Erin James

Press Secretary for the PA Department of Education. Former newspaper reporter. Mom of a public school student. Elder millennial (obviously).

[Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro]

Universal free breakfast. More teachers in our classrooms. Supporting our kids' mental health.

My budget continues these critical investments in our next generation of leaders and ensures they have the tools they need to succeed.

[Erin James @OverSharinErin]

@BrettSholtis You know how much that makes people like us want to read it, right?

[Erin James @OverSharinErin]

@MikefromYork Don't know anything about that. I do know that newspaper owners gave away content for free online for years and then never corrected the business model when they predictably lost subscribers and then advertisers. Then they jumped ship and sold to predatory venture capitalists.

[Erin James @OverSharinErin]

PA voters: The polls are open until 8.

[Stephen Caruso @StephenJ_Caruso]

Good morning! It is election day. Polls open in Pennsylvania at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.. @SpotlightPA has most of what you need to know here: https://t.co/mcmWN35G9D

[Erin James @OverSharinErin]

@CorynWolk @StephenJ_Caruso Thanks for the link.

[Erin James @OverSharinErin]

@NickMalawskey @StephenJ_Caruso That "policy" is ... a ban on abortion care.

[Erin James @OverSharinErin]

@StephenJ_Caruso Not expecting you to respond right now, but how is that 'not true'?

[Lindsey Williams @SenWilliamsPA]

Hey Senate Republicans! Running a constitutional amendment to ban abortion after 10:30pm doesn't mean no one will notice. People will notice and they will know you were too cowardly to do it in the light of day.

[Erin James @OverSharinErin]

@jjabbott Looks like Harrisburg starts at 5:30

[Erin James @OverSharinErin]

This decision is violence against women but I'm guessing he'll tolerate it.

[Ryan J. Reilly @ryanjreilly]

GARLAND: "Peacefully expressing a view is protected by the First Amendment. But we must be clear that violence and threats of violence are not. The Justice Department will not tolerate such acts.”

[Governor Josh Shapiro @GovernorShapiro]

As long as I am governor, I vow to protect abortion access and reproductive health care in Pennsylvania

But we're approaching a critical election cycle.

I cannot stress enough how important it is to vote. Elections matter.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

Cheney says: Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) "..contacted the White House in the weeks after January 6th to seek a Presidential Pardon. Multiple other Republican congressmen also sought Presidential Pardons for their roles in attempting to overturn the 2020 election"

[Senator Art Haywood @SenatorHaywood]

ICYMI a 18 year old can buy a #AR15 rifle in Pennsylvania too. We are not safe under the Republicans in Harrisburg.

[Erin James @OverSharinErin]

Sandy Hook was devastating because kids died brutally. Uvalde is devastating because kids died brutally and we're all collectively realizing that we... just let it happen again.

[Erin James @OverSharinErin]

@mattyglesias This is objectively the worst tweet anyone has ever twat.

[Erin James @OverSharinErin]

All of this 👇

[Gabrielle Blair @designmom]

I’m a mother of six, and a Mormon. I have a good understanding of arguments surrounding abortion, religious and otherwise. I've been listening to men grandstand about women's reproductive rights, and I'm convinced men actually have zero interest in stopping abortion. Here's why…

[Secretary Marty Walsh @SecMartyWalsh]

With funding from @POTUS' American Rescue Plan, today @USDOL announced the initial award of over $20 million in grant funding to promote equitable access to state unemployment insurance systems.

More on this round of these first-of-their-kind grants: https://t.co/E0Lg8U5G8t

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

Here’s a partial list of reporters on the ground and others who know what they’re talking about. https://t.co/jcixvK2O13

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Federal minimum wage:

2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25

The crisis here isn't a labor shortage. It’s a living wage shortage.