Today, U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Suzan DelBene (WA-01) led 38 of their colleagues in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles P. Rettig urging the IRS to review the status of the Family Research Council (FRC) as an “association of churches.” They also called on the […]

As we head into August, we decided to take a look at voter registration numbers for each of the 17 congressional districts in the Commonwealth. These numbers were taken from the Department of State website. State Totals Total Registered Voters: 8,749,774 Democrats: 3,999,081 (45.7%) Republicans: 3,458,688 (39.5%) Others: 1,292,005 (14.8%) District 1: Brian Fitzpatrick* (R) vs. […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott of Virginia has filed a brief along with 64 other House Democrats urging the Supreme Court to uphold the role that race plays in college admission policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina.  “Narrowly tailored admissions policies that recognize race as one criterion — out […]

At 10:30 Saturday morning, dozens of survivors, family members, and activists gathered to ride in a motorcade through North Philadelphia to raise awareness around the epidemic of gun violence that has gripped the city over the past two years. But for local politicians, it was also an opportunity to highlight new funding that’s available to […]

By Philadelphia Tribune Staff U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans, D-3rd District, has secured House passage of his legislation designed to improve diversity at the nation’s military service academies and his bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a Delaware River basin conservation program. Both of Evans’ legislative initiatives passed the House as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans, D-3rd District, secured House passage of his legislation designed to improve diversity at the nation’s military service academies and his bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a Delaware River basin conservation program. Both of Evans’ legislative initiatives passed the House as part of the National Defense Authorization Act, considered to be […]

Florida Representative Ted Deutch and U.S. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick, Brad Schneider, and Andrew Garbarino led 88 other Democratic and Republican Representatives in sending a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas urging additional and urgent action to combat antisemitism and prosecute antisemitic hate crimes. “Only by working together, across all branches and levels of […]

When the pandemic hit two and a half years ago, many small businesses in Philadelphia struggled to take their operations online. The digital divide was very clear, said Maura Shenker, the director of the Temple University’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC). Some businesses didn’t even have a website; how could they be expected to pivot to ecommerce when much […]

Following Saturday’s federal passage of the Bipartisan Safer Community Act, Pennsylvania is one of many states considering adopting so-called ‘red flag’ laws. Pennsylvania Congressman Dwight Evans and Pennsylvania state Senator Art Haywood held a press conference this morning to urge the creation of a red flag bill. If passed, Pennsylvania would receive $750 million for violence […]