Jomonna Smith listens to her children, 12-year-old Mon'Dayja and 9-year-old Mon'Dae, answer the doctor's questions about school, chores and their health. (Public Source Photo/Alexandra Kanik) by Halle Stockton (Public Source)--Jomonna Smith, a 30-year-old woman, held her last job in 2008 as a store cashier. She is a single mother of three children, making ends meet with government assistance, styling hair on the side and a bit of family help. She relies on buses to get around and pays $301 a month to live in a public housing project in Braddock, a borough southeast of Pittsburgh. But she craves more for herself and her children.
Gov. Tom Corbett (AP File Photo) by Bill Keisling (RealReporting.org)--A few weeks back I received an interesting and thought-provoking communication from an anonymous Pennsylvania state worker.
by Leah Samuel | PublicSource | When Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane ruled that Gov. Tom Corbett’s contract for private management of the state lottery was illegal, proponents of privatization shot back that Kane’s decision meant a loss of an additional $50 million for senior services.
