The U.S. House is poised for a second time to vote to end the federal ban on cannabis and help communities and individuals hardest hit by the war on drugs. A vote on the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or MORE Act, will reach the House floor as early as Wednesday, according to the schedule released Friday. The House […]

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium is getting $3 million in federal funding to help their efforts of bringing health care to some of Philadelphia’s most impoverished neighborhoods. Dr. Ala Stanford started the consortium with the goal of getting COVID-19 testing to people who may not have access to it. They built an official relationship with […]

The Black Doctors Consortium in North Philadelphia has received $3 million out of the $1.5 trillion federal spending bill recently signed by President Joe Biden. The funds will help the fledgling medical clinic supply free health care to an otherwise underserved neighborhood. The Black Doctors Consortium was born out of the COVID-19 pandemic and relatively […]

The Enterprise Center has received $1 million in federal funding to help support Black-owned businesses along 52nd Street. Presented by U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans on Friday, the money is part of a “revitalization” effort along 52nd Street, which Evans called the “anchor” of West Philadelphia Black community. “This is just a downpayment,” Evans said. The funding […]

On Thursday, March 31, Mayor Jim Kenney is set to deliver his second to last budget proposal to City Council. As the nation and the city of Philadelphia move towards recovery from the pandemic, city councilmembers, along with library staff and concerned community members are urging Kenney to provide $30 million in funding for the […]

SOUTHEASTERN, PA. — U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan is leading a team of bipartisan lawmakers working to reconsider a Department of Veterans Affairs’ proposal to close a Coatesville healthcare facility and restructure one in Philadelphia. The lawmakers said they are worried about the potential impact of a recommendation in a Veterans Affairs report issued this week on healthcare […]

Another $1 million is being dedicated to help revitalize the 52nd Street business corridor, a historic cluster of Black commerce and culture in West Philadelphia. Elected officials, business owners, and stakeholders in the surrounding communities gathered this morning to celebrate the new federal funding, passed as part of the spending bill signed into law last […]

Congressman Dwight Evans (D-3rd Dist.) and Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (D-5th Dist.) last week announced a $9.8 million federal grant for SEPTA to design and construct two dedicated end-of-route bus layover facilities at two locations in South Philadelphia. “I’m pleased that more federal funding I voted for is coming back to Philadelphia to improve SEPTA […]

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Local officials are helping to breathe new life into a commercial corridor in West Philadelphia. During a press conference Friday morning, Congressman Dwight Evans, along with Senator Vincent Hughes and others, presented a check for $1 million to The Enterprise Center for their 52nd Street Initiative. The goal of the project is […]

PHILADELPHIA — The bipartisan home improvement bill, the Whole-Home Repairs Act, isn’t just for show. The legislation backed by progressive lawmakers and organizations in Philadelphia has already received support from three Republican state senators: Dan Laughlin of Erie County, Dave Argall of Berks County, and Pat Browne of Lehigh County. State Sen. Nikil Saval, D-Philadelphia, […]