WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * AFL Fights to Hold Pennsylvania School District Accountable for Providing Secret "Gender Transitioning Teams" to Students Without Parental Consent WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, America First Legal (AFL) filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit as it continues its fight to hold Pennsylvania's Pine-Richland School District accountable fo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- Earthworks issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Earthworks Praises Pennsylvania's Efforts to Stop Trump Administration's Unconstitutional Funding Freeze Background: On Thursday, February 12th, Governor Shapiro announced that Pennsylvania had filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration's unconstitutional freeze of $1.2 billion in congressional appropriated funding. These funds contributed to numerous efforts and programs across the commonwea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2025: * * * Faculty, coaches do not have confidence in Commonwealth University president, vote shows Faculty and coaches at Commonwealth University declared their lack of confidence in university President Bashar Hanna's leadership in a vote this week.  The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties polled its members as well as   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14 -- Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture), an environmental advocacy organization, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * FERC Makes a Bad Call Moving Gas Plants Ahead of the Line FERC Approval of PJM "Queue-Jumping" Plan Will Raise Energy Costs for Pennsylvanians and Harm the Environment PennFuture vehemently disagrees with today's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval of PJM Interconnection, Inc.'s Reliability Res  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 15 -- PennEnvironment issued the following news release on Feb. 14, 2025: * * * Montco's Abington Township passes ban on single-use plastic bags Ordinance is the first in PA to pass in 2025 and could eliminate over 21 million plastic bags per year Last night, Thursday, February 13th, the Abington Township Board of Commissioners passed legislation which will ban the distribution of single-use plastic bags in the township. Through this action, Abington Townsh  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14 -- Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture), an environmental advocacy organization, issued the following news release: * * * PennFuture supports Governor Josh Shapiro's lawsuit to protect Pennsylvanians through the immediate restoration of PA's access to federal funds Governor Shapiro seeks to halt an environmental and public health crisis in Pennsylvania PennFuture strongly supports Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's efforts to unfreeze critical f  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America posted the following news release: * * * Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Workers Remain on Strike PITTSBURGH - The Communications Workers of America (CWA) union, representing striking journalists, production, and advertising workers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, released the following statement in response to the decision issued by the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania: Strik  more