USDA's newly-proposed rules to SNAP will cut food stamp benefits for hundreds of thousands of hungry people. We demand that you stop these proposed changes before they take effect on April 1, 2020.

We, support the enactment of a statewide resolution to establish a Bill of Rights for the reproductive health of Mississippi’s women and girls as stated herein:   WHEREAS, ​Mississippi’s women and girls do not have unfettered access, without undue government interference to reproductive health care; and WHEREAS, Mississippi has unacceptably high rates of poverty, teen pregnancy, maternal and infant death, placing last or near the bottom of every positive indicator nationwide; and WHEREAS,​ Policies of abstinence only sex education, restricted access to health insurance, reduction in public benefit programs to individuals and families in need, restricted access to reproductive health, including abortion care and contraception, has created these problems with a generational cycle; and WHEREAS,​ Nearly a quarter, 24.2% of Mississippians live in poverty (highest in US), Mississippi has the 2nd highest rate of teen pregnancy in the US, the highest teen birth rate in the US, the highest rate of infant mortality in the US, the 6th highest rate of maternal death in the US, and the highest rate of STD/STIs in the US, which all hinders the educational, financial, and social advancements of Mississippi’s women and girls and therefore the entire state; and WHEREAS, Personhood initiatives and other discriminatory legislation targeted against infertility clients, doctors and facilities, prohibits embryo cryopreservation, and threatens the family planning options of those affected by infertility by misguidedly granting full citizenship or "personhood" status to an embryo; and WHEREAS,​ Mississippi’s extreme lack of ready access to affordable and convenient reproductive health care, including only 1 abortion clinic in the state, serving 84 counties with increasing governmental restrictions only exacerbates these problems; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED,​ the Mississippi State Legislature immediately implement, evidence-based, medically accurate, age appropriate, comprehensive sex education in every school district in the state, immediately repeal any laws causing undue restrictions to reproductive health care, including those unjustly targeting abortion providers, access to contraception, and other areas of family planning, ensure that every pregnant woman in the state of Mississippi has access to affordable pre and post-natal care regardless of status, especially income and age, public benefit programs are fully funded and accessible; and, be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the state government will no longer unfairly target the rights of women to make their own health care decisions for themselves and their families and will simply trust women to do what is right for their individual circumstances.

Dear Congress, Rates of health problems linked to toxic chemicals—including cancer, autism, and reproductive problems—continue to rise. For 40 years the chemical industry has been allowed to expose us to toxic chemicals because of a broken federal law. Now Congress is considering a chemical industry-backed bill that might make things even worse! Real reform of our chemical laws means: - swift action to protect us from the worst toxic chemicals; - maintain states’ ability to protect residents from toxic chemicals; - proof that chemicals are safe before they are allowed in products; - protection of communities and people at a higher risk of toxic chemical exposure. Oppose bills that give chemical companies a “free pass” to keep putting toxic chemicals in our products and homes. Instead, please stand up for the health and safety of families everywhere and pass real reform.

State and federal government must create and fund programs to provide quality residential care for adults with intellectual disabilities. The population of adults with Autism and similar disorders will only continue to rise, and their families urgently need options for their long-term care.

USDA's newly-proposed rules to SNAP will cut food stamp benefits for hundreds of thousands of hungry people. We demand that you stop these proposed changes before they take effect on April 1, 2020.

Every Louisiana resident and tourist is breathing our air. We urge the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) to give us all a chance to help solve the problem of our air's rampant pollution.  A current Louisiana law effectively prohibits the LDEQ from considering such vital community-collected air quality data in its decision-making process and enforcement action. This restriction creates a serious barrier to protecting our 'fenceline' communities—those neighborhoods located closest to industrial facilities that suffer the most from air pollution.  In the U.S., approximately 68% of Black individuals live within 30 miles of a coal-fired power plant, which is the distance where the worst effects of emissions are typically felt. In Southwestern Louisiana, our fenceline communities are primarily made up of marginalized and vulnerable populations already facing significant challenges due to inadequate air quality. We call for amendment to Louisiana law, paving the way for LDEQ to act on community-collected air quality data. Community-based research and air monitoring is available to fill critical gaps in LDEQ collected data. LDEQ must make that data matter. Let's demonstrate what true love for our state looks like by advocating for cleaner air!     #EveryBreathCounts #SWLABetterTogther #M68M

In 2010, a 68 year old lifeguard was humiliated by other lifeguards and his superiors. He was called an old man, grandpa, asked it he was a lifeguard in the Civil War and if his Depends were inflatable. He received an honor from the members that he guarded asking that he be their permanent lifeguard when they were using the pool. The honor caused his superiors to cut his working hours. He was told to eat his lunch in the men’s bathroom during storms. He was told to put the pool covers on the pool during lightening storms. For the year he worked as lifeguard he never missed a day of work. He was never late for work. One day he overheard one of his superiors referring to him as the old man. That evening before going home, he left a note on the superior’s desk stating “I am not an old man. I am a lifeguard”. The next time he came to work, he was told by another lifeguard that all his working hours were given to to the sister of one of the superiors. All lifeguards were told not to talk to him. All communications were stopped. Even to this day, he was never told that he didn’t work for the company. The case of age discrimination has been filed with the Miami EEOC office. It has been under investigation by the EEOC for one year. PLEASE TELL THE MIAMI EEOC OFFICE TO PERSONALLY PROSECUTE THIS CASE. The name of this lifeguard is Dan Wehnes.

Stop Chase Bank from unfairly collecting Insufficient Funds Fees by way of processing checks (highest amounts first, then lowest) BEFORE deposits each night. This practice results in customers incurring multiple, and often unnecessary, Insufficient Funds Fees!

I support a lottery scholarship bill that is inclusive and does not exclude underserved and low-income students from attaining the college dream.

Governor Snyder, please accept the invitation to have dinner with Donald Smith. Donald was a Detroit city worker for 29 years, and he would like you to see for yourself the very people whose lives will be devastated if their pensions are gutted through the bankruptcy you and your "emergency manager" have foisted upon Detroit.