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Whole Home Repair, Sen. N. Saval & RGGI, Maya Domeshek and Angela Pachon
tate Senator Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia) talks about the new bipartisan Whole Home Repair program he introduced and was passed by the state legislature. Also on this show, Maya Domeshek and Angela Pachon discuss a new study from the Kleinman Center showing the...
Moms for Liberty: What it is and who’s behind the group
The Moms for Liberty summit in Philadelphia later this month is expected to convene hundreds of conservative women and spotlight GOP presidential hopefuls Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley. It also will feature its share...
Lawmakers Push Legislation to Prohibit Safe Injection Sites in Pa
HARRISBURG, Pa. (ErieNewsNow) - As the nation continues to struggle with an overdose crisis that reached a record-high in 2021, more states are exploring ways to prevent fatal drug overdoses. Some states are considering safe injection, or overdose prevention sites,...
Home repair program to open applications in Allegheny County
A new state program to assist homeowners and small landlords in making repairs to their properties will open applications Tuesday in Allegheny County. Grants of up to $50,000 are available for homeowners, as well as forgivable loans of the same amount for landlords...
Mercy and compassion are antidotes to fear and hatred | Opinion
Coal Township is located deep in the hills of Northumberland County. It takes it name from the once-thriving anthracite industry that built the hard-scrabble community and others like it in the north central part of the state. Today, it is tucked away between green...
What are Penn graduate workers’ thoughts about unionizing?
GETUP — a group of graduate student workers at the University of Pennsylvania — reunited over 200 people and rallied on campus on April 26 for safe, fair, and transparent working conditions. AL DÍA heard from some students about their thoughts on the movement. For...
A Far Right Moms Group Is Targeting Students. These Women Are Fighting Back.
Jen Cousins remembers the exact moment she decided she had to stop Moms for Liberty. At a school board meeting in Orange County, Florida in October 2021, Proud Boys member Jacob Engels stood up to speak with a copy of the book Gender Queer in his hand. Cousins, who...
The Power of Diversity: AAPI 100
Asian Americans are seeing unprecedented success in electoral politics. Vice President Kamala Harris is the first Asian American (as well as the first woman and the first Black person) to occupy her post. A record number of Asian Americans serve in Congress. And Asian...
Philadelphia Marriott facing criticism for hosting right-wing summit
From June 29 to July 2, the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown will host Moms for Liberty, a national right-wing advocacy organization, and their second national convention. Called the “Joyous Warriors Summit,” the event plans to host a variety of prominent right-wing...
At picket outside Einstein hospital, nurses say they are stretched too thin: ‘We fall short’
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In the Largest Victory of Its Kind in Philadelphia in Over 50 Years, Penn Doctors Overwhelmingly Vote To Unionize
After a months-long organizing campaign, the resident and fellow physicians at the University of Pennsylvania overwhelmingly voted to unionize with the Committee of Interns and Residents. With 88% of participants voting in favor, the frontline Penn Medicine doctors...
Penn Medicine residents and fellows vote to unionize, becoming the state’s first hospital house staff union
Penn Medicine resident physicians and fellows have voted overwhelmingly to unionize in support of higher pay, better medical benefits and improved working conditions at one of the top-rated hospitals in the region. On Monday, 88% of the roughly 1,400 residents and...
A Philly veteran struggled to fix his roof. After he got help, he went to Harrisburg to make sure others get aid, too.
For six years, Douglas Paige slept on his couch. The U.S. Air Force veteran and former Amtrak police officer once nominated as one of the nation’s “top cops” couldn’t sleep upstairs, where six large storage totes caught dripping water. He desperately needed a new roof...
5 things you may have missed in Harrisburg this week
A ban on safe-injection sites gets approval in the Senate Another bill that received bipartisan support this week is legislation that would ban so-called safe injection sites from being located in the state.
As union-forming efforts proliferate at Penn, university workers say organizing ‘isn’t going to stop’
Several hundred people gathered near the University of Pennsylvania’s Van Pelt Library last week, many carrying posters emblazoned with the United Auto Workers logo and personalized with slogans about their worker grievances. Student workers took turns talking into a...
Democratic State Senators Collett And Saval Push For AAPI Curriculum In Pennsylvania Schools
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Month and State Senators Maria Collett (D-12) and Nikil Saval (D-1) announced plans to introduce legislation to raise awareness of AAPI achievements by incorporating their history into public school curriculum in an effort to...
Bill Banning Injection Sites Passes Pennsylvania Senate, Awaits House Consideration
Pennsylvania’s GOP-run state Senate this week passed legislation banning supervised injection sites, sending the bill to the state House. Such locations — also called “safe injection sites,” “safe consumption spaces” or “overdose prevention sites” — permit addicts to...
Bill Protecting LGBTQ Pennsylvanians From Discrimination Passes Pa. House in Historic Vote
The Pennsylvania House made history Tuesday after passing the Fairness Act. The LGBTQ non-discrimination bill now advances to the Senate, and Gov. Shapiro wants it on his desk as soon as possible. Legislators made history Tuesday in Harrisburg as the Pennsylvania...
Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Senate votes to ban Safe Injection Sites
Following years of debating and a legal battle around the issue of safe injection sites, the Pennsylvania Senate on Monday, May 1, approved bipartisan legislation to ban them across the Commonwealth. Bill 165 is sponsored by State Senator Christine Tartaglione...
Pa. lawmakers made moves on recruiting more diverse teachers and banning supervised injection sites
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania House in a split vote Monday passed legislation to address the state’s teacher shortage, particularly a need for more teachers of color, by setting up a program to help young, aspiring educators. The action was one of several lawmakers...