Congress may soon consider whether to cut spending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the main way the government helps low-income Americans put food on the table. The Conversation …
Teenagers falling ill after buying THC gummies laced with benzodiazepines. Needles being displayed above candy. Selling cigarettes to 11-year-olds. Secret basements full of drug paraphernalia. Guns …
Some researchers at the University of Pennsylvania recently received orders to halt their work, after President Donald Trump’s administration paused $175 million in funding over the inclusion – a …
Environmental Protection Agency employees based in Philadelphia spent their lunch breaks Tuesday marching around City Hall in an attempt to raise awareness about the potential for massive cuts under …
Mayor Cherelle Parker laid out a $2 billion plan Monday to build and preserve 30,000 homes, describing the effort as the “largest single investment in housing in Philadelphia’s history.” Her …
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on March 20, 2025, that calls for closing the U.S. Department of Education. The president needs congressional approval to shutter the …
A “serious disconnect” exists between Philadelphians and the city’s 311 system, which residents use to report abandoned cars, illegal dumping, missed trash collected and other quality-of-life …
Mere days after Mayor Cherelle Parker presented her budget proposal, nonprofit providers and young people involved in a School District of Philadelphia homelessness initiative gathered across the …
Mayor Cherelle Parker, in her second budget address, proposed borrowing $800 million for affordable housing programs and cutting the city’s business and wage taxes. The $6.7 billion spending plan, …
Councilmember Kendra Brooks held a briefing at City Hall on Wednesday to inform Councilmembers and staff about the POWER (Protect Our Workers, Enforce Rights) Act. During the session, workers, …
Two of Philadelphia’s largest colleges — Temple and Drexel universities — were among 60 schools singled out by President Donald Trump’s administration as being at risk of losing federal …
City Council on Thursday approved spending $45 million on preparations for the nation’s 250th anniversary, the largest public investment to date for Philadelphia’s 2026 events. In addition to an …
SEPTA is once again finalizing plans for significant cuts and possible fare increases if new mass transit funding is left out of Pennsylvania’s budget. Details will be released next month, Erik …
Inside Pennsylvania’s only public school dedicated solely to serving students with special needs, Democratic elected leaders, union officials and others on Tuesday decried the Trump …
Andre Carroll took a phone call while sitting in his car at a gas station when a police cruiser pulled up behind him with its lights flashing. A Black man and a state representative based in …
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 …
Legislation introduced Thursday in City Council would bring speed cameras to a handful of school zones throughout Philadelphia. The bill authorizes automated enforcement outside the following …
A commission convened by City Council to reform Philadelphia’s tax code is recommending eliminating a levy on businesses and significantly reducing the wage tax for residents and those who work in …
District Attorney Larry Krasner officially launched his re-election campaign on Tuesday, promising voters a safer and freer Philadelphia, as well as pledging to stand up against MAGA extremism. …
President Donald Trump has begun to radically change how the U.S. government handles immigration, from challenging long-held legal concepts about who gets citizenship to using the military to …
