Jul 18, 2025
FUNDING EDUCATION CAN’T TAKE A VACATION In about a month, kids are going to return to the classroom and schools still don’t know what resources they’ll have. The PA state budget is now three weeks overdue, the 14th time in 20 years that...
Jul 11, 2025
Federal Policy that Harms Children Should be A Non-Starter Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a ban on children living in the U.S. without legal citizenship status from receiving services in essential federally funded health care...
Jun 27, 2025
MAKING PROGRESS ON CHILD CARE It’s about darn time. Parents and child care providers too often get lip service from lawmakers about solving the child care crisis. A roll call vote this week on a child care bill forced Pennsylvania legislators to show where they...
Jun 20, 2025
JAILING CHILDREN HURTS US ALL America locks up children more than most countries in the world. It’s because our laws – not our kids – are bad. More than 38,000 U.S. children are behind bars for serious offenses but also things as simple as shoplifting, underage...
Jun 15, 2025
REAL CHOICE REQUIRES REAL INVESTMENT State lawmakers have a choice to make. Choice 1: dedicate tax dollars to building an effective public education system where every student who walks through the doors graduates with real world skills. Choice 2: divert...
Jun 6, 2025
TWO BEFORE TWO There’s no place like home, according to Dorothy. Thanks to lawmakers in our home state, PA kids don’t have to click their heels three times to summon attention on the problem of lead poisoning. Case in point, state Representative Shelby Labs (R-Bucks)...
