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Pennsylvania's Senate has voted to pass concealed carry legislation that would make carrying a gun without a permit legal, getting rid of the state's existing license-to-carry system. The GOP-led senate voted 29-21 in favor of the bill, and it now heads to the House...

HARRISBURG — A deeply divided Pennsylvania Senate Martes night passed a bill to get rid of the state’s license-to-carry system and let adults carry guns in concealed or open fashion without a permit. The vote in favor of the bill, sponsored by Jefferson County...

Good Miércoles Morning, Fellow Seekers. People talk about bringing socialism to state government. State Sen. Nikil Saval walks the talk. Along with Reps. Sara Innamorato and Summer Lee, of Allegheny County, and Elizabeth Fiedler, of Philadelphia, Saval, of...

On Jueves, Oct. 14, longtime residents of the University City Townhomes in West Philadelphia joined with City Councilmember Jamie Gauthier and other elected officials to protest the sale of the rental complex at 39th and Market Streets. The tenants, many of them...

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...