SOME GOOD NEWS FOR A CHANGE "Aaliyah is learning so much at her summer program. She has fun, she learns a lot and gets to do things like museums and field trips that I can’t do," said Aaliyah's grandmother, Michelle, who is raising the 10-year-old. Aaliyah is...
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Coming Up Aces for Kids – Jul 25, 2025
WHO'S WINNING IN THIS GAME? PA students could hit the jackpot if the players in Harrisburg would agree on how to tax "video-gaming" terminals in bars, fire halls, taverns, and convenience stores. In a rare public display of intramural rivalry, the competition...
What’s the Story in Harrisburg? – July 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 lawmakers couldn't meet...
It’s Just Cruel… – July 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...
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 part of."...
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...