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Articles by Eric J. Schott
Federal Funding Cuts Rock Education and Food Assistance Programs: States Fight Back
On June 30th the Trump administration informed state education departments that 6.8 billion dollars in federal K-12 education monies was being withheld. The White House impounded 230 million dollars in Congressionally approved funds that would have gone to Pennsylvania education programs. This action could wreak havoc on school districts that have already created their budgets for the next school year with some needing to borrow money to support the now unfunded programs.
Food Banks Face Increasing Demand
WEST GROVE, PA — Food insecurity is a relatively new term to describe a situation that first really gained prominence during the Great Depression. Photos from that time often show people (most often men in long coats) lined up at soup kitchens or in bread lines. Post-WWII prosperity reduced visible hunger, but rural and urban poverty persisted.
Local Judicial Candidates Share Insights and Face Tough Questions at Jennersville Forum
JENNERSVILLE, PA — On Thursday evening, April 24th, three judicial candidates held an informal forum at the Dansko building in Jennersville. Judges Clay Cauley and Mackenzie Smith, candidates for the Court of Common Pleas, and attorney Joe Heffern, running for a district justice position, talked and answered questions for 90 minutes. They will face the voters on May 20th and they helped to explain a somewhat arcane state system that has four levels of accountability.
America's Trillion-Dollar Time Bomb: How Reckless Spending and Alarming Debt Could Cripple Our Future
Whether it’s deporting college students, decimating federal agencies, Signal gate, threatening Greenland, or suggesting that gorging on Vitamin A will stop the surge of measles, you have to wonder what is the administration attempting to do? Are there plans that make rational sense, or what is all this distraction and obfuscation about? What concerns me is the tax plan that House Republicans included in last week’s budget negotiation but yet there is not much discussion in the news.
Local School Districts Grappling with Difficult Issues
The recent decision by the Trump administration to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) raises substantial concerns about the future of school district funding across the nation. The DOE has initiated mass layoffs, reducing its workforce by nearly half, as a preliminary step toward dismantling the department.
Your Vote Matters: The High-Stakes Battle for Southern Chester County’s School Boards in 2025!
Lots of names and lots of offices up for local election in 2025 and taking a look at just two school districts in southern Chester County you can see why an informed voter needs to do a little homework. The Avon Grove School District has four open seats on their nine-member board while Oxford has five seats due to the filling of an unexpired term.
Your Vote, Your Power: Why Skipping Local Elections Could Cost You Big Time
Without much time to catch your breath, the next election season begins with a myriad of political offices and a bewildering ballot. It’s not just county row offices but also township supervisors and borough councilmen. Then throw in school board and top it off with judges and you have so many positions to fill that many voters stay home. Of all the elections in a four year cycle these local races have the least attendance with numbers varying around twenty percent.
Unveiling the Hidden Process Behind Elections: How Your Signature Shapes Local Leadership and Why It Matters More Than Ever
Elections happen every year in Pennsylvania. Actually, if you vote in the spring primary, there are two but have you ever wondered how the names get on the ballot? In 2025 there will be a dizzying array of elections from township to borough, from school board to county offices and even for judges. It can be a very confusing time and there can be dozens of names to choose from. The people you’re choosing for office get on the ballot because nominating petitions have been circulated.
Infections in the Atlantic Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) in coastal Adriatic and Aegean sea, and Atlantic Iberian coast
Abstract In the Mediterranean Sea, the abundance of the invasive portunid crab, Callinectes sapidus, has dramatically increased in recent years. This raises concerns about damage to ecosystems, but also offers opportunities for exploitation of a new fishery. Newly invasive species may escape from pathogens in their endemic range, may introduce new pathogens, or can become host to endemic pathogens.
Pathogenicity of CsRV2 and CdPBV1 in Callinectes danae: An Imminent Concern for Crab Production in Brazil
Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest. References , and . 2021. “Exploring the Versatility of the Perfused Crustacean Gill as a Model for Transbranchial Transport Processes.” Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 254: 110572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2021.110572. , , , , and . 2019.
Best Backup Strategies in an Era of Consolidation
Dealing with understaffed IT teams and an abundance of vendor solutions on the market, IT leaders are re-evaluating their tech stacks to see where reprioritization may be able to improve efficiency and retain staff. 76 percent of IT companies report difficulty filling roles, indicating a continued talent shortage. On top of that, IT teams are overwhelmed with the volume of vendor solutions, resulting in an often confusing tech stack that requires specialized skillsets to manage.
See Eroding History in Baltimore: Four New Opportunities
By Rona Kobell The Environmental Justice Journalism Initiative is pleased to share that our film, Eroding History, is going to be shown four times in Baltimore over the next two months. The showings are: The Park School 5th Annual Baltimore County Community Outreach Forum/ Maryland Lynching Memorial Project Saturday, January 13, 10am to 1pm 2425 Old Court Road, Baltimore Register here Reginald Lewis Museum Martin Luther King Day Celebration, Inner Harbor Monday, Jan. 15, 6pm to 8pm 830 E.
Eroding History to Air on Maryland Public Television
BALTIMORE – The Environmental Justice Journalism Initiative is proud to announce that our most recent film, Eroding History, will air on Maryland Public Television (MPT) during its 20th annual Chesapeake Bay Week® programming initiative, which will run from April 21 through April 27, 2024. The film will also be offered to other PBS stations nationwide, and it will be made available for free on-demand streaming through PBS’s website and the PBS App.
Metatranscriptomics unmasks Mollusca virome with a remarkable presence of rhabdovirus in cephalopods
Magalí Rey-Campos, Luis Daniel González-Vázquez, Beatriz Novoa and Antonio Figueras* Institute of Marine Research (IIM), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Vigo, Spain Introduction: Mollusks play a significant role in marine ecosystems and have economic value for aquaculture. Sometimes, unexpected and unexplained mortalities among mollusks have been described.
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