by Kristine Howard | Aug 20, 2019 | News
VIDEO – Kristine Speaks to the House Floor Opposing a Bill that Would Undermine Parental Rights of Inmates As a former childhood abuse investigator, child advocate, and a mother, I will NOT support legislation that would pressure incarcerated parents into...
by Kristine Howard | Aug 8, 2019 | News
Seize the Day on Gun Reforms I have thought for many days about what to say about the latest incidents of mass shootings. I have expressed my sadness in a previous social media post about a prior incident. Saying the same thing again seemed as pointless as thoughts...
by Kristine Howard | Aug 7, 2019 | News
Is it Time for a Campaign Spending Tax How feasible is it for working people to seek elected office? Earlier this year our Pennsylvania Primary ballot was loaded with candidates from both parties with robust financial statements. All four candidates running for...
by Kristine Howard | Aug 7, 2019 | News
We Must Resolve to End the Mistreatment of Immigrant Children in Pa. – and Everywhere There is a crisis at our southern border, and it’s not “caravans” of people from Latin America. Instead, it’s the way our nation treats its neighbors seeking asylum and opportunity....
by Kristine Howard | Aug 6, 2019 | News
Labor Day Reflection I am a union member. My father was a union member. Three of my children are union members. I work, and my father worked, in a public sector union job, my father as a probation officer in Camden, New Jersey and me as a child abuse investigator in...