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Over 150 individuals gathered in Center City on Tuesday to protest and demand the reversal of federal funding cuts to research, health, and higher education. The April 8 rally — which took place outside the office of Sen. Dave McCormick (R-Pa.) on Market Street — was...

“In Praise of Floods” (Yale), a study of rivers by the late political scientist James C. Scott, arrives after a year of catastrophic floods. Last spring, heavy rainfall lifted parts of the San Jacinto and Trinity Rivers, in East Texas, at least a dozen feet above the...

State lawmakers gathered in Harrisburg Wednesday to denounce what they see as a Trump administration rollback of anti-discrimination housing laws. They’re aiming to garner bipartisan support in the state Senate to ensure Pennsylvania upholds federal standards that...

Aramark workers at Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field and the Wells Fargo Center have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract with the food service provider, striking a deal that will include raises up to $6 an hour and health care benefits that...

Gov. Josh Shapiro joined an iftar dinner at the Al-Aqsa Islamic Society in North Philly to announce a historic grant from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, the largest ever awarded to a Muslim organization.

everal elected officials expressed disapproval towards both the Trump administration’s decision to freeze $175 million in federal funds to Penn and the University’s response in interviews with The Daily Pennsylvanian. As federal actions continue to target higher...

(The Center Square) - Invoking the state and national history of immigration, beginning with the welcome offered by William Penn, some Pennsylvania elected officials want to pass new laws that counter the federal government’s recent deportation efforts. The PA...

A bill introduced by Pennsylvania Republican Senator Dan Laughlin to protect citizens from criminal illegal immigrants has passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill, Senate Bill 471, requires an attorney to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Senate took steps Tuesday to enact separate legislation that would ban safe injection sites for drug use and institute a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence for anyone who sells fentanyl that results in a fatal overdose. Sen. Christine...

PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — A Senator has announced she will be introducing legislation focused on limiting local entanglements with federal immigration enforcement. The bill, authored by Sen. Nikil Saval, argues that residents who call 9-1-1 to report a crime cannot and...

The University of Pennsylvania has joined the ranks of major colleges and universities facing fraught financial situations as the Trump administration continues to expand its policy of withholding federal funding from universities carrying out policies it deems...

As President Donald Trump’s administration continues to lord federal funding over universities whose policies he finds at odds with his worldview, a coalition of faculty, staff, and students from the University of Pennsylvania is insisting the institution take a stand...

Over 200 members of the Penn community rallied in protest of recent federal actions affecting higher education institutions on Thursday. Penn employees, students, and local and statepoliticians gathered for the March 20 rally — which was held at the intersection of...

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Union leaders, students, and elected officials rallied Thursday in support of the faculty union at Community College of Philadelphia, which has threatened to strike without a new contract. 

Hundreds of people gathered Monday evening at Philadelphia City Hall to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University who was arrested by immigration officers earlier this month. Participants in the rally included...