I was diagnosed with infertility and was denied my IVF health insurance benefit from the Hawaii Medical Services Association (HMSA) because I was not married. As a result, I was forced to pay out of pocket for my IVF procedure while married women using their spouse's sperm, civil union couples and same-sex married couples using donor's sperm were allowed the benefit. Infertility does not discriminate, and the right of a woman to access her health benefits to support her decision relating to procreation shall be free of unjustified government interference according to the Hawai`i Constitution. The right to health and family belongs to all women, equally. One woman, all women. One family, all families.

We are petitioniong the Probate Court to order an honest and full accounting from a successor Trustee, Verla Lofton-Sherman. Our claim is that Verla Lofton-Sherman has breached her fiduciary duty to both grantors, she has not kept accurate records/receipts of transactions made in care of one of the grantors or other expenses paid with trust funds, breached duty of loyalty to irrevocable beneficiaries, and violated Power of Attorney "self-dealing/converting real properties in her name and her son's name". Myself, Deborah Q. Washington, and Ollie T. Wilson's other nine irrevocable beneficiaries have not received an honest and full accounting from Verla lofton-Sherman, nor received our rightful 50% share of remaining assets of Ollie T. Wilson and Thelma G. Wilson's Revocable Living Trust impartially. We also do not want anyone else to get away with committing elderly financial abuse to our Aunt Thelma Wilson for the second time without being penalized.

On September 12, a group of MAP teachers and parents submitted a charter school petition for the Ross Valley Charter School to the Ross Valley School District. The Charter Petition was unanimously denied by RVSD Trustees upon consideration of the 27 page RVSD staff report. Although the charter petition will “partially convert Manor School,” potentially bumping K5 teachers and families to other RVSD schools, petitioners did not involve either group in the process, nor did they obtain the requisite signatures of 50% of the Manor teachers. Keep MAP a RVSD program!

Many deaths have occurred at intersections throughout the state involving drivers that have missed stop signs. Let's make it easier to see them by lighting them up. My wife and I are an example of a near fatal accident because of a driver who ran a stop sign back in 1998. My wife was 7 months pregnant at the time, and had to go through 2 and a half hours of brain surgery. Miraculously both made it through and are healthy today.

Over one million persons could die in TX from no insurance.

Our neighborhood has been cleared of more than forty trees. Once a tree lined neighborhood where people enjoyed walking through, now it has been transformed. There is no shade and the sidewalks are patched with the repair work. I am petitioning the town to replace these trees. I have tried to talk directly with the town supervisor and highway superintendent and keep getting their staff telling me how there is nothing that can be done. We pay taxes to improve our neighborhood not destroy them. Please support this petition to show our resolve. There is strength in numbers

Since 2010, Democrats in Congress have been running scared. They lack a cohesive message and have been allowing Republicans to define the terms of the national debate. BOLD new leadership in Congress is required for Democrats to regain a majority in both the House and Senate in 2016.

I want to preserve the people's voice in how our economy works, not only for adults like me and my loved ones, but also for the children who need to have an economy they can thrive in. The TPP would devastate jobs, not only internationally, but also within the United States, in ways not seen before. It would even ban "Buy American, Buy Local," an effort that has preserved and grown U.S. jobs for decades. For more information, view these links: Expose the TTP website http://www.exposethetpp.org/TPPImpacts_BuyLocal.html Democracy Now! video clip and transcript http://www.democracynow.org/2014/11/6/obama_mcconnell_pledge_cooperation_will_fast Public Citizen website http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=5414

Every time I go to the Rite Aid in my neighborhood, I see a person ahead of me in line handed a plastic bag carrying one item: sometimes a toothbrush or a greeting card that would fit easily into their purse or backpack is even double-bagged. When it's my turn in line, I have to be vigilant to make sure the cashier doesn't give me a bag for one item, or that they let me place multiple items in the bag I carry with me before they automatically bag my purchases. Unneeded plastic bags waste valuable resources: for one thing, 12 million barrels of oil are used in their production each year, according to the Wall Street Journal. And they contribute to the vast amount of trash removed from the places we live every day, which require fossil fuels to transport. Plastic bag litter harms numerous species in our environment. Plastic bags are not free because they cost taxpayers millions of dollars in litter cleanup and trash removal. This is something we can change with a simple shift in the policy and training of employees so that they can ask customers, "Would you like a bag?" Some might say they re-use the bags. I re-use them myself, but even with trying to reduce the number I use all the time, I have never once run out or needed to purchase trash bags. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, the average American family takes home 1,500 plastic shopping bags a year. In addition, a tiny portion of these plastic bags are recycled-- less than 5%, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. This is a place where drugstores across the country can take leadership very easily and make an impact.

Conflict Kitchen (http://conflictkitchen.org) is a restaurant in Pittsburgh, designed and run by artists hoping to start conversations with customers about countries in conflict with the United States. Conflict Kitchen has served food from Afghanistan, North Korea, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela. When Conflict Kitchen started serving Palestinian food, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, and B'nai Brit engaged in a campaign aimed to delegitimize Conflict Kitchen and silence expression of Palestinian perspectives. Surprisingly, media in Pittsburgh misrepresented Conflict Kitchen’s aims and activities, but the people have demonstrated strong public support — the restaurant had more than 400 patrons per day since launching its Palestinian menu earlier this fall. Probably as a result of the misleading campaign, operators of the restaurant received a death threat and decided to close temporarily (http://www.wtae.com/news/conflict-kitchen-restaurant-closes-after-threatening-letter/29621868). The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, and B'nai Brit should not dictate to the people of Pittsburgh what they hear from Palestinians or where they eat. The City should make sure that all communities in Pittsburgh can express their culture and share their experiences and food with no threat of harm. This Petition is organized by the Middle East Peace Forum of Pittsburgh, the Jewish Voice for Peace Pittsburgh, and support from a broad coalition of local groups.

United States Attorney Loretta Lynch has a powerful record as a proven leader within the Department of Justice. Throughout her 30-year career, she has distinguished herself as a tough, fair, and independent lawyer who has twice headed one of the most active and effective U.S. Attorney’s offices in the country. Here's what the New York Times says about Lynch: WASHINGTON — President Obama announced on Saturday that he would nominate Loretta E. Lynch, the top federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, to be the next attorney general, paving the way for the first African-American woman to hold the job. At a ceremony at the White House, Mr. Obama called Ms. Lynch a highly qualified, tough, fair and independent lawyer who deserved confirmation “without delay.” “She has spent years in the trenches as a prosecutor, aggressively fighting terrorism, financial fraud, cybercrime — all while vigorously defending civil rights,” the president said in the Roosevelt Room, where he appeared with Ms. Lynch and Eric H. Holder Jr., the current attorney general who has announced his intention to step down. “Loretta might be the only lawyer in America who battles mobsters and drug lords and terrorists, and still has a reputation for being a charming people person,” Mr. Obama said. Ms. Lynch, 55, a low-profile prosecutor, said that if confirmed she would “wake up every morning with the protection of the American people my first thought, and I will work every day to safeguard our citizens, our liberties, our rights, and this great nation.”

The social and economic impact of Daylight Savings Time affects everyone. Billions of dollars in economic loss gets paid by taxpayers and consumers. Additionally, people suffer because they have sleep issues or memory issues. Business and government have to pay to change the clocks manually and even on certain computers and pay for any confusion. Daylight savings was instituted for farmers about 100 years ago, but we are now living in the information age. Sign this petition to end daylight savings and share the petition with your companions.