Pennsylvania’s Proposed Women’s Health Agenda
Kate Michelman discussing strategy with women’s health care advocates and members of the General Assembly Health Care Agenda Caucus. Yesterday (Monday, September 30, 2013), I attended a two-hour...
View ArticleALEC and Preemption in Pennsylvania
Help Stop ALEC (Graphic courtesy of and permission to use by Keystone Progress) Two days ago, the Guardian released some papers that were leaked from the August 2013 ALEC – American Legislative...
View ArticleUnderhanded Attempt to Pass a Paid/Unpaid ALEC Sick Leave Preemption Bill?
Help Stop ALEC In December, I posted a blog about some Pennsylvania legislators’ connections to ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. Among those legislators is Representative Seth Grove of...
View ArticleSample Letter Opposing Sick Leave Preemption Bill
Help Stop ALEC Yesterday afternoon, the Pennsylvania House Labor and Industry Committee forwarded a sick leave preemption bill — HB 1960 — to the floor of the Pennsylvania House of Representative...
View ArticleShenanigans in the PA Senate
Stop Violence Against Women NOW Shenanigans in the Senate. Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Senate Local Government committee added an amendment to HB1796. This bill passed unanimously out of the House of...
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