Menciones en los medios de comunicación

HARRISBURG — A desire to support shutdown-ravaged bars and restaurants disintegrated Miércoles into a verbal tennis match that ended when the state Senate passed a bill that would let the businesses sell mixed drinks to go but — in the minds of its detractors — does...

Gov. Tom Wolf says the revenue from enrolling in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative will provide funding to train workers to move out of jobs in the fossil fuels industry while allowing the state to ramp up its effort to combat climate change. “Participating in...

Harrisburg, Pa. - Dispelling the harmful stereotype that hardworking and experienced adults will not benefit from a minimum wage increase, Jennifer Berrier, acting secretary of the Department of Labor & Industry, joined Sen. Nikil Saval; and a Westmoreland County home...

Opposition is rising to a City Council proposal to slash Philadelphia’s parking tax rate by nearly a third, in exchange for the promise of better pay and more work for lot employees and a boost to the city’s economy. The city’s tax on parking lot revenues is already...

HARRISBURG, PA — Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Acting Secretary Jennifer Berrier recently joined Senator Nikil Saval, a Westmoreland County home health aide and Giant Eagle worker today to call on the legislature to raise the wage to $12 an hour with a pathway...

HARRISBURG (KDKA) – A state official says it’s time to immediately raise the state’s minimum wage. Some call them heroes: front-line workers putting themselves at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. READ MORE: Man’s Body Found In Moon Twp., Police Investigating Case As...

After more than a year of pandemic-related stress and upheaval, attorneys could be looking forward to this summer's opportunities to unwind. Here, Law360 looks at six books wage and hour attorneys recommended...

On Mayo 4, Pennsylvania State Senator Nikil Saval joined Andrew Zitcer, PhD, program director for Drexel University’s graduate program in urban strategy, in discussion for an ongoing event series, “Urban Strategy in the Present Tense,” sponsored by the Lindy Institute...

Lakshmi Iyer feels like she’s caught between two worlds. The 45-year-old financial service worker lives in Exton with her family, and has been watching with horror as COVID-19 cases have surged in her home country of India. Her Twitter feed is full of people back home...

A Philadelphia activist who’s been fighting SEPTA for years over a natural gas generator. A Southwestern Pennsylvania environmentalist who lives near ground zero of the state’s fracking boom. And an Erie union member who works for a rail manufacturing company that...

In the first few minutes of Joe Versus the Volcano, the 1990 surrealist rom-com, Tom Hanks clocks in for his job at an artificial testicle company, housed in a bleak, factorylike building overrun with flickering, audibly buzzing fluorescent tube lights that cast a...

From the U.S. Capitol to the halls of statehouses across the land, this week’s guilty verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder case has reignited calls for police reform and for a new look at the way the United States conceives of law enforcement. And you can count...

As the verdict convicting Derek Chauvin was read in a Minneapolis courtroom, it was broadcast through a loudspeaker someone had set up outside Philadelphia’s City Hall. It flashed across phone screens and prompted honks from cars and shouts of “Black Lives Matter!”...

One of the main things Terriq Thompson remembers about Benjamin Franklin High School, where he graduated in 2019, is that it was hot. In particular, he remembers his first day of his senior year. It was an unusually warm Septiembre, and that day, it was 90 degrees...

When Nikil Saval won his primary election in 2020 against the establishment Philadelphia candidate Rep. Larry Farnese Jr he made history as the state’s first South Asian member of its legislature. But for him, the post and the history he made means little compared to...

(The Center Square) – COVID-19 was the top topic of discussion at Martes’s General Assembly hearing with the Department of Military & Veteran Affairs. Acting Adjutant General Mark Schindler told legislators all six veterans’ homes have implemented safety measures per...

Throughout the pandemic, the whole nation struggled with fulfilling their basic needs such as food and shelter. But one bright spot in Philadelphia was its ability to positively manage a pending eviction crisis through City Council initiatives that halted evictions...

The first round in the ongoing lawsuit challenging the Delaware River Basin Commission's authority to ban fracking in its jurisdictional waters has gone to the State Democratic Caucus. A knockout blow could be landing as soon as Abril. "About two weeks ago in New...

Delaware County set up a website and will soon have a hotline go live for those interested in applying for the Emergency Assistance Rental Program. Applications won't be accepted until Abril 1. However, pre-registration is available at delco-era.com. A hotline at...

In the aftermath of the fatal shootings in Georgia, state officials are speaking out against violence and bias targeting Asian Americans, both around the nation and in Pennsylvania. A white gunman has been charged with fatally shooting eight people at massage parlors...

There were any number of ways that state Sen. Cris Dush, R-Jefferson, could have responded to a murderous rampage in Georgia on Martes night that left eight people dead, six of them Asian-American women. But a digressive lecture accusing the chamber’s only...

PHILADELPHIA (Mar. 15, 2021) — District Attorney Larry Krasner today encouraged workers to refer potential crimes committed by employers to the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO) as workplaces start to reopen due to increased vaccination efforts. The Worker...

Mayor Jim Kenney and health commissioner Tom Farley announced the addition of five new City-run mass vaccination sites throughout the city, two of which are located in South Philly. The addition comes just one week after four South Philly elected officials – City...

When it's past bedtime on the East Coast, the latest stories and images from Myanmar light up the internet and spread around the world. The latest blockade setup by protesters to block military vehicles. Calls for help for food and water, or phone access to evade the...

Work has officially begun on a new $42 million distribution center within a mile of the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal. PhilaPort officially broke ground on the 201,621-square-foot warehouse on Marzo 4 near 3rd Street and Pattison Avenue, and the new facility is...

Saying his breathing is “labored” and that there’s “pressure” in his chest, supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal are again calling for the 66-year-old to be immediately released from a Pennsylvania state prison. During a Miércoles morning news conference outside of the...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Some lawmakers want action from Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on prisoners as a result of COVID-19. They say given high rates of infections and deaths in state prisons, the governor should release inmates who are elderly or medically vulnerable. “Our...

As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes increasingly more available to more and more Philadelphians, four local elected officials have voiced their concerns over the lack of access sites in South Philadelphia in an open letter written to Philadelphia health commissioner Tom...

Donald Trump may be out of office, but the United States is still grappling with a pandemic, extreme wealth inequality, and climate emergency. The Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) believe that the work of building a better world is still very much in...

Philadelphia teachers took to the streets last week to protest the School District of Philadelphia’s decision to return to in-person learning for students in grades pre-k through second grade starting Feb. 22. More specifically, the school district decided to switch...

NEW DELHI: A list of more than 200 leaders of Indian heritag who have ascended to the highest echelons of public service in 15 countries across the globe was unveiled on Lunes. More than 60 of these leaders hold Cabinet positions in various countries.

WASHINGTON – A list of more than 200 leaders of Indian heritage who have ascended to the highest echelons of public service in 15 countries across the globe, with more than 60 of these leaders holding Cabinet positions, was unveiled Feb. 15, according to an ANI...

Between a raging fire and a crippling global pandemic, it wouldn't have been hard to imagine that South Street mainstay Bridget Foy's was possibly down for the count. But more than three years after a fire devastated the beloved restaurant, Viernes will mark the grand...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WJAC) — Nearly three dozen state senators and representatives issued a joint letter to Gov. Tom Wolf urging him to use his power of reprieve to release incarcerated people who are elderly or medically vulnerable. The move comes as the death rate from...

The gulf between the Philadelphia School District and its teachers widened Viernes, with the union president telling members not to report to work Lunes amid concerns over COVID-19 and building safety. “There is absolutely no reason, other than sheer cruelty, to bring...

Nikil Saval hasn’t had a lot of free time since Noviembre when Philadelphia voters elected him to state Senate. The time dwindled further this week when he began his first Senate session as the Democratic chair of the Senate Urban Affairs and Housing Committee. The...

Coronavirus is raging in Pennsylvania’s state prisons. In the first 20 days of 2020, at least 27 people incarcerated in Pennsylvania’s state prisons and two staffers died of coronavirus — more than all of the fatalities between Marzo and Noviembre. Overall, 91...

Imagine a post-2020 Philadelphia in which voter turnout consistently equals or exceeds the record-high 66-percent level that was achieved in the Noviembre election; in which large numbers of citizens are actively working to support government reform policies; and in...

To think that this week began with the Republican leadership in the state Senate refusing to seat Democrat Jim Brewster of Allegheny County, who won reelection by 69 votes over Republican Nicole Ziccarelli in a race that was formally certified by state election...