Marco Cerino TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans took part in a roundtable discussion Monday with healthcare experts and community leaders focused on solutions to lower obesity rates in the city. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported over two-thirds of Philadelphia adults are obese, with higher rates among Black and Hispanic […]

Pennsylvania political leaders joined fellow Americans in expressing their outrage at the attack by Hamas on Israel.

by Len Lear World War II veteran Benjamin Berry is beginning to feel like a celebrity, and no one is more deserving. The longtime Germantown resident celebrated his 100th birthday on Sept. 16 at the Mission BBQ on Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philadelphia. And there was more to come. After the event, Berry was driven […]

Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. John Fetterman and U.S. Rep Madeleine Dean on Wednesday introduced legislation that would defer student loan payments for survivors of sexual violence who withdraw from school to seek treatment. “After going through horrific trauma like harassment, stalking, or assault, survivors deserve the time to heal — and if they’re in school and […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) announced $1 million in grant funding to conduct a needs assessment and identify gaps in support for Pennsylvanians who are victims of gun violence. This initiative was spearheaded by Lt. Governor Austin Davis. “Every Pennsylvanian – no matter what they look like, what […]

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PRESS RELEASE Harrisburg, PA – Yesterday, Governor Josh Shapiro signed an Executive Order building on the steps his Administration has already taken to expand the doors of opportunity for all Pennsylvanians that will increase opportunities for small and small diverse businesses to compete for state business, spur economic growth and create good-paying jobs, and make the Commonwealth procurement process more […]

(From left) Cherri Gregg from WHYY; U.S. Congressman Dwight Evans; Kadida Kenner, CEO of the New Pennsylvania Project; Bishop Dwayne Royster of POWER Interfaith; Lena Zwarensteyn, senior director of the fair courts program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights; and Saleem Holbrook, executive director of the Abolitionist Law Center and Straight Ahead […]

At Tuesday’s groundbreaking in Terminal A-East, the next phase of the airport-wide bathroom renovation project kicked off. The project is expected to be complete by 2028. Restrooms are one of the places just about every person visits when traveling through an airport. Philadelphia International Airport has been renovating its bathrooms since 2012, working toward improving […]