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Members of PA General Assembly and Philadelphia City Council Issue Joint Statement on ICE Raid in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA − January 29, 2025 —Today members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly representing districts in Philadelphia and members of Philadelphia City Council issued a statement in response to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) raid on a...
Working with representatives across political and geographic boundaries is important, says Pennsylvania state senator Nikil Saval
Democrat Pennsylvania state senator Nikil Saval represents the first district, which is the heart of Philadelphia. First elected in 2020, Senator Saval was re-elected in November 2024. He started his political career working with the labour union movement and in 2016...
Transform Your Home, Transform Your Life: How the Whole-Home Repairs Act Could Save Your Family’s Future
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) have teamed up to reintroduce the Whole-Home Repairs Act, a bipartisan initiative aimed at addressing the nationwide housing crisis. This innovative legislation seeks to give low- and...
PA’s popular Whole-Home Repairs Act looks to go Federal again as Fetterman, bipartisan group introduce bill again
WASHINGTON, DC- Last week, U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) and Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) reintroduced the Whole-Home Repairs Act, a bipartisan bill to address the nationwide housing crisis by providing essential home repair assistance to low- and...
Senator Fetterman and Senator Cynthia Lummis reintroduce bill to help repair houses
(Washington, D.C.) The reintroduction of the Whole Home Repairs Act was announced by Senator John Fetterman and Senator Cynthia Lummis last week. This bill helps both landlords with small property and homeowners with low- and moderate-income by repairing houses. The...
Fetterman renews call to turn Pa.’s Whole Home Repairs program into national initiative
US Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) reintroduced a federal version of Pennsylvania’s popular Whole Home Repairs Program last week. The Whole-Home Repairs Act is a bipartisan bill aimed at repairing blighted communities by providing grants and forgivable loans to low- and...
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman pushes to make PA housing program a national pilot
An overwhelmingly popular house renovation program in Pennsylvania is once again being considered for a federal pilot program. U.S. Sen. John Fetterman introduced legislation last week to create a nationwide pilot of Whole-Home Repairs, a popular state program that...
A harbinger of warmer days, Philly Flower Show unveils ‘Gardens of Tomorrow’ theme
Chilly winds are blowing through the Philadelphia region, but there’s an event on the horizon designed to chase away the cold and offer an air of optimism for what is to come when winter leaves town. The Philadelphia Flower Show is just over a month away, so...
Pa. Dems still grappling with 2024 losses, debating identity politics and messaging
The 2024 election delivered resounding losses for the Democratic Party. Critical swing states broke for Donald Trump and the president-elect carried a coalition that included many working-class minority voters. A Pew study in November found that Democrats were more...
Senator Saval Announces Committee Assignments for 2025–2026 Session
Harrisburg, PA − January 14, 2025 − Today State Senator Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) announced his committee assignments for the 2025–2026 legislative session. Saval will serve a third term as Democratic Chair of the Senate’s Urban Affairs and Housing Committee and will join the Senate’s Transportation Committee, the only member to represent a district in Philadelphia.
Workers say Amazon is now deploying its union-busting “science” at Whole Foods
PHILADELPHIA — At Whole Foods’ flagship location in the city of brotherly love, management tried to lure workers away from a union rally on Monday by offering up no-cost hoagies and bags of chips. Just outside, however, their colleagues — joined by about a dozen...
Shapiro reaffirms no state funding for new Sixers arena, hopes project will boost area
PHILADELPHIA— Nearly one month after Philadelphia City Council approved a package of bills giving the green light to the Philadelphia 76ers to build an arena in the Market East section of Center City, Gov. Josh Shapiro told reporters he hopes it will have a positive...
Meet the General Assembly’s new committee chairs
Committees are where legislation gets discussed, amended and approved in the General Assembly, and the legislative bodies are crucial to the policymaking process in Harrisburg. Additionally, they often determine what policies get advanced – and which bills stall –...
Free school lunches could be on the table again for all students beginning in the fall
A pair of state lawmakers are advocating to again provide universal free lunches to students in the coming school year, though nobody knows for sure how much it would cost. State Sen. Lindsey Williams, D-North Hills, and Sen. Judy Schwank, D-Berks, will reintroduce...
Senator Saval Is Sworn In for a Second Term
Biden Left Us With a ‘Prius Economy.’ It’s Time for Something Different.
In the lead-up to the November election, Donald Trump threatened to “terminate” President Biden’s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, calling it the “Green New Scam.” Whether or not he kills the law, he is committed to slowing America’s transition from...
Pa. Senate Democrats mark anniversary of Jan. 6, 2021 riot
Pennsylvania Senate Democrats held a virtual press conference on Monday to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the riot on Capitol Hill when supporters of President-elect Donald Trump attempted to overturn the certification of the 2020 presidential election. Though...
The Year in Review
From the Sixers and SEPTA to skill games and broadband, there was no shortage of flashpoint issues in the Keystone State in 2024. To close out the year, City & State is recapping some of its biggest stories of the year and providing updates on what to watch for in the...
Philly’s 4th annual Palestinian solidarity day commemorates contributions of local residents
Philadelphia commemorated the city’s fourth annual Palestine Day with a series of speeches at City Hall. While several people mentioned the conflict in Gaza, much of the event focused on the local community. “The sole purpose of this day is to recognize the...
Harrisburg GOP plan to reintroduce previously vetoed anti-trans bill
If at first you don’t succeed, try try again. That old adage has apparently been adopted by Pennsylvania’s Republican state legislators as they enter the 2025-26 legislative term. Earlier this month, Republicans in the State Senate released a legislative memo...