections for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community. From the ban on transgender people serving in the military to administration support for religious exemptions to anti-discrimination […]
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