Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis spoke during a “No Kings” protest Saturday in Downtown Pittsburgh.
“Every day, Donald Trump has been putting American families at risk,” Davis told the crowd of a few hundred in front of the City-County Building.
He told the crowd that just in the past week, troops were deployed to Los Angeles, Trump called for a governor to be thrown in jail, and two Minnesota state legislators were shot in their homes.
“This is not the America I know. This is not the America we were founded on, this is not American values,” Davis said.
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He said the large crowds send a message that America was founded “for the people and by the people,” and that those people are concerned about the “dangerous” actions the Trump administration is taking.
“Every day we’ve seen President Trump roll back our rights and freedoms,” Davis said.
He also spoke one-on-one with KDKA-TV, saying Trump has been abusive in how he’s used his power.
“He has acted in a way that has sewn distrust in our government system, and it’s caused many, many of our institutions to fail and to suffer, and these folks are exercising their fundamental rights and freedoms to send a message,” Davis said.
He encouraged people to get involved in their communities to create change, saying that protesting is just the beginning, and added that everyone has a role to play, including those in the crowd.
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“I think they’re organizing. I think what you’re seeing is a mass organizing and mobilization of folks, and this organization is going to continue to the ballot box,” Davis said.
Indivisible Pittsburgh and the Black Political Empowerment Project organized the rally. It was the latter and smaller of the two rallies Saturday in the city.
More than $22 million in “Money Match” checks were mailed to nearly 100,000 Pennsylvanians, the treasury said.
In a news release on Thursday, the Pennsylvania Treasury said people should be on the lookout for the checks, which are part of the Pennsylvania Money Match program. Treasurer Stacy Garrity said to cash or deposit the checks “promptly.”
The first Pennsylvania Money Match checks, totaling more than $1.7 million, are now on the way to Pennsylvanians’ mailboxes. Pennsylvania Money Match is a new program that allows Treasury to return certain unclaimed property to rightful owners automatically, which was approved unanimously by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor last year.
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“I want Pennsylvanians to know that this is a real check, it is real money, and it belongs to them,” Garrity said in the news release. “And as always, I still encourage everyone to regularly search for unclaimed property online, as many claims will not qualify for the Money Match process.”
With the mailing of the year’s last batch of checks, more than $50 million will have been returned automatically to Pennsylvanians.
What are Money Match checks?
The program allows the state treasury to automatically return unclaimed property valued up to $500 owned by a single individual. Before the program was created in 2024, residents themselves had to seek out unclaimed property.
“I’m thrilled to continue this program as we work hard to get more money back to its rightful owners,” Garrity said in the news release.
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However, if the property has multiple owners or is valued higher than $500, Pennsylvanians still need to file a claim.
What is unclaimed property?
Unclaimed property includes dormant bank accounts, uncashed checks, forgotten stocks, rebates and insurance policies, among other things. It can also include the contents of abandoned safe deposit boxes.
According to the state treasury, more than one in 10 Pennsylvanians is owed some of the $5 billion in unclaimed property in the treasury’s care, and the average value of a claim is more than $1,000.
Unclaimed property scam
On its website, the state treasury has a warning about scammers using text messages to target potential unclaimed property claimants.
The department “never reaches out to people in regard to any program, including unclaimed property, via unsolicited text messages.”
A special weather statement was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 10:06 a.m. until 1 p.m. for Warren, McKean, Elk, Cameron, Clearfield, Cambria and Somerset counties.
“Temperatures will drop below the freezing mark through midday with rain showers quickly changing to snow showers. Blustery winds may dry off roads and other paved surfaces, but any residual water from previous rain or melting snow could freeze up and result in slick spots through the afternoon,” explains the weather service.
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