By Michele L. Jawando and Billy Corriher Within an hour of the news of Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing on February 13, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said the Senate should not consider any U.S. Supreme Court nominee until the…
NEWS
Hite pledges nurse, counselor for every school
By Martha Woodall, Susan Snyder and Tricia L. Nadolny – Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. pledged Thursday to have a full-time nurse and counselor in every Philadelphia district school next fall. But the plan, presented at a principals’ meeting at…
PENNSYLVANIA AFL-CIO CONVENTION: April 5th through April 7th in Philadelphia
By The PA. AFL-CIO Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO 42nd Constitutional Convention will be held in Philadelphia beginning Tuesday, April 5th through Thursday, April 7th, 2016 at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel at 17th and Race Streets. National, state,…
Sign the petition—tell the Senate to do its job; Support a fair nomination process and a timely vote for the next Supreme Court nominee.
By Organizing for Action – Sign the petition—tell the Senate to do its job Our Supreme Court is too important to be held hostage by the same partisan gridlock that has caused government shutdowns. President Obama is taking…
Proposal: city workers surrender pensions, get cash buyout
By Claudia Vargas – City Controller Alan Butkovitz thinks he has a solution for Philadelphia’s staggeringly underfunded pension fund: buyouts. Butkovitz is proposing that the city offer up-front cash payments to retirees, who, if they took the option, would surrender…
