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Environmental groups rally in fear Harrisburg budget deal will sink major greenhouse gas initiative
Environmental groups and elected officials aligned with their climate goals say a deal is in the works in Harrisburg that would scrap the state’s entrance into a major greenhouse gas initiative in return for a budget deal. “If you’re in Harrisburg, this is the only...
Penn graduate student union announces strike authorization vote for Nov. 18
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Graduate students at the University of Pennsylvania are preparing to strike. The GETUP-UAW student union representing graduate student teaching and research assistants announced it will take a strike authorization vote, after it said...
GET-UP announces strike authorization vote at press conference with elected officials
Graduate Employees Together — University of Pennsylvania hosted a press conference on Monday with local elected officials to formally announce its strike authorization vote. The Nov. 3 event was the latest effort by GET-UP to rally graduate workers across the...
Senator Saval Joins Coalition of Advocates, Community Organizations, and Labor Partners to Announce Legislation to Tax Billionaires and Wealthy Corporations to Pay Their Fair Share
Senator Saval Calls for Billionaires and Wealthy Corporations to Pay What They Owe to Pennsylvanians
Coalition calls for taxes on billionaires to solve state deficit
(The Center Square) - A coalition of lawmakers from both chambers of the Pennsylvania General Assembly joined activists at the Capitol Wednesday to demand billionaires pay more taxes. With the slogan, “Tax billionaires, fund PA,” the group spoke in support of a...
Around Town – Bill would require Narcan at high schools
State Sens. Christine Tartaglione and Nikil Saval announced the introduction of Senate Bill 1054, legislation that would require all high schools in Pennsylvania to maintain opioid antagonists, such as naloxone or Narcan, onsite and to follow procedures developed by...
Pa. bill would require high schools to stock naloxone
A bill introduced last week in the Pennsylvania Senate would require all high schools in the state to have opioid reversal drugs on hand. Under the measure, school personnel would volunteer to complete training on the use of naloxone, which goes by brand names...
Pennsylvania lawmakers push to decriminalize homelessness
Two Pennsylvania state lawmakers are leading an effort to decriminalize homelessness in the state, with Lancaster County Rep. Izzy Smith-Wade-El and Philadelphia Sen. Nikil Saval collaborating on legislation for each chamber. In a statement, Smith-Wade-El said,...
New legislation would require all Pennsylvania high schools to stock naloxone, the opioid-reversing drug
All Pennsylvania high schools would be required to stock naloxone, the opioid-reversing drug, if a bill proposed in Harrisburg on Wednesday becomes law. State Sens. Christine Tartaglione and Nikil Saval, both Philadelphia Democrats, introduced legislation that would...
Bill would require PA high schools to stock naloxone
All Pennsylvania high schools would be required to keep naloxone, the opioid-reversing drug, on hand under new legislation introduced Wednesday in Harrisburg. The bill, sponsored by State Senators Christine Tartaglione and Nikil Saval of Philadelphia, would apply to...
Senators Tartaglione and Saval Partner with Student Leaders to Introduce Lifesaving Naloxone-in-Schools Legislation
Harrisburg, PA, October 15, 2025 – State Senators Christine M. Tartaglione (D–Philadelphia) and Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) today announced the introduction of Senate Bill 1054, groundbreaking legislation that would require all high schools in Pennsylvania to...
PA lawmakers announce bill to decriminalize homelessness
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHP) — Two Pennsylvania state lawmakers are getting ready to propose a bill they say will decriminalize homelessness in the Commonwealth. Lancaster County Representative Ismail Smith-Wade-El is teaming up with Philadelphia State Senator Nikil Saval....
Penn graduate student union holds picket as members sign strike pledges, allege stalled negotiations
Graduate Employees Together — University of Pennsylvania staged an informational picket on Wednesday to demand fair contracts and organize union members in preparation for a potential strike. The Oct. 8 demonstration attracted over 500 workers in support of the...
PA Dem lawmakers want to “decriminalize homelessness” with new bill even as success stories are right across the state border
HARRISBURG- Two Democrat Pennsylvania State lawmakers are introducing legislation that they say will “decriminalize homelessness” across the Commonwealth. Senator Nikil Saval and state Rep. Ismail Smith-Wade-El announced plans to introduce the Shelter First Act...
State legislators move to introduce bill blocking Penn from signing White House funding compact
Local politicians circulated a memo on Friday proposing legislation to block Penn from signing the White House’s preferential funding compact. Penn was one of nine schools approached on Wednesday with the agreement, which would require the University to adhere to...
Senator Saval to Introduce Resolution Recognizing October 6, 2025 as International Tenants’ Day
Philadelphia, PA − October 3, 2025 − Today, State Senator Nikil Saval (D–Philadelphia) announced plans to introduce a resolution to name October 6, 2025, as International Tenants’ Day, recognizing the 1.6 million households across the state who rent their homes and uplifting the importance of safe, dignified, affordable housing for everyone.
Remembering George Hardy: Tuskegee Airmen, 100, was a historic figure who lived in Sarasota
Lieutenant Colonel George E. Hardy, one of the last surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen, passed away on Sept. 25 in Sarasota. He was 100 years old. Hardy was born in Philadelphia on June 8, 1925. While growing up in the City of Brotherly Love, he was exposed to...
Frustration continues to mount, Pittman hints at budget on horizon
(The Center Square) - With no budget and no viable long-term transit solutions in sight, the Senate recessed till Oct. 20 on Wednesday. Majority Leader Sen. Joe Pittman, R-Indiana, issued a statement, however, saying that the Philadelphia mass transit band-aid...
Aging homes are crumbling across the U.S. Should government pay to fix them?
PHILADELPHIA — Even as her pre-World War II-era house falls apart around her, Bernadette Reese-Hobson tries not to feel “like a failure of a homeowner.” Her home is still her refuge, giving her space to sip tea while staring at family photographs that line the...