Pittsburgh City Councilor Erika Strassburger introduced legislation to protect pregnant women and their partners in places of employment.
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A move to protect pregnant women, and their partners
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Pittsburgh City Councilor Erika Strassburger introduced legislation to protect pregnant women and their partners in places of employment.
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We’re keeping tabs on state budget hearings this week. For Keystone Crossroads, Bobby Allyn will have something out of the Department of Corrections session today. Links to additional coverage are below. -Emily Previti, Newsletter Producer/Reporter
Public health bulletin
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Pittsburgh City Councilor Erika Strassburger introduced legislation to protect pregnant women and their partners in places of employment.
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Pittsburgh officials are considering expanding the city’s anti-discrimination code to include women who are pregnant or seeking to become pregnant — and their partners. WESA’s Ariel Worthy has the details.
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State health officials want to hire epidemiologists, toxicologists and chemists to study PFAS, which are chemicals that have been found in drinking water around military bases — including southeastern Pa. — and airports. They made their case for getting $1.4 million to do so before the state Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday. Transforming Health’s Brett Sholtis was there and has this story.
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As the recreational marijuana listening tour continues throughout the commonwealth, one borough says it’s essentially going dry. Typically, we hear the term used to describe communities that don’t allow the sale of alcohol; in this case, it pertains to pot. More here from Jim Ryan of The Perry County Times.
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In addition to contributions from Keystone Crossroads and Transforming Health, we have a couple more budget hearing synopses: WITF’s Capitol Bureau Chief Katie Meyer did this one on the catastrophic financial forecast facing the Turnpike Commission, and PennLive’s Jan Murphy has another on how state-related universities’ tuition freezes are driving some to seek an increase in state funding.
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Pennsylvania will finally start issuing RealID driver’s licenses on Friday. You’ll need one to fly, access federal buildings, etc., starting in October 2020. This post has more information.
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Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C.: U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-1, voted with Pennsylvania’s Democratic congressional representatives in favor of undoing the national emergency declaration declared by President Donald Trump to let him divert money to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Assuming all Senate Democrats vote for the resolution, four Republicans need to cross the aisle for it to get through the chamber. Three already have said they will — and Pa. Sen. Pat Toomey says he’s undecided, The Morning Call’s Laura Olson reports.
