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DA Krasner Encourages Philly Workers to Report Employer Crimes as Workplaces Reopen
PHILADELPHIA (Mar. 15, 2021) — District Attorney Larry Krasner today encouraged workers to refer potential crimes committed by employers to the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO) as workplaces start to reopen due to increased vaccination efforts. The Worker...
Democratic Senators Intervene in Fracking Lawsuit Against DRBC
BUCKS COUNTY − March 12, 2021 − State Senator Steve Santarsiero (D-10) was joined by Democratic colleagues today in New Hope to announce their action to protect clean drinking water for millions of Pennsylvanians from the environmental hazards of fracking. Their...
Senator Saval Questions DHS Secretary on Funds for PA Families
Senator Saval Questions DCNR Secretary About Fees, Access, and Drilling on Public Lands
2 new vaccine distribution sites slated to open in South Philly next week
Mayor Jim Kenney and health commissioner Tom Farley announced the addition of five new City-run mass vaccination sites throughout the city, two of which are located in South Philly. The addition comes just one week after four South Philly elected officials – City...
Senator Saval on Equity in Rental Assistance: DHS Budget Hearing
Watching a Coup From Afar: Local Burmese People Worry for Family and the Missing
When it's past bedtime on the East Coast, the latest stories and images from Myanmar light up the internet and spread around the world. The latest blockade setup by protesters to block military vehicles. Calls for help for food and water, or phone access to evade the...
Bringing good jobs to the port
Work has officially begun on a new $42 million distribution center within a mile of the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal. PhilaPort officially broke ground on the 201,621-square-foot warehouse on March 4 near 3rd Street and Pattison Avenue, and the new facility is...
Mumia Abu-Jamal supporters say he has COVID, call on Pa. to release all vulnerable incarcerated people
Saying his breathing is “labored” and that there’s “pressure” in his chest, supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal are again calling for the 66-year-old to be immediately released from a Pennsylvania state prison. During a Wednesday morning news conference outside of the...
Lawmakers Call On Gov. Wolf To Release Pennsylvania Prisoners At Highest Risk Of Contracting COVID-19
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Some lawmakers want action from Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on prisoners as a result of COVID-19. They say given high rates of infections and deaths in state prisons, the governor should release inmates who are elderly or medically vulnerable. “Our...
South Philly elected officials call on health department for more vaccine distribution sites
As the COVID-19 vaccine becomes increasingly more available to more and more Philadelphians, four local elected officials have voiced their concerns over the lack of access sites in South Philadelphia in an open letter written to Philadelphia health commissioner Tom...
State Legislators, Advocates, Family Members Urge Governor Wolf to Use Reprieve to Save the Lives of Incarcerated People
CHESTER, PA − March 2, 2021 − In a demonstration of unified support for reprieve, nearly a dozen state legislators gathered outside of State Correctional Institution–Chester (SCI-Chester) to urge Governor Tom Wolf to use his executive power to release incarcerated...
Senator Nikil Saval Calls on Governor Wolf to Use Reprieve at Rally to Free the Vulnerable
State Legislators, Advocates, Family Members Urge Governor Wolf to Use Reprieve
A People’s Budget: The Environment Joint Democratic Policy Committee Hearing
PA Senate & House Dems Host Hearing on ‘A People’s Budget: The Environment’
Harrisburg – February 25, 2021 - At the request of Sen. Amanda M. Cappelletti (D- Delaware/Montgomery), Sen. Nikil Saval (D- Philadelphia), Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler (D- Philadelphia), Rep. Rick Krajewski (D- Philadelphia), Rep. Sara Innamorato (D- Allegheny), and Rep....
Senator Saval’s Opening Remarks for “A People’s Budget: The Environment
YDSA Winter Conference 2021 Will Focus on Student Debt, COVID, Police
Donald Trump may be out of office, but the United States is still grappling with a pandemic, extreme wealth inequality, and climate emergency. The Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) believe that the work of building a better world is still very much in...
Teachers resist as schools are slated to resume in-person teaching
Philadelphia teachers took to the streets last week to protest the School District of Philadelphia’s decision to return to in-person learning for students in grades pre-k through second grade starting Feb. 22. More specifically, the school district decided to switch...
Who are the highest ranking Indian-origin .. Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/80964410.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst
NEW DELHI: A list of more than 200 leaders of Indian heritag who have ascended to the highest echelons of public service in 15 countries across the globe was unveiled on Monday. More than 60 of these leaders hold Cabinet positions in various countries.