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19 January 2011
WASHINGTON -- The never-ending debate over the massive new health care law officially resumed on the U.S. House floor Tuesday, ahead of today's scheduled vote on a repeal of the bill.
Headlines
19 January 2011
Erin Gill (left) of the Pennsylvania Health Access Network speaks Tuesday to a small group of people in favor of the health-care reform law outside the Johnstown office of U.S. Rep. Mark Critz.
Press Releases
17 January 2011
Don't Take Us Back: How Repeal Would Hurt Western PA Families
Local Residents, Labor Activists and Health Care Advocates to Thank
Congressman Jason Altmire's Aliquippa at District Office
Headlines
17 January 2011
The GOP is moving forward with an attempt to repeal Health Care Reform even though it will increase the deficit, and return thousands and thousands of people to the status of un-insured. The uninsured drive up health care costs for everyone, and this repeal serves no purpose except to be a battle against the current president. Americans deserve more than a GOP pissing match to see who is the toughest, especially when it is at our expense!
Headlines
28 December 2010
Philadelphia’s licenses and inspections commissioner, during a tour of a Germantown neighborhood, assured some frustrated homeowners that the city was dealing with ‘nuisance’ properties that bring the whole block down.
Press Releases
7 December 2010
ACTION United will hold a meeting with parents and concerned community members tonight in the wake of the release of their report Inequitable Distribution in Philadelphia Schools. Attendees will hear about the findings of the report and discuss ways to address the problem. “We are not interested in just throwing stones at this problem; we want to help the district find real solutions for our kids. We have ideas but we also want to hear from parents” said William Browning of ACTION United.
Headlines
5 December 2010
Poor and minority students at Philadelphia’s public schools are more likely to get less of one of the district’s most valuable resources — experienced teachers, found a new report.
Headlines
3 December 2010
Imagine living in a city where, in one neighborhood, a school is equipped with a plethora of resources, including a cadre of experienced teachers.
Meanwhile, in a school in another part of town, administrators struggle to recruit and retain enough teachers with more than three years of experience to make an impact.
Headlines
2 December 2010
About a dozen members of a citizen activist group protested today in front of the School District of Philadelphia offices, saying the distribution of the most experienced teachers is not fair and equitable, and neither is the education of children across the school district.