People should be concerned about the minimum wage for two reasons: 1) there's a major misunderstanding about what the hourly wage adds up to, and 2) the state's economy would be *boosted considerably* by putting more money in people's pockets!

The Dominican Republic has denaturalized its citizens of Haitian ancestry in violation of its own constitution and human rights norms. We must stand up for the powerless victims in this case.

I have two school-aged children attending an elementary level Chicago Public School. CPS is using sexual health materials at the elementary school level that appear to be promotional materials for how to perform sexual acts to enhance pleasure versus being a modest, objective and age appropriate approach to teaching our children comprehensive health education inclusive of sexual health. They themselves admit that they are inappropriate for elementary students. These materials must be removed district-wide.

This petition is for the residents of North Carolina who want Gmos to be labeled in the grocery stores where they shop. People have the right to know what they are consuming. Whether they are for or against Gmos, they should know which products contain them.

I developed an allergy to a preservative that is found in many products, from pesticides and cleaning materials to soaps and cosmetics. I have found it very difficult to avoid this chemical, as ingredients are not always listed, and can be very difficult to locate (webites, emails to companies, phone calls). I found that many people are allergic to this compound, as well as others, and we should be able to easily find out this information in order to protect our health.

It's not against the Law to video tape someone without them knowing. It's agaiinst the law to video tape with audio on it. With Comcast having video with audio in people's homes recording and with hidden cameras in people's homes watching care givers with their children making sure they are not abused, and with all the people recording other people on their phones with audio and posting them on line without consent, this should not be a felony. And Michael Lyon should not be in jail serving time for what the whole rest of the world is doing. Court Says It's Okay To Secretly Record Conversation If Done For Legitimate Reasons from the i-may-or-may-not-be-recording-this dept While there have been a lot of concerns lately about efforts to misuse "wiretapping" laws that forbid any recordings of people without their knowledge, it appears at least a few courts are recognizing how silly that is. Yet another court has now said that secretly recording a conversation -- in this case with an iPhone -- is okay, assuming there was no crime committed with the recording, and the recording was for a legitimate purpose. As the court noted: "The defendant must have the intent to use the illicit recording to commit a tort of crime beyond the act of recording itself." That makes sense. The act of recording alone, shouldn't be a criminal act, as it really depends on what is being done with the recording. And, in an age where not only is recording everything easier, but for some becoming standard, requiring permission to record all audio seems like an outdated concept. People are recording other people with audio on and posting it all over the web like this and these people aren't in jail for it, here are examples of videos on the web and FB Please watch this video and tell me that this isn't illegal but it's okay to post all over the Internet on YouTube http://youtu.be/rPZ4zJ7mT2I http://youtu.be/Jy97oEVUXSM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vrORmQduIk4

The Military Service Buyback Bill (AKA 'Veterans Equality Act'), was overwhelmingly supported by 57 (of 57) NYS Senators and 133 (of 134) NYS Assembly Members over the Summer (June/July 2014). It waited months to be called for by Governor Cuomo (called for on 10/29/14, before election day) only to be promptly vetoed AFTER the election (officially vetoed on 11/7/14) and notably right BEFORE Veterans Day. In brief, some NY Veterans (Cold War and Wartime) are currently and arbitrarily excluded from purchasing any "Military Service Credit" in NY and deserve equality with other NY Veterans. We support equality in NY for ALL the excluded Veterans of Afghanistan, Somalia, Bosnia, and South Korea as well as all other Wartime and Cold War Veterans. This bill would provide all NY Veterans the equality they deserve and is in need of a two-thirds vote by the Assembly and Senate in order to have Governor Cuomo's veto overridden. Please sign this petition to send a message to the Governor that we disagree with his veto. They fought and continue to fight for our freedom, so let's fight for their equality!

The City of Urbana and the Urbana Free Library are facing new budget challenges following Carle Hospital's removal from the Urbana tax rolls. In light of these new budget constraints, the board of the Urbana Free Library is beginning to consider cuts to services provided to Urbana residents, such as cutting library hours. Before considering cuts to library services, the Urbana City Council and the library board should consider raising the library levy. No Urbana homeowner loves the idea of paying higher taxes on their house, but most Urbana homeowners would rather pay a little bit more in taxes than see the Library forced to cut its services to Urbana residents. Show you agree by signing our petition to the Urbana CIty Council and Mayor Prussing.

This school has been a huge stepping stone for those of us and has a great impact on many professionals in our community. Please try to look further in your plans and not close this school for it has a rich history and great results in the City of Baltimore.

Let's Save Our School.

This petition is to protect our land and air quality. The tar sands that are being refined give of worse emissions then regular crude, there in its self making the pipeline a piece of the equation in which the tar sands are then refined in the United states, therefore increasing our bad emissions. The second part of this ppetition is that hundreds of leaks have occurred along the length of the pipeline, many in places where it has contaminated drinking water suppliwe, farming irrigation supplies and has left once fertile and green open spaces are now crude muck swamps and toxic land. Please Mr Carper, don't allow big business and lobbyist tell us what's best for this country. Make a stand ans say no to the keystone pipeline.

Standing Rock Tribal Members went to the polls in record numbers to support Senator Heidi Heitkamp. We want her to know we are opposed to the Keystone XL Pipeline. We want to remind her that her slogan was "A Voice for Indian Country". Indian Country is saying , "NO TO KXL".