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Mayor Kenney & Councilmember Gym cast their vote for kids–July 11, 2019
NOTE: This week's edition of The Point has been preempted by this important message from Mayor Jim Kenney and Councilmember Helen Gym. Mayor Kenney & Helen Gym back PCCY's Parent Advocacy Accelerator VOTE EVERY DAY and help launch a new era for PARENT...
Why a $1B surplus has PA voters seeing red–June 28, 2019
Why a $1B surplus has PA voters seeing red This one’s really hard to swallow. State revenues are nearly a BILLION dollars higher than expected for this year. Next year, the fiscally conservative Senate bean-counters expect the state coffers will be more...
This summer more students get the break they need…–June 21, 2019
This summer more students get the break they need There’s no better spokesperson for a summer job than Greg Damas, currently a rising junior at Villanova majoring in finance, who got his big break at 14 when he was an intern at Comcast, thanks to...
28% of those who would benefit from living wage are parents–June 15, 2019
28% of those who would benefit from living wage are parents If you’re earning the federal minimum wage of $7.25/hour then you live below the federal poverty guidelines. In the “best” case scenario, where you have full time hours, that’s an annual income of...
PHL incentivizes discrimination against poor, young families–June 7, 2019
Incentivizing discrimination against poor, young Philly families How broken is Philadelphia’s lead disclosure law? Not only is the rate of compliance abysmally low due to its unenforceability, but some unscrupulous landlords are taking advantage...
PHL incentivizes discrimination against poor, young families–June 7, 2019
In the fog, 300k kids to lose Medicaid and CHIP–May 31, 2019
In the fog, 300k kids to lose Medicaid and CHIP The sheer volume of coverage pouring out from the nation’s capital means huge stories of great consequence can get lost, especially when the stories contain a hint of bureaucracy or complexity. One...
In the fog, 300k kids to lose Medicaid and CHIP–May 31, 2019
Preschoolers are big winners in primary vote–May 24, 2019
Preschoolers win big in primary election From pre-K classrooms to libraries to playgrounds across the city, you can see and touch the impact of Philadelphia’s coveted Soda Tax. On Tuesday, voters, as they have time and time again, declared our...