Menciones en los medios de comunicación

El jueves 14 de octubre, los antiguos residentes de University City Townhomes, en el oeste de Filadelfia, se unieron al concejal Jamie Gauthier y a otros funcionarios electos para protestar por la venta del complejo de alquiler de las calles 39 y Market. Los...

A state historical marker recognizing Philadelphia Gay News was unveiled Octubre 13 at the site of PGN’s first office, 233 S. 13th Street. Before the unveiling, current and former staff members, community members, politicians, and supporters of the paper gathered...

A movement of Pennsylvania activists are working to end the state’s policy of sentencing incarcerated people to life without the possibility of parole (LWOP). They have coined the term ‘death by incarceration’ to describe this cruel punishment. The activists held a...

Legislation has been introduced in the state Assembly that would allow children age 14 and older to decide for themselves if they want childhood vaccines, including the COVID-19 vaccine. Introduced by Sen. Amanda Cappelletti, D-Delaware/Montgomery, Senate Bill 856 was...

he first thing State Sen. Nikil Saval (D–01) learned from watching his recently immigrated Indian parents run a pizza parlor in Santa Monica was that the restaurant industry is hard. The second thing he learned was that solidarity among working–class people of...

It feels most apt to mark the 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street by reviving a debate that is resistant to resolution, open to endless disagreement, and primed for messy expressions of political ideology. How very Occupy! If you had asked me at the time whether...

A Pennsylvania lawmaker is calling on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to halt evictions. Following the United States Supreme Court’s ruling overturning the eviction moratorium, Democrat Senator Nikil Saval of Philadelphia says the state’s highest court should...

Harrisburg, PA – Agosto 30, 2021 – Today, State Senators Nikil Saval and Judy Schwank announced they will soon introduce legislation to support Governor Tom Wolf’s call for mask mandates in the state. Senator Schwank’s forthcoming bill would require general indoor...

Though it’s unlikely to pass the Republican-controlled Legislature, a package of bills requiring universal indoor masking for Pennsylvania’s K-12 schools and childcare programs is in the works. Days after House and Senate leadership denied a request from Gov. Tom Wolf...

Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling rejecting the Biden administration’s last-ditch effort to extend a federal ban on evictions, which has put hundreds of thousands of American renters at risk of losing their housing, was not a particularly surprising one. But as...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — As thousands of students across the Susquehanna Valley return to the classroom full-time, some school districts have opted to follow the mask mandate — others have not. The decisive approach to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — Senator Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) released a statement Viernes on the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court to eliminate the only remaining protection for renters:. “Hundreds of thousands of people across our state, and millions of people all across...

Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for the week of Aug. 23. Both houses of the General Assembly were in summer recess at press time. The Pennsylvania Senate was scheduled to come back Sept. 20 and the state House of Representatives was set to...

A progressive, first-term state senator has called for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to halt evictions in the commonwealth, after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal moratorium Jueves evening on landlords removing tenants from their homes during the...

More evictions can resume after the U.S. Supreme Court has ended the federal moratorium that was to last through Oct. 3 for areas with significant spread of the coronavirus, including Philadelphia and its surrounding counties. Millions of people nationwide are now at...

A group of Democratic lawmakers in Pennsylvania has introduced legislation aimed at preventing evictions and foreclosures while officials work to distribute federal relief funds to those in need. The bill, which was introduced in the Pennsylvania Senate on Lunes,...

With some people still struggling to pay their bills and recover from the pandemic, a group of Senate Democrats is working on legislation to provide an alternative to evictions and foreclosures. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Nikil Saval, D-Philadelphia, Senate Minority...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA — Two local state lawmakers are among a handful of Pennsylvania legislators putting forth a proposal to help keep residents in their homes longer during this time of uncertainty due to the coronavirus pandemic.

HARRISBURG, PA — Senator Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia), Senator Jay Costa (D–Allegheny), Senator Vincent Hughes (D–Philadelphia/Montgomery), and Senator Art Haywood (D–Philadelphia/Montgomery) this week announced their plans for legislation to keep struggling...

Members of the House of Representatives returned from the Summer break on Lunes, Aug. 23 and voting on the $3.5 trillion budget resolution will be one their main priorities. Senate Democrats approved the resolution on Aug. 11 and it was a vital step in securing a...

Nurses at Jefferson Frankford Hospital rallied outside the hospital on Viernes morning, complaining about staffing shortages and calling on Jefferson to respect their federally protected right to pursue union representation. The nurses — carrying signs reading, “Safe...

British technology writer Danny O’Brien, in 2003, interviewed people he considered to be the most productive folks he knew. This group included computer programmers who implemented simple and technical strategies to improve their work. For example, they would rely on...

Nurses at Jefferson Frankford Hospital want to unionize, to address staffing concerns, retention issues, and the loss of retirement benefits. To call attention to those concerns — and alleged union busting from their employer — nurses gathered Viernes with dozens of...

Four hours after City Councilmember Helen Gym held a press conference calling on the municipal courts to ban all lockouts and sent a letter with other members of City Council, the courts issued an order banning lockouts of tenants who have applied for rental...

Mayor Jim Kenney urged Philadelphians to apply for the city’s rental assistance program as the last emergency COVID-19 federal tenant protection, the CDC eviction moratorium, is set to expire Sábado. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Acting Secretary Meg...

The Pennsylvania General Assembly has passed a $40.8 billion state budget with a fair amount of bipartisan support for the investments it makes in schools and continuing economic relief from the COVID-19 pandemic. On Viernes, the budget passed the House on a 140-61...

“My District” gives NCSL members a chance to tell us about life in the places they represent, from the high-profile events to the fun facts only locals know. Commissioned by the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1751, the Liberty Bell called legislators to session up until the...

The only mistake Pennsylvania can make during this budget season is not spending big. That should be easy considering that tax collection revenues exceeded estimates by a whopping $3 billion and the American Rescue Plan brought the state another $7.3 billion. But...

On Viernes, Julio 9, at the popular South Philly playground and diverse gathering place, Mifflin Square Park, the Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia (CAGP) held a press conference to address an anonymous threatening letter they received a week prior. The...

The tragedy that unfolded two weeks ago has led all of us to look inward with a simple question: Could what happened at Champlain Towers happen here? The answer is yes. The catastrophe in South Florida must be a lesson for us all. It must serve as a reminder that...

The minority chairman of the Senate urban affairs and housing committee said Martes he thinks the General Assembly ought to examine what lessons can be taken from the Florida condo collapse. State Sen. Nikil Saval, D-Philadelphia, said Pennsylvania buildings may not...

Was Gov. Tom Wolf trying to put a good face on the $40.8 billion state budget recently passed by the General Assembly, calling it a “good budget?” While Wolf was happy the Legislature passed the budget ahead of the Junio 30 deadline; it contained none of the...

Anticipating a busy summer for takeout boozy drinks, Thomas Tell — a Lackawanna County bar owner — stocked up on sealable containers and drink carriers. But now that cocktails to-go are off the menu at Pennsylvania bars and restaurants, thanks to a legislative pile-up...

During a global pandemic, when most people were stuck at home every day, all day, there was one TV show Americans couldn’t stop watching: “The Office.” Viewers spent more than 57 billion minutes in 2020 on Netflix binge-watching the sitcom’s paper company drones —...

Just in time for sultry summer evenings that could have been brightened by a mojito or two from the corner bar, the Pennsylvania Senate on Viernes did not act on legislation — passed Jueves in the House — that would have permanently allowed cocktails-to-go....

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania legislature on Viernes advanced a $40 billion budget package that sends more money to the state’s poorest school districts, includes no new taxes, and saves billions of federal relief dollars. Unlike in years past, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf...

(WHTM) — During the pandemic, restaurants were allowed to sell cocktails to-go. Many say it was a lifeline during a dark time. House Bill 1154 would let restaurants and bars sell customers cocktails to-go post-COVID. The bill sailed through the House, but in the...

Parkway Corp., a major Philadelphia parking garage operator and real estate developer, is seeking millions in state development grants for the construction of a downtown office tower that has already broken ground. The tower, at 2222 Market St., will house a new...

The Pennsylvania Senate narrowly approved a bill Miércoles to continue allowing to-go cocktails despite Democratic objections over an amendment that also authorizes manufactured ready-to-drink cocktails. House Bill 1154 passed 26-24, but goes back to the House for...