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Federal
⢠The House voted 217-207 in favor of the Paycheck Fairness Act. U.S. Reps. Fred Keller, R-Kreamer, and Glenn Thompson, R-Howard, voted no.
State
⢠The House was out of session.
County
⢠Lycoming County commissioners voted 3-0 to approve a grant and monitoring agreement with Mansfield University for police training. Tony Mussare, Rick Mirabito, and Scott Metzger voted yes.
School Districts
⢠The Williamsport Area School Board approved Lisa Nible, 1404 Walnut St., to fill a vacancy on the board left by the resignation of Nancy Somers last month. The remainder of Somers’ term runs until the end of November. Nible will officially be sworn in by a member of the judiciary prior to the next board meeting, May 4. With Nible’s appointment, the board is still down one member as the resignation of Marc Shefsky, effective April 13 was also approved at the meeting. The board has 30 days to fill Shefsky’s spot and voted to advertise the position and conduc
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I applaud the House of Representatives for passing the Paycheck Fairness Act.
Closing the gender pay gap is more than just an economic imperative it’s a moral imperative as well. Twelve years ago, when President Obama and I came into office, the very first law that we enacted was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. It was, and is, an important tool for helping women seek justice for pay discrimination but we are still a long way from achieving pay equity in America. In nearly every job more than 90 percent of occupations women are still earning less than men. For every dollar the typical man who works full-time full-year earns in America, a woman earns 82 cents. For AAPI women, it’s 87 cents for every dollar a white man earns. For Black women, it’s 63 cents. For Native American women, it’s 60 cents. And for Hispanic women, it’s 55 cents. Those gaps are an affront to our values as a nation they are unacceptable to me, and they should be unacceptable to ever