Updated: 12:00 PM EDT May 5, 2021
Pennsylvania s Legislative Black Caucus and supporting Democratic lawmakers rallied Wednesday to introduce a package of bills aimed at addressing systemic equity across the state with one bill calling for Pennsylvania to declare racism as a public health crisis.
Other bills aim to battle racism in transportation, agriculture, and healthcare with much of the legislation also calling for bias training for employees. The legislative proposals suggest creating a nonpartisan joint legislative committee on equity.
It also calls for the state to tackle the issue of maternal mortality and to take a deeper look into algorithmic technology to ensure steps are taken to eliminate any harmful bias.
Pa. Legislative Black Caucus says policing legislation remains one of their priorities this session
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Members of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus (PLBC) called Wednesday for continued action on policing and ending systemic racism.
It came one day after a jury in Minneapolis found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three charges filed against him for the May 2020 murder of George Floyd.
“The more than nine and a half minutes Chauvin spent disregarding and taking the life of a Black man laid bare the truth of policing of Black and Brown people in America,” state Rep. Donna Bullock, chairwoman of the PLBC, said in a release. “The verdict in this case gives me relief, but the families of Daunte Wright, Breonna Taylor, Adam Toledo and many others are still waiting on this kind of justice. We need to continue to work together to bring about the change the PLBC, our Police Reform Working Group and lawmakers across the nation have been worki
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The Pennsylvania Ag Department does much more than deal with COVID-19 issues, but in a hearing on the agencyâs budget this week, thatâs where the talk kept ending up.
âWe all arrive at this point with so many experiences, life and professional experiences, that will forever change what we do as individuals and citizens but also inside this Department of Agriculture,â Ag Secretary Russell Redding said.
Redding fielded questions from the House Appropriations Committee for two hours on Wednesday.
Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed $166 million for farm and food programs in this yearâs budget. That includes a $1.3 million increase for Ag Department operations and level funding for most other line items.
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