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Food Fight - Congress takes aim at hungry families, shoots economy!

Anonymous on July 19, 2012 - 3:36pm

Last week the House Agriculture Committee approved a Farm Bill that included $16.5 billion in cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP or food stamps) – a choice that could force as many as 3 million more Americans deeper into poverty and threaten the economic recovery. The cut, nearly four times larger than the cuts found in the Senate version of the bill, specifically targets SNAP benefits for working poor families with children and seniors.

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American Dream elusive for many, Pew report finds

Anonymous on July 19, 2012 - 3:35pm

The American Dream – which promises equal opportunity for all, regardless of economic status at birth – is deeply embedded within America's national consciousness. But recent research from the Economic Mobility Project at the Pew Center on the States reveals that realization of that dream is disturbingly elusive for many Americans.

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Release: Opposition to Gessler's Partisan Agenda Heats Up

Anonymous on July 19, 2012 - 2:44pm

With rule hearings next week, "Gessler Watch" project relaunchesFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, July 19, 2012CONTACT: Joanne Schwartz, Executive Director at 303-991-1900

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Progressives Call on Coffman to Stop Hiding Behind Big Oil and Start Representing the Interests of CD-6

Anonymous on July 16, 2012 - 7:52pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, July 16, 2012CONTACT: Joanne Schwartz, Executive Director at 303-991-1900

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States Fight ALEC-Inspired Deregulation of Internet Services

Cheryl Leanza on June 6, 2012 - 6:35pm

A spate of destructive broadband bills has been sweeping across the country, spurred on by the corporate-backed American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Unbelievably, just as broadband Internet becomes an essential tool for millions of Americans, these states, following the pattern of the model ALEC bill, are making moves toward depriving states of any power to ensure reliable, competitive, and affordable service that serves all state residents — from small businesses to those on the other side of the digital divide. The companies behind these bills want the ability to choose to serve only the locations and the individuals that yield the greatest profits. It is simply not smart governance to leave state authorities without the power to ensure everyone can use such a critical asset.

Arizona & Alabama Copycats Slow, Tuition Equity on the Move in Statehouses

Alvin Melathe on March 22, 2012 - 5:02pm

As we approach the middle of the legislative session in many statehouses across the country, it’s clear that state legislators are continuing to abandon the unconstitutional, anti-immigrant approach modeled off of Arizona and Alabama’s economically disastrous laws.  Legislators, responding to changing demographics and politics, have instead started to focus on plausible and inclusive strategies aimed at broadening prosperity and increasing opportunities for all – regardless of immigration status.

With Economy in Mind, Governors and Legislative Sessions Focus on Broadband

Cheryl Leanza on February 24, 2012 - 5:03pm

Since state legislatures around the country have started their sessions in 2012, legislators and governors alike have been recognizing the importance of broadband (or high speed Internet) to growing state economies. Governors in states as diverse as Hawaii, Maryland, Missouri, and Wyoming highlighted broadband initiatives in their state of the state speeches, as more and more of our leaders are realizing that without broadband, the U.S. economy is not going to produce jobs or the highly-skilled workers needed to compete in a global marketplace.

RELEASE: In 2012, Common-Sense Immigration Measures Set to Advance in States

PSN on January 10, 2012 - 2:19pm
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As comprehensive immigration reform remained stalled in Congress in 2011, the issue persisted as a top priority among state legislatures that pushed various bills targeting undocumented immigrants. Today, NCLR (National Council of La Raza) released The Wrong Approach: State Anti-Immigration Legislation in 2011, a report that offers a state-by-state breakdown of the status of anti-immigrant bills introduced over the past year. In fact, in 2011 many more states considered and advanced laws focused on expanding opportunity for immigrants and residents as a whole in a variety of areas, including access to higher education and labor rights. As 2012 legislative sessions kick off, scores of state legislators are working to advance common-sense approaches to immigration policy—those that bolster state economies and honor our nation’s values, according to Progressive States Network (PSN), a national organization that provides support to state legislators advancing positive, common-sense immigration measures.