The award is the largest competitive federal grant SEPTA has won for a project. SEPTA will get $317 million from the federal government toward the purchase of 200 rail cars for the Market-Frankford Line to replace aging models with cracked frames that workers in an Upper Darby repair shop have kept running on the system’s […]

Kiara Santos TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER Feb 16, 2024 Updated Feb 17, 2024 0 Philadelphia International Airport is receiving $20 million in new infrastructure funding, officials announced on Friday. The funds are coming from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Airport Terminal Program, created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also known as the Bipartisan […]

SEPTA has been awarded a $317.1 million grant to purchase 200 new cars for the Market-Frankford Line, federal legislators announced Thursday. Social media posts from Sen. Bob Casey and John Fetterman and Congressman Dwight Evans shared the message. The Market-Frankford Line is historically the single busiest route in the city, averaging around 180,000 riders daily […]

February 15, 2024—This week, three HumanGood affordable housing communities in Philadelphia were presented a check from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) totaling $26.48 million in grants from its Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP). The communities were the only ones in the Commonwealth that received funding under the Comprehensive Category in […]

The Justice in Forensic Algorithms Act would allow defendants to access the source code of software used to analyze evidence in their criminal proceedings. By Lauren Feiner, the senior policy reporter at The Verge, covering the intersection of Silicon Valley and Capitol Hill. She spent 5 years covering tech policy at CNBC, writing about antitrust, privacy, and […]

OIC Philadelphia recently marked its 60th anniversary with a big gala. Hosted at the VIE venue, the event attracted over 600 of Philadelphia’s most influential leaders on Friday, raising $325,000 for the organization’s initiatives. The evening, aptly themed The Beacon on Broad Street, paid homage to the enduring vision of the late Rev. Leon Sullivan, […]

By Sean Kitchen January 29, 2024 Philadelphia area residents who rely on public transportation may face fare increases and service cuts if Pennsylvania lawmakers cannot agree on SEPTA funding. The transit agency faces a $240 million shortfall in 2024. It’s a little more than one week until Gov. Josh Shapiro delivers his second budget address, but […]

The Civil Rights Division is a part of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission and aims to combat hate and fight against racism. Author: Kayleigh Johnson Pennsylvania officials today announced the creation of a Civil Right Division that aims to combat hate and fight against racism The newly formed group is a part of the Pennsylvania Human Relations […]

A joint letter from Sen. Fetterman’s office warned that “the collapse of SEPTA” would have impacts felt across Pennsylvania. By Cory Sharber Pennsylvania’s U.S. senators and Democratic House representatives from the Philadelphia region are calling for the Biden administration to invest more federal dollars into SEPTA. The letter, addressed to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, said […]

The head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says his agency has “communicated” the agency’s “position” on marijuana rescheduling to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and has continued to offer additional information to assist with the final determination. HHS for the first time confirmed that it had recommended moving cannabis from […]