State Rep. Sara Innamorato (D-Allegheny) resigned from the Pennsylvania House on Wednesday, in an effort to prepare for her almost-certain election as the next Allegheny County Executive in November.
Continuing their attacks against the LGBT community, Republicans in the US House of Representatives voted to strip funding for three LGBTQ community centers during an Appropriations Committee meeting on Tuesday. Two of the affected centers are the William Way LGBT Center in Center City Philadelphia and the LGBT Center of Greater Reading.
Voucher proponents such as the Commonwealth Foundation, the Commonwealth Partners Chamber of Entrepreneurs and Jeffrey Yass collected close to $10 million in tax credits from the EITC and OSTC programs during the pandemic and now they’re advocating for more vouchers that’ll defund public education.
Standing inside DnJ Precision, a Cumberland County gun store on Thursday, State Sen. Mike Regan (R-York) picked numbers out of a bingo cage as part of a gun raffle for the Cedar Cliff High School football team. At one point during the live video, Regan can be seen showing off the grand prize, a Colt Python .357 magnum.
Pennsylvania’s top health officials visited Pittsburgh Thursday to highlight the Shapiro Administration’s efforts to help Pennsylvanians navigate recent federal changes to the Medicaid and CHIP requirements.
Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs), which mislead women about the reproductive health services they offer and discourage abortion care and contraception, are set to get a $2.1 million increase in public funding in the proposed 2023-2024 Pennsylvania budget, bringing the total amount of money they stand to receive from the commonwealth to over $9.2 million.
Keir Bradford-Grey wants to bring her experiences as a public defender to the Attorney General’s office, where she hopes to combat wage theft, improve public safety, and protect reproductive rights. She is aiming to be the first woman of color to ever win a statewide office in Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg’s historic Broad Street Market suffered from a devastating fire in the early morning hours on Monday, as half of the building’s roof and businesses were destroyed following an electrical fire from a ceiling fan that was installed in 2017.
The federal investment is part of President Joe Biden’s “Internet for All '' initiative, and the grant comes from the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program created and funded under Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The city will spend $8 million on affordable housing projects, $5 million for home repairs for low-income and elderly residents, and millions more on public playgrounds, pools, and other programs to serve community members.
