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 […]
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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June and September in the five-story school that occupies an entire city block on South Broad Street — and there’s an outdated electrical […]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., […]
June 18, 2021 As lawmakers prepare to make the final push to pass a state budget, education funding is becoming a focal point on several fronts. “We stand in solidarity with the 5- and 6-year-old children whose lungs, hearts and brains are still developing while they sit in toxic buildings. We stand here today with […]
June 16, 2021 HARRISBURG, June 16 — Labor leaders and lawmakers from across Pennsylvania took to the steps of the Capitol in Harrisburg on Wednesday morning to hold a Labor for Schools Rally. The group called for the legislature to take bold, job-creating, life-saving action and remediate the lead, asbestos and other toxins currently in […]
April 21, 2021, 03:56 GMT A coalition of local progressive elected officials issued the following statement on the unanimous guilty verdicts in the Derek Chauvin case, and called for systemic change through a new vision of public safety that ends the continual increasing of police budgets, instead investing in communities and public services that prevent […]
April 16, 2021 Schools statewide are in urgent need of upgrades for the health and safety of students and staff, and a recent meeting of the House Democratic Policy Committee’s Subcommittee on Progressive Policies for Working People highlighted what actions the state can take to address toxic schools. The public virtual hearing, hosted by Subcommittee […]