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Hundreds of people attended a rally Tuesday afternoon at the President’s House site on Independence Mall to demand the return of the slavery exhibit that was abruptly removed by members of the National Park Service last month. With speeches from historians, faith...

State lawmakers have confirmed Gov. Josh Shapiro’s controversial nomination for the Board of Pardons over several objections, including that the pick has too frequently provided expert testimony that children can’t be rehabilitated. John S. O’Brien II – whose term on...

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro raised eyebrows among Democrats last week by going somewhere few other 2028 Democratic presidential hopefuls have been willing to go: directly criticizing the record of the Biden-Harris administration. In an appearance on X’s news...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate on Wednesday confirmed John S. O’Brien II to the Board of Pardons, dooming a pressure campaign from clemency advocates seeking to defeat his nomination. Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, nominated O’Brien, a doctor and attorney who...

With housing costs continuing to rise across Pennsylvania, State Sen. Maria Collett is rolling out a new package of legislation aimed at addressing affordability, homelessness, and the state’s limited housing supply, according to an announcement. Sen. Collett, a...

Democrats in the Pennsylvania Senate bemoan a “pie-in-the-sky” approach to America’s history taken by the Trump administration after crowbars and wrenches removed mentions of slavery at a historic Philadelphia attraction. That attraction is the President’s House, an...

About two dozen proposals related to immigration enforcement are percolating in the state legislature in response to the Trump administration’s crackdown and tactics – including increased reliance on county jails and local police departments. Lawmakers acknowledge...

After hundreds of demonstrators rallied against Trump’s ongoing immigration enforcement crackdown last week, Philadelphia councilmembers are set to introduce legislation to limit the activities of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in the city....

As rumors swirl of a potential U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement surge in Philadelphia, two councilmembers are proposing new restrictions on the activities of federal agents in the city. Under one measure, all law enforcement officers would be barred from...

Dr. Peterson is joined by Senator Nikil Saval, who represents Pennsylvania’s First Senatorial District, which runs through the heart of Philadelphia. Senator Saval serves as Democratic Chair of the Senate’s Urban Affairs & Housing Committee; and leads the Senate’s...

The National Park Service has taken down an exhibit at Philadelphia's Independence Mall that highlighted President George Washington's treatment of his enslaved workers. It's part of President Trump's campaign to address anything at national parks and monuments that...

(The Center Square) – If there’s one claim all Pennsylvania politicians can - and often do - rely on, it’s that the divided state government forces them to work in a bipartisan manner. It’s also the reason that many reforms are out of reach and many bills seem to...

Brutally cold weather hasn’t deterred demonstrators’ efforts against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the City of Philadelphia. On Monday, hundreds of protesters gathered in Center City as part of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Action,...

A Pennsylvania Republican state senator doubled down Thursday on remarks denigrating Philadelphia, despite backlash from prominent Philly Democrats. “Philadelphia wouldn’t be such a shithole” if District Attorney Larry Krasner prosecuted more crimes, State Sen....

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A bold, art-inspired transformation of Center City officially began today as Avenue of the Arts, Inc. (AAI) broke ground on AveArts 2.0, a $150 million, decade-long initiative to reimagine the Avenue of the Arts (aka South...

While many Philadelphians rang in America’s 250th with the Mummers or at the inaugural NYE concert on the Parkway, one immigrant community celebrated the new year a few days later. And the party wasn’t for 2026; it was for 2765. “Karen New Year is a really precious...

Days after United States military forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Penn contacted students from Venezuela to acknowledge the unfolding “crisis” and offer academic and wellness resources. On Jan. 6, the College of Arts and Sciences’ CaseNet team,...

The night Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York, I was at a dinner gathering of fair housing and tenants’ rights advocates in New Jersey. The occasion was celebratory—we were marking fifty years since the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled...