No staff = No child care – June 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...

When the Punishment is Worse than the Crime – June 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...

Are vouchers coming to PA? – June 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...

Toto, We’re Not in DC Anymore

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)...

Right from the PA Attorney General – May 30, 2025

  PA’S TOP COP SUPPORTS DIVERTING KIDS FROM JAIL “When you collaborate and have great outcomes, people like to see that. When crime goes down, when families remain together, when people are employed, it’s this amazing situation that people want to be...

A Backstop to Federal Cuts – May 23, 2025

  THEY’RE MESSING WITH PENNSYLVANIAN’S CHILDREN  Four TRILLION dollars in tax cuts passed at the expense of children and families. By a single vote, the U.S. House of Representatives just passed a massive budget bill that literally takes food and medical...