Newsroom

(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...

A couple hundred people crowded outside City Hall on Monday evening to protest the detention and possible deportation of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. The demonstrators carried Palestinian flags and many people were wearing keffiyehs. State Sen. Nikil...

The Southeast Youth Athletic Association is wedged into a small square block in South Philly. On some level, the location is fitting: From the blacktopped parking lot, you can see the lights from Citizens Bank Park peeking out in the distance a few blocks away. But if...

Philadelphia Ballet officials on Wednesday ceremoniously raised high the roofbeam, setting the topmost steel girder into place on the company’s new building currently under construction on North Broad Street. The five-story building, expected to be completed in...

In the current legislative session in Harrisburg, one of the most active and visible state senators in the majority Republican caucus is Doug Mastriano, perhaps most well known for his failed run for PA governor, losing to Josh Shapiro. As a supporter of MAGA and a...

For Philadelphia native and Bok Building developer Lindsey Scannapieco, Hamilton Hall has long been iconic. To her, the circa 1826, John Haviland-designed Greek Revival landmark at 300 South Broad Street was a symbol of the vibrant, artistic community University of...

City Council is calling on immigration authorities to release a 44-year-old Philadelphia man who has been detained for months and is at risk of being deported to a country he has never visited. In a resolution adopted Thursday, lawmakers also urged the city’s...