(HARRISBURG, PA - February 6, 2024) Today, Governor Josh Shapiro called for full-blown legalization of marijuana for recreational use as part of his budget address, putting the addiction-for-profit marijuana industry above the health and well-being of Pennsylvania...
Take Action: Contact your State Representatives and State Senator to ask them to do everything in their power to restore funding to Real Alternatives and support pregnancy resource centers. Take Action Summary: Shortly after signing his first ever budget,...
Pennsylvania is currently weeks overdue on passing a state budget, in large part due to the impasse over the inclusion of additional school choice options, particularly scholarships that would provide a lifeline to students in the state’s lowest performing school...
In an open letter to Governor Josh Shapiro on the 2023 PA budget, a coalition of 65 organizations and leaders, including the Pennsylvania Family Council, are asking the Governor to support the creation of the Lifeline Scholarship Program in Pennsylvania, which...
This week, a helpful piece of legislation, Senate Bill 152 led by PA State Sen. Judy Ward (R-Blair), was passed out of the PA Senate Health Committee on a party-line vote (7-4). This bill would prioritize state funding for family planning in order to provide better...
FACT: Pennsylvania already takes more money from citizens through casino gambling than any other state - even Nevada, with its Mecca, Las Vegas. There, at least, a substantial percentage of the money-losers at casinos traveled there for that purpose. It’s called...
From the Patriot-News: When Pennsylvania changed the law last year to allow bars to run small games of chance, the state expected to be deluged with thousands of license applicants. So far, it's received six. And two of those applications were incomplete. When this...
by Tom Shaheen With State Budget Facing Deadline, We May See More School Choice in Pennsylvania! As PA House and Senate leaders and Gov. Corbett hammer out a state budget with the June 30th deadline looming, we hear that there is a window of opportunity to expand...
Teachers in nearly four out of five districts ignored Gov. Tom Corbett’s request for a voluntary pay freeze. Governor Corbett's reaction: “You see a lot of teachers that were laid off in districts that refused to take a wage freeze, and the parents and citizens,...