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Just days after a Republican proposal to privatize SEPTA’s bus services, Democratic lawmakers in Harrisburg announced a legislative package aimed at staving off service cuts to public transit systems statewide. Dubbed the “Transit for All PA Funding Package,” the set...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — With transit agencies in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh both warning of catastrophic service cuts without additional state funding, two Pennsylvania state senators have announced plans for legislation to help fund transit statewide. 

For nearly seven hours Tuesday, Pittsburgh Regional transit heard from dozens of riders and transit advocates about the serious problems they would face if the agency follows through with service cuts of 45%, a 62% reduction in the area served by Access paratransit...

Allegheny County public transit users decried a proposal to raise bus and light-rail fares and make major cuts to the region’s transit service Tuesday, calling the plan potentially “devastating” for the region’s residents and economy. “While not quite on par with the...

Construction on the Washington Avenue connector project has begun. The city Department of Streets and the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation announced the beginning of the project, which is slated to improve access between South Philadelphia and the scenic Delaware...



In April, state Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler and state Sen. Nikil Saval helped secure a $50,000 grant from the Department of Community and Economic Development for Whitman Council, a neighborhood advisory council that provides services to South Philly residents including...

Big changes are coming to Washington Avenue this week, as the City of Philadelphia Department of Streets, in partnership with the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (DRWC), has kicked off construction on the highly anticipated Washington Avenue Connector Project....

PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia Department of Streets and Delaware River Waterfront Corporation (“DRWC”) announced that construction of the Washington Avenue connector project is slated to begin this week. This project not only reimagines the roadway but also...

Gov. Josh Shapiro visited the Port of Philadelphia (PhilaPort) on Thursday to speak directly with port officials, business leaders, and workers about the impact of new federal tariffs on their operations and expenses. The governor’s visit comes amid new federal...

Just a day after the budget was announced, riders and state and local officials gathered at City Hall to protest the potential service cuts and demand a permanent yearly funding increase for SEPTA.

One day after SEPTA announced a budget that would cut service by nearly half, legislators, labor leaders and transit advocates united to share a singular message: Republicans in the state Senate need to pass a budget that funds transit. SEPTA faces a $213 million...

It was a cross between a high school football game and a Bernie Sanders rally. Chants. Cheers. Fiery calls to save the working-class people who need SEPTA. Transit riders, advocates, state lawmakers, union leaders, high school students, City Council members, and...

Supporters of SEPTA gathered at City Hall on Friday and called on lawmakers to fully fund the transit agency to avoid a "transit death spiral" that would lead to massive service cuts and higher fares. NBC10's Lauren Mayk has the details.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- With plans for an increase in fares and a decrease in service, the future of SEPTA is in flux. Local and state lawmakers say the transportation agency needs a lifeline from the Pennsylvania legislature. They held a rally on Friday to demand just...

Hundreds gathered at Dilworth Plaza Friday morning for the “We’re Not Getting There Without SEPTA” rally, voicing their opposition to proposed cuts and fare increases by the public transit agency. State Sen. Nikil Saval, D-Philadelphia, led the group in a chant: “No...

Pennsylvania’s largest mass transit system is in danger of reaching a terminus no one wants to arrive at. On Thursday, SEPTA announced that it would have to implement severe cutbacks amid a $213 million shortfall this year. In response, lawmakers from around the...

(The Center Square) – Mass transit riders in the Philadelphia region must brace for service cuts and fare increases this summer as the battle for more state funding gears up. On Thursday, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, or SEPTA, announced...

Governor Shapiro visited the Port of Philadelphia — the largest port in the U.S. for imported fruit and a major gateway for goods entering the country, supporting 12,000 jobs locally and 66,000 maritime jobs statewide — to highlight his Administration’s commitment to...

Philadelphia has long been a proud gateway for American citizenship, and on Tuesday, that tradition continued as two dozen new citizens took the Oath of Allegiance in a naturalization ceremony at the Museum of the American Revolution. The event, hosted by the United...

Several state and local elected officials criticized the State Department's recent revocation of student visas — including those of at least three Penn students — in interviews with The Daily Pennsylvanian. Earlier this week, an email from Penn's International Student...

Over 150 individuals gathered in Center City on Tuesday to protest and demand the reversal of federal funding cuts to research, health, and higher education. The April 8 rally — which took place outside the office of Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) on Market Street — was...

“In Praise of Floods” (Yale), a study of rivers by the late political scientist James C. Scott, arrives after a year of catastrophic floods. Last spring, heavy rainfall lifted parts of the San Jacinto and Trinity Rivers, in East Texas, at least a dozen feet above the...

State lawmakers gathered in Harrisburg Wednesday to denounce what they see as a Trump administration rollback of anti-discrimination housing laws. They’re aiming to garner bipartisan support in the state Senate to ensure Pennsylvania upholds federal standards that...

Aramark workers at Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field and the Wells Fargo Center have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract with the food service provider, striking a deal that will include raises up to $6 an hour and health care benefits that...

Gov. Josh Shapiro joined an iftar dinner at the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society in North Philly to announce a historic grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, the largest ever awarded to a Muslim organization.

everal elected officials expressed disapproval towards both the Trump administration’s decision to freeze $175 million in federal funds to Penn and the University’s response in interviews with The Daily Pennsylvanian. As federal actions continue to target higher...

(The Center Square) - Invoking the state and national history of immigration, beginning with the welcome offered by William Penn, some Pennsylvania elected officials want to pass new laws that counter the federal government’s recent deportation efforts. The PA...

A bill introduced by Pennsylvania Republican Senator Dan Laughlin to protect citizens from criminal illegal immigrants has passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill, Senate Bill 471, requires an attorney to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate took steps Tuesday to enact separate legislation that would ban safe injection sites for drug use and institute a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence for anyone who sells fentanyl that results in a fatal overdose. Sen. Christine...

PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — A Senator has announced she will be introducing legislation focused on limiting local entanglements with federal immigration enforcement. The bill, authored by Sen. Nikil Saval, argues that residents who call 9-1-1 to report a crime cannot and...

The University of Pennsylvania has joined the ranks of major colleges and universities facing fraught financial situations as the Trump administration continues to expand its policy of withholding federal funding from universities carrying out policies it deems...

As President Donald Trump’s administration continues to lord federal funding over universities whose policies he finds at odds with his worldview, a coalition of faculty, staff, and students from the University of Pennsylvania is insisting the institution take a stand...

Over 200 members of the Penn community rallied in protest of recent federal actions affecting higher education institutions on Thursday. Penn employees, students, and local and statepoliticians gathered for the March 20 rally — which was held at the intersection of...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Union leaders, students, and elected officials rallied Thursday in support of the faculty union at Community College of Philadelphia, which has threatened to strike without a new contract. 

Hundreds of people gathered Monday evening at Philadelphia City Hall to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University who was arrested by immigration officers earlier this month. Participants in the rally included...

A couple hundred people crowded outside City Hall on Monday evening to protest the detention and possible deportation of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. The demonstrators carried Palestinian flags and many people were wearing keffiyehs. State Sen. Nikil...

The Southeast Youth Athletic Association is wedged into a small square block in South Philly. On some level, the location is fitting: From the blacktopped parking lot, you can see the lights from Citizens Bank Park peeking out in the distance a few blocks away. But if...

Philadelphia Ballet officials on Wednesday ceremoniously raised high the roofbeam, setting the topmost steel girder into place on the company’s new building currently under construction on North Broad Street. The five-story building, expected to be completed in...