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Pennsylvania’s Historic Tax Credit Increased to $20 Million
On Julio 11, the Pennsylvania General Assembly passed its 2024-2025 budget. It was 11 days past the deadline, but offered some good news for historic preservationists and adaptive reuse developers. The new budget included tax code changes that raised the historic tax...
More funding for home repair program left out of state budget despite high demand
HARRISBURG — A popular program that helps Pennsylvania homeowners with the cost of essential repairs did not receive more funding in this year’s state budget, despite overwhelming demand in many counties. Almost 18,200 homeowners who applied for help from the...
CHOP doctor struck and killed by speeding driver as she biked near Rittenhouse Square
Barbara Friedes’ life and career were always driven by altruism, those who knew her said. From the moment her husband-to-be, Cole, sat behind her in organic chemistry class at Florida State University, he said, he knew she was special. She was magnetic, he said,...
Dr. Barbara Friedes, 30, Killed In Philly Crash
Barbara Ann Friedes, 30, was struck from behind by a 2018 Volkswagen on the 1800 block of Spruce Street around 7 p.m., Philadelphia police wrote in a release. The Volkswagen then hit three parked cars before coming to a rest, police continued. Friedes was taken to...
Senator Saval Joins Legislators and Advocates in Celebrating Launch Right-to-Counsel in PA
Senator Saval Praises Funding to Seed Right-to-Counsel Program in PA
County officials, housing advocates upset by popular home repair program’s omission from state budget
A home repair program once passed as a landmark bipartisan initiative failed to receive funding in this year’s state budget, disappointing many county officials and housing and energy advocates. “Indications at the establishment of this initial funding round were such...
Patient actors at Thomas Jefferson University who unionized this year hold rally for new contract
A group of workers at Thomas Jefferson University who are paid to simulate patients for medical students celebrated a victory earlier this year when they won a union election. But six months later, they say they're struggling to be taken seriously in bargaining...
Senator Nikil Saval Responds to Lack of Funding for Whole-Home Repairs in State Budget
Harrisburg, PA − Julio 12, 2024 − Pennsylvania’s 2024–2025 state budget passed late yesterday evening, and in response to the lack of additional funding for Pennsylvania’s wildly popular Whole-Home Repairs Program, State Senator Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) issued the following statement:
“Every person in our Commonwealth deserves a home that is healthy and safe.
Benjamin Rush Garden re-opens with a gift from the late Queen Elizabeth II
When the British Consul General arrived at 3rd and Walnut streets on a drizzly Viernes morning for a ribbon cutting of the newly imagined Benjamin Rush Garden, she felt right at home. Not only is the garden dominated by a bell donated in 1976 by Queen Elizabeth II, but...
After SCOTUS OK’s Criminalization of Homelessness, Pennsylvania Democrats Plan Legislative Response to Protect Rights of the Unhoused
“Who sits there and thinks, with all the needs we have in America, of criminalizing the homeless?” wonders Pastor Robert Brown of Bristol’s Bible Evangelical Methodist Church after learning that the United States Supreme Court approved punishing those experiencing...
Pa. Democrats plan to introduce legislation to counter Supreme Court’s ruling on criminalizing homelessness
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Democratic senators in Pennsylvania are drafting a bill to prevent the criminalization of homelessness in the state after the Supreme Court recently ruled that cities can enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places.
Pennsylvania Senators Propose Legislation to Protect Homeless from Criminalization
HARRISBURG, PA — In response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, several Pennsylvania state senators announced plans to introduce legislation aimed at preventing the criminalization of homelessness. The proposed law would counteract the Supreme Court’s decision in...
Pa. Democrats rail against Supreme Court homeless decision
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Grants Pass v. Johnson that cities can punish people for sleeping in public has some Democrats in Pennsylvania seething. The high court said laws regulating camping on public property does not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment,”...
Los senadores Saval, Hughes, Cappelletti y Kearney anuncian su intención de presentar un proyecto de ley para impedir la criminalización de las personas sin hogar
Harrisburg, PA - 2 de julio de 2024 - Hoy los senadores estatales Nikil Saval (D-Condado de Filadelfia), Vincent Hughes (D-Condados de Montgomery y Filadelfia), Amanda Cappelletti (D-Condados de Delaware y Montgomery), y Tim Kearney (D-Condado de Delaware) anunciaron su intención de introducir una legislación que impida la criminalización de la falta de vivienda en Pensilvania.
2024 Senate Climate Solutions Letter
Dear Democratic Senate Leaders, As the 2024 budget season kicks into high gear, we are writing to ask that you work to ensure that renewable energy legislation and climate solution policies currently pending in the legislature are included in any final budget...
Declaración del senador Nikil Saval sobre su voto en contra del proyecto de ley 1260 del Senado
Harrisburg, PA − Junio 27, 2024 − Today State Senator Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) issued the following statement with regard to his vote against Senate Bill 1260: “In the wake of the horror of the deadly attack on Israel on Octubre 7, and of the ongoing devastation of...
‘Woefully behind’: Pa. advocates hope more support for historic revitalization is part of the state’s budget
Preservationists and developers are keeping their fingers crossed for new state funding to revitalize historic buildings. Two bills introduced this month would significantly raise the annual cap for the state’s Historic Preservation Tax Credit program, a public...
Pa. Senate approves bill supporting Israel, Shapiro spox says gov supports measure
HARRISBURG — State Senators approved a bill protecting Pennsylvania’s investments in Israel and related companies, one that would allow lawmakers to withhold potentially millions in funds from any university that would choose to divest in protest of the Israel-Hamas...
Pa. Senate passes bill barring state and higher education divestments from Israel
Student protests on college campuses called on universities to pull their investments from Israel over the war in Gaza. While some schools agreed to at least discuss divestment, Pennsylvania higher education institutions will not have the choice if a bill continues...