June 18, 2021 As lawmakers prepare to make the final push to pass a state budget, education funding is becoming a focal point on several fronts. “We stand in solidarity with the 5- and 6-year-old children whose lungs, hearts and brains are still developing while they sit in toxic buildings. We stand here today with […]
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June 16, 2021 HARRISBURG, June 16 — Labor leaders and lawmakers from across Pennsylvania took to the steps of the Capitol in Harrisburg on Wednesday morning to hold a Labor for Schools Rally. The group called for the legislature to take bold, job-creating, life-saving action and remediate the lead, asbestos and other toxins currently in […]
April 21, 2021, 03:56 GMT A coalition of local progressive elected officials issued the following statement on the unanimous guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin case, and called for systemic change through a new vision of public safety that ends the continual increasing of police budgets, instead investing in communities and public services that prevent […]
April 16, 2021 Schools statewide are in urgent need of upgrades for the health and safety of students and staff, and a recent meeting of the House Democratic Policy Committee’s Subcommittee on Progressive Policies for Working People highlighted what actions the state can take to address toxic schools. The public virtual hearing, hosted by Subcommittee […]
March 2 “We write to ask that the city work swiftly to support the opening of vaccination sites in South Philadelphia,” reads the letter signed by City Councilman Mark Squilla, state Sen. Nikil Saval and state Reps. Elizabeth Fiedler and Regina Young. “We are deeply concerned by the lack of COVID vaccine services being offered […]
02/27/21 State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler (D-Philadelphia) is among a group of House and Senate progressive Democrats holding their own budget hearings. In contrast, they say, to the Harrisburg way of crunching dollars and cents being closed doors. “Not in a place where the public …the people of Pennsyvlania who pay taxes with tax dollars we […]
2/22/21 President Joe Biden’s planned $1.9 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package is still taking shape, but the most recent figures suggest the package will contain about $350 billion earmarked for state and local governments. On Friday, state Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-Phila.), state Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler (D-Phila.), and several other Democratic lawmakers held a virtual press conference […]
02/20/2021 State Senator Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) and Representative Elizabeth Fiedler (D-Philadelphia), along with many other House and Senate members, called for repairs to be done on Pennsylvania schools that are in dire need of improvement. Read more here: https://www.radio.com/kdkaradio/news/state/pa-leaders-call-for-improvement-of-hazardous-schools
02/17/21 Philadelphia teachers took to the streets last week to protest the School District of Philadelphia’s decision to return to in-person learning for students in grades pre-k through second grade starting Feb. 22. “We need to make sure our school buildings are safe for teachers, for school staff, for students,” said Fiedler. “We know there […]
2/16/21 Pennsylvania’s current personal income tax law provides for tax forgiveness for families of four with income up to $34,500, but those income levels were set in 2003, said state Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler, D-Philadelphia, a member of the House Appropriations Committee. “We need to raise that threshold to help working families,” Fiedler said. Read more […]