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PA lawmakers incentivize builders to restore historic buildings
Though Pennsylvania has a lot of historic sites, it has lagged behind other states in providing tax incentives to preserve and restore them. Some classic buildings in Philadelphia are in need. Pennsylvania is packed with historic properties dating back to colonial...
Philadelphia Demands More Than ‘Flex-Post’ Protected Bike Lanes After Motorist Kills Cyclist
The horrific death of a Philadelphia cyclist in the famous Rittenhouse Square neighborhood has local advocates demanding that the city finally install real protection on its bike lanes — and sparking a conversation about why half-measures like flex posts are so common...
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...
Más fondos para el programa de reparación de viviendas fuera del presupuesto estatal a pesar de la gran demanda
HARRISBURG - Un popular programa que ayuda a los propietarios de Pennsylvania con el costo de las reparaciones esenciales no recibió más fondos en el presupuesto estatal de este año, a pesar de la abrumadora demanda en muchos condados. Casi 18.200 propietarios de viviendas que solicitaron ayuda del...
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...
El senador Saval se une a legisladores y defensores para celebrar el lanzamiento del derecho a la asistencia letrada en Pensilvania
El senador Saval elogia la financiación del programa Right-to-Counsel en Pensilvania
Funcionarios del condado y defensores de la vivienda molestos por la omisión del popular programa de reparación de viviendas en el presupuesto estatal
Un programa de reparación de viviendas aprobado en su día como una iniciativa bipartidista histórica no recibió financiación en el presupuesto estatal de este año, lo que decepcionó a muchos funcionarios del condado y defensores de la vivienda y la energía. "Las indicaciones en el establecimiento de esta ronda de financiación inicial eran tales...
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...
El senador Nikil Saval responde a la falta de financiación de las reparaciones integrales en el presupuesto del Estado
Harrisburg, PA - 12 de julio de 2024 - El presupuesto del estado de Pensilvania 2024-2025 aprobado ayer por la noche, y en respuesta a la falta de financiación adicional para el popular Programa de Reparaciones Integrales de Pensilvania, el senador estatal Nikil Saval (D-Filadelfia) emitió la siguiente declaración:
"Todas las personas de nuestra Commonwealth merecen un hogar sano y seguro.
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 - 27 de junio de 2024 - Hoy el senador estatal Nikil Saval (D-Filadelfia) emitió la siguiente declaración con respecto a su voto en contra del proyecto de ley del Senado 1260: "En la estela del horror del ataque mortal contra Israel el 7 de octubre, y de la devastación en curso de...
‘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...