by Kristine Howard | Jul 21, 2022 | News
Photo credit: flickr A couple of months ago I sent an email to my followers regarding the “porcupining” of our state constitution. The tongue-in-cheek metaphor was referencing the Harrisburg Republican efforts to evade checks and balances in our system by...
by Kristine Howard | Jun 24, 2022 | News
Photo credit: Shutterstock Today’s ruling by the United States Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, while expected, is never-the-less devastating for millions of women throughout America. For those of us in Pennsylvania it is a clarion call for action to...
by Kristine Howard | May 26, 2022 | News
Photo credit: Illustration 244083989 © stefantp | Dreamstime.com Monday was just another day in Harrisburg. We considered 2 bills creating specialty license plates, 2 bills acknowledging and establishing state holidays and...
by Kristine Howard | May 4, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
On this day in history, May 3, 1953 the Westchester Conference of the American Library Association issued The Freedom to Read Statement, a declaration that received national attention at the time. To put the statement in context, it came about due...
by Kristine Howard | Apr 12, 2022 | News
In just over three months we have a historic opportunity to flip the Pennsylvania House and elect a Democratic majority. In just 95 days, we must do as revered Member of Congress and civil rights icon Representative John Lewis implored and “vote like we have...
