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A new bill from first-term state Senator Nikil Saval could make an important difference in breaking down barriers for Pennsylvania residents to be able to access the different types of home repair funding on offer from federal, state, and local governments. Senator...

HARRISBURG, PA — Senator Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) this week announced Fair Records for Renters legislation, which would rectify false eviction records data and thus eliminate a major barrier that currently prevents tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians from...

HARRISBURG – Legislation is being proposed which would rectify false eviction records data and eliminate a major barrier that currently prevents thousands of Pennsylvanians from accessing safe and stable housing. Currently, a tenant is marked with an eviction record...

When Palestinians are finally celebrated for their contributions in a major American city and treated like any other community — that’s evidence of a brewing revolution. And it happened in Philadelphia on Monday. As an Israeli who has written publicly about Israel and...

Researchers have spent countless hours looking for solutions to the nation’s ongoing struggle with gun violence — their conclusions have filled volumes. But, as our partners at the Philadelphia Tribune recently reported, when one Philadelphia-based advocacy group went...

Gov. ​Tom Wolf was at the Mayfair Community Center last week, calling for legislative action on several proposals. Wolf was joined by state Sens. Tina Tartaglione, John Sabatina Jr., Nikil Saval and Art Haywood and Reps. Mike Driscoll, Joe Hohenstein and Mary...

In what organized workers at the Wyndham Historic District hotel are calling "Strikesgiving," over a dozen hospitality workers picketed outside the Old City hotel on Sunday, continuing an ongoing fight for increased pay and better working conditions. State Senator...

Hospitality workers at the Wyndham Historic District hotel in Philadelphia went on strike Sunday morning. Union officials said they want to secure livable wages and better conditions for their workforce, who are majority Black, Latino, and/or immigrants. The workers...

PHILADELPHIA, PA — State Senator Katie Muth (D- Berks/Chester/Montgomery), Chair of the Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Policy Committee, on Monday joined Senators Nikil Saval, John Kane, Christine Tartaglione and Lindsey Williams to host a public hearing to discuss...

A group of more than a dozen workers gathered outside of the Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District Monday (November 15) to protest their employer's low wages and heavy workload demands. The unionized group banned together for the strike amid contract negotiations...

Like many crime bills, Senate Bill 814 was born from tragedy. In 2015, John Wilding, a Scranton police officer, set off in pursuit of three teen armed robbery suspects. In the middle of the chase, he fell from a 15-foot drop and hit his head, eventually dying from his...

More than a dozen workers at the Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District demonstrated outside the Old City hotel Monday, the eve of contract negotiations between their union and the hotel's owner, RLJ Lodging Trust. The workers are part of UNITE HERE Local 274, which...

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 Tuesday 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...