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Category Archives: Action Alert
Upcoming Potential Milestone in PA Redistricting Reform & What You Can Do About It NOW
Every ten years, following the census, the political party in power gets to redraw the lines of congressional districts. This process, called redistricting, is often used by the party in power to do what is known as gerrymandering, or drawing … More after the jump
Action Alert: Whipcount of PA Dems on Social Security Cuts
President Obama is chasing a doomed Grand Bargain with the Republicans again and he’s offering up Social Security cuts in his budget to impress the Beltway crowd with how Serious he is. This is terrible policy and even worse politics, so we need our Democratic members of Congress … More after the jump
Posted in Action Alert
Keystone Progress: Eric Holder Should Investigate PA DEP
Our friends at Keystone Progress have a SignOn petition with close to 15,000 signatures calling on US Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for misconduct and fraud related to withholding information about drilling contaminants … More after the jump
Posted in Action Alert, Environment and Energy, State Government
Building on the AFL-CIO’s 500K Doors, 500K Calls, & 1.5MIL Worksite Fliers
Yesterday, the AFL-CIO announced that since September, nearly 5,000 labor activists in Pennsylvania had made over 500,000 phone calls to voters, knocked on over 500,000 doors and had handed out nearly 1.5 million fliers at work sites across the state.
Posted in Action Alert, Elections, Labor and Unions
UFCW Releases New Ad as Turzai Moves to Vote on Privatization
House Majority Leader Mike Turzai has announced he plans to bring House Bill 11, the Wine and Spirits store privatization bill, up for a vote this week. The vote will most likely take place Monday or Tuesday. Given that the … More after the jump
Action Alert: PA Statewide Bake Sale for Public Education
Keystone Politics has just been informed of what looks to be a great event protesting Governor Corbett’s cuts to the education budget. Parents and community members representing school districts from central PA, including Franklin, York, Cumberland, and Dauphin Counties, will … More after the jump
Posted in Action Alert, Budget/Taxes/Spending, Education, Governor Corbett
Can You Hear Them Now? Verizon Workers Hold Day of Action
Tomorrow, there will be a National Day of Action for 45,000 Verizon workers that are members of Communications Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), each of which are trying to win a fair contract. CWA … More after the jump
Posted in Action Alert, Business, Labor and Unions
Rick Rally Tonight in Gettysburg
It appears that our friends at Keystone Progress are having a rally tonight in Gettysburg during what may very well be the high water mark of the Santorum surge. The details of the event as well as the press release … More after the jump
KILL THE BILL: Call Congress and Tell Them to Oppose SOPA and PIPA
I’ll keep this short and sweet – the free and open Internet, which we rely on to publish alternative publications like Keystone Politics – is under attack. If the SOPA and PIPA bills pass Congress, the government and corporations will … More after the jump
State of Emergency Declared in PA: PennDOT Says “Stay off Roads.”
Did PennDOT just give us all an excuse to stay home from work?! The transportation agency says that, if you can avoid it, please don’t travel and stay off the roads today. Major flooding in eastern PA isn’t expected to … More after the jump
