Sean Kitchen

Tuesday’s victory is historic for the Working Families Party because this upcoming year will be the first time since the 1950s that a Republican hasn’t served on Philadelphia City Council.

Reproductive rights advocates scored a major victory in Pennsylvania after Democratic candidate Daniel McCaffery defeated Republican Carolyn Carluccio in a race for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday. 

US Sen. John Fetterman’s office announced on Friday that the Pennsylvania Democrat secured $1 million in funding for the William Way LGBT Community Center.

Pennsylvania residents who use passenger rail throughout the commonwealth are going to see improvements on Amtrak’s Keystone and Pennsylvanian lines.

Democrats on the House Health Committee in Harrisburg on Wednesday began the long and drawn out process of legalizing recreational adult-use cannabis for residents throughout the commonwealth by hosting an informational hearing on the topic. 

Pennsylvania House Speaker Joanna McClinton introduced House Bill 1410 and spoke in favor of the constitutional amendment in front of the House Judiciary Committee. 

Child labor violations have almost doubled since 2019 according to a recent report by the US Dept. of Labor (DOL). 

The Green Building Alliance, a non-profit organization based in Pittsburgh, was awarded a $500,000 grant funded through President Joe Biden’s landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, US Sens. Bob Casey and John Fetterman announced on Thursday.

“I would implore him to go under oath to dispute whether or not he asked for a pardon, or whether he thinks he did anything wrong,” Hutchinson said.

Yass has funded several groups and candidates who oppose reproductive freedom, including Carluccio, who has been endorsed by the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, a group that wants to criminalize abortions in all cases.