Working on a solution to gun violence and want to share it? Get in touch with gun violence prevention reporters Sammy Caiola and Sam Searles. Following the passage of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in June, Pennsylvania Democrats urged both the public and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to adopt a state-wide set of red flag laws. Met […]

Bill Allows Medicare to Negotiate Lower Drug Prices and Caps Out-of-Pocket Spending on Medications for Seniors HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Earlier today the House voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a bill that includes several key provisions to lower the prices of prescription drugs. AARP Pennsylvania thanks Representatives Brendan Boyle, Matt Cartwright, Madeleine Dean, Mike Doyle, Dwight Evans, Chrissy […]

A coalition led by Temple Health has pledged to keep Chestnut Hill Hospital open as a full-service medical center. Temple, Redeemer Health, and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine announced a tentative agreement this week to purchase Chestnut Hill from Reading-based Tower Health, which closed two hospitals in Chester County less than a year ago. […]

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Temple Health, Redeemer Health and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine have joined forces to acquire Chestnut Hill Hospital, and keep it serving Philadelphia and eastern Montgomery County communities. It comes with the leadership of Congressman Dwight Evans (D-Philadelphia), and state Senator Art Haywood (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery). “You couldn’t ask for better, we got the power of a […]

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 — The Congressional Progressive Caucus issued the following news release: More than 75 members of Congress joined the Congressional Progressive, Black, Hispanic, and Asian Pacific American Caucuses to call on congressional leadership to include people without health insurance in any legislation that limits out-of-pocket costs for insulin. In their letter to Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Schumer, House […]

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A top surgeon with the Temple University Health System who regularly works with gunshot victims is calling for what she calls more sensible federal gun laws. The push by surgeon-in-chief Dr. Amy Goldberg, joined by local Congress members, comes after the U.S. House passed a partial assault weapons ban this week. Temple University Hospital has arguably one of […]

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 […]