December 19, 2023 HARRISBURG, Dec. 19 – State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler, D-Phila., has announced that a total of $105,685 in state funding from the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s Arts and Culture Recovery Grants Program has been awarded to multiple organizations in her legislative district in south Philadelphia. Funds distributed through the PA Arts and Culture Recovery […]
Author: Sarah Bishop-Stone
December 20, 2023 The boiler at South Philadelphia High School is so old that it’s difficult to find replacement parts when something breaks. There’s no air-conditioning — often a problem in sweltering June and September in the five-story school that occupies an entire city block on South Broad Street — and there’s an outdated electrical […]
November 24, 2023 HARRISBURG — All Pennsylvania medical providers will soon be required to get consent before conducting any pelvic, rectal, or prostate exams on patients under anesthesia. While some regional medical institutions have banned the practice, there was no statewide ban to prevent physicians or medical students from conducting invasive pelvic exams, even when […]
August 4, 2023 A proposal in the state legislature would help boost renewables in Pennsylvania by easing the process for schools to install solar panels. The Solar for Schools bill passed the House in June with a bipartisan vote of 134-69 and is now waiting for a vote in the Senate. The initiative would give […]
June 29, 2023 A handful of school districts around Pennsylvania have embraced solar energy to reduce or eliminate their utility costs and legislation passed in the state House on Thursday would give other districts an incentive to invest in renewable energy. The Solar for Schools Act would leverage federal funding through the Inflation Reduction Act […]
June 23, 2023 As negotiations over the state budget heat up, Philadelphia lawmakers and officials say funds to fix the city’s aging, toxic schools rank as a top priority. At a news conference Friday at South Philadelphia High School, the school district’s superintendent, City Council members and union leaders joined State Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler (D., […]