Philadelphia
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Shapiro keeps SEPTA afloat after flexing $153 million from federal highway funding
Gov. Josh Shapiro directed PennDOT to transfer $153 million in highway funding to help SEPTA after Senate Republicans failed to pass public transit funding. The funding will keep the transit agency afloat until July.
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Eagles legend Jason Kelce will host late-night show on ESPN beginning final week of NFL season
“They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce” will be recorded in front of a live audience at Philadelphia’s Union Transfer.
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Philadelphia’s mass transit system averts a strike by reaching a deal with its largest workers union
SEPTA agreed to a tentative contract deal with its workers union that includes a 5% raise, an unspecified pension adjustment, and additional safety measures for frontline workers.
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Philadelphia loses lawsuit that sought greater power for the city to regulate firearms
Philadelphia cannot impose stricter firearms regulations than are allowed by state law, Pennsylvania’s Democratic-majority state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday, a blow to city leaders looking for ways to stem gun violence.
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Your 2024 guide to Pennsylvania-inspired gifts
Stumped on what to gift your favorite pal in Pa. this holiday season? We have some ideas.
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More human remains from Philadelphia’s 1985 MOVE bombing have been found at a museum
The remains are believed to be those of 12-year-old Delisha Africa, one of five children and six adults killed when police bombed the MOVE organization’s headquarters in 1985, causing a fire that spread to dozens of row homes.
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SEPTA riders face fare hikes of more than 20% and possible service cuts
If approved by SEPTA’s board of directors, riders would pay the increase on top of a proposed separate interim average fare increase of 7.5% that the transit agency’s board is due to consider later this month.
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Harriet Tubman posthumously named a general in Veterans Day ceremony
The famed abolitionist — who escaped slavery and settled in Philadelphia, leading other enslaved Black women and men to freedom on the Underground Railroad — worked as a scout, spy and nurse for the Union Army during the Civil War, and helped lead 150 Black soldiers on a gunboat raid in South Carolina.
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Oprah, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry will rally for Kamala Harris in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh Monday
Oprah will join Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, hometown heroes the Roots and others in Philadelphia. Across the state, Katy Perry and Andra Day will appear at a rally in Pittsburgh.
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Obama, John Legend and Bruce Springsteen rally thousands of Philadelphia voters
Former President Barack Obama was joined by John Legend and Bruch Springsteen and rallied several thousand supporters at a raucous Liacouras Center. Obama urged Pennsylvanians to vote early, which ends on Tuesday.
