Despite a legal aid group asking the commonwealth court to grant an injunction, a small cash assistance for the poor has ended, effective Thursday.
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New York Enacts Historic Tenant Protections
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“We’ll begin to reverse the tide of the last 25 years of the landlords having the advantage to having people not be priced out of their homes, pushed out of their homes, threatened out of their homes.”
Government
PA Governor Meets With Protesters Outside His Home; They Talk General Assistance
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“We would like [Wolf] to send back any budget that eliminates and guts General Assistance…and will cause people to die.”
agriculture
Farmers Find Little Help In Trump’s New Immigration Plan
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The New York Farm Bureau said farmers need more workers and it wants the President to consider an expansion of a visa program.
Farmers Concerned With Proposed Changes To New York Labor Law
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“Farm workers are excluded from labor laws that protect all other workers. So, do we want to level the playing field and ensure that those protections are in place?”
Government
PA Republicans, Democrats Stake Out Positions In General Assistance Battle
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Republicans want to repeal Pennsylvania’s general assistance program, which gives small sums of cash to poor people.
Economy
The Poor People’s Campaign Is Back In PA’s Capitol, With A Long List Of Demands
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The campaign was renewed on a national scale in 2017. And over the last year, its chapter in Pennsylvania has begun making regular trips to the state Capitol.
Proposed Increases In New York’s Early Childhood Budget Explained
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The New York State Assembly has released its budget priorities. Among those priorities for Democrats is more money for early childhood education and health services for “at-risk” children.
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Shortage Of Affordable Housing Drives Up Homelessness In Southern Tier
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“We’re actually seeing the biggest increases in the number of families who are facing homelessness. So, typically that would look like a young single mom with 2 or 3 young children.”
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PA Budget Would Add $400-Million To Human Services
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Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s $34.1 billion proposal includes a $400 million increase to the Department of Human Services. That takes the total ask to $12.9 billion for the agency, which administers an array of programs such as medical assistance, food assistance and mental health and substance abuse services.