Holy Communion is a precious gift from God, not a political weapon to wield against those who disagree. Faithful Catholics shouldn't be denied communion just because they disagree with the bishops' opposition to marriage equality.

Cardinal Dolan, you've said you're not endorsing a candidate, and it's time to show you mean it. Please immediately instruct the priests in your diocese to refrain from distributing partisan campaign materials and issue a pastoral letter clarifying that the church is not making any endorsements.

To explain the benefits of the tax on the 2% and medicare and medicade issue fully and the New National Health Care reform

We, the undersigned, call on the Franklin County Board of Elections to publicly support uniform, expanded early voting hours across Ohio.

In New York State, the age of criminal responsibility, or the age at which an individual can be tried as an adult, is just 16. This petition proposes to raise the age to 18. These 16- and 17-year-old individuals will instead be tried in family courts, where they will benefit from more social services and experience fewer long-term repercussions for their crimes.

Stop implementation of the new survey model that the Center for Healthcare Quality (CHCQ) is currently phasing in through the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Licensing and Certification Division. The new model requires nurse surveyors to provide education and training to nursing-home staff on a weekly, if not daily, basis in order to provide greater oversight. This will seriously limit the time available for the old survey model, which involves surveys and complaint investigations designed to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations—without which nursing home operators can not be held accountable for the quality of care they are providing to their residents. There are app 600 nurse surveyors and 1200 nursing homes in the state of CA. Per the new model, nurse surveyors will be required to “adopt” at least two nursing homes apiece, and to make in-person visits several times a week, sometimes to very remote areas of the state. This will leave no nurses for surveys and complaint investigations. Greater oversight of nursing homes should not be confused with greater patient safety during the pandemic, especially since nurse surveyors are having to go in to facilities without being tested for Covid, or provided with proper PPE. The increased frequency with which nurse surveyors are entering and exiting nursing homes per the new model will only serve to increase the Covid-infection rate, not mitigate it. Greater nursing home presence by surveyors should also not be confused with better care quality in the years beyond: by heavily compromising the time and effort of nurses, the new model will severely limit enforcement of nursing home regulations, the process by which nursing homes are held responsible for patient safety and care quality—and without which care standards will further decline.

We urge New York State leaders to pass legislation - A. 07630 / S. 05748 creating a trainee program for nail salon workers before the close of the legislative session on June 18. This action will give the most vulnerable nail salon workers access to steady, fair employment, and a path to licensure.

We are Portland residents advocating for our neighborhood schools and voicing our opposition to the proposal to close Hall and Longfellow Schools and consolidate the two school districts into one large district school at an undetermined location. Neighborhood schools are an essential component of sustainable, healthy, walkable communities and help to make Portland a vibrant and livable city. Smaller, walkable schools also result in better health and educational outcomes for our students. We believe strongly that our children's educational needs will not be met in a suburban-style, auto-oriented school of 700-800 students. We agree with educators that a school building should ideally be a place where the staff can see each other and communicate on a daily basis, where administrators and support staff are able to know children and families well enough to meet their needs, and where children have the opportunity to gather in reasonable and safe numbers. That dynamic is currently present in our existing neighborhood schools; we advocate strongly to keep Longfellow and Hall at their current size and in their current locations. We support the School District moving forward immediately with the plans to rebuild Hall School at its current size and location and urge the School District to demonstrate patience as the State considers future funding for renovations at Longfellow School and our other elementary schools.

Protect our Hunting, Fishing, Diving & Surviving! Remove Nature Conservancy Director Suzanne Case from being the new Chairperson for DLNR.

Stop New York City landlords from hiring unlicensed plumbers and electricians to work in our apartment buildings .