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Governor Josh Shapiro on June 30 signed State Rep. Tarik Khan’s sponsored bill, amending the Donated Food Limited Liability Act.
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by Tommy Tucker
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7/10/25
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SEPTA’s board voted June 26 to approve a 2026 fiscal year budget that cuts service by 45 percent and includes a 21.5% increase in passenger fares.
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by Tommy Tucker
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7/3/25
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Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker visited Germantown on June 10 to celebrate Jumpstart’s 10th anniversary.
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by Tommy Tucker
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6/18/25
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Private school students are among the many groups that would be affected by the proposed upcoming SEPTA cuts.
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by Tommy Tucker
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5/28/25
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In the 2024 election, the top issue for voters was affordability. People may be working as hard as ever, but their money is not going as far.
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by State Rep. Tarik Khan, (D. Phila)
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5/22/25
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SEPTA’s doomsday budget lays out a stark future for mass transit without the $200 million infusion proposed in Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2025-26 budget.
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by Bob Previdi and Josephine Winter, Save the Train Coalition
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5/15/25
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Local officials condemned the firebombing of Gov. Josh Shapiro's Harrisburg mansion, expressing outrage over the incident.
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by Tommy Tucker
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4/16/25
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SEPTA officials announced a budget proposal that would see fare increases and drastic cuts, ending service to several Regional Rail lines.
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by Tommy Tucker
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4/10/25
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The start of 2025 has been rough. Rising prices, reckless tariffs and a stagnating economy have led to more families and local businesses struggling.
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by State Rep. Tarik Khan, D-194
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3/27/25
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Pro-cannabis interests spent at least $1.6 million lobbying the Pennsylvania legislature in 2024 as lawmakers weighed a legalization scheme.
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by Kate Huangpu of Spotlight PA
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3/20/25
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The public will soon have easy access to critical information about whether county agencies are keeping at-risk older adults safe from abuse and neglect.
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by Angela Couloumbis, Spotlight PA
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3/13/25
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The state oversees 52 county agencies to ensure they keep older adults safe from abuse or neglect. But in 2021, they focused on just one: the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging.
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by Angela Couloumbis of Spotlight PA
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3/6/25
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Shapiro is asking the legislature to legalize recreational cannabis, tax popular gaming terminals, and direct more than $500 million to the state’s poorest schools.
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by Stephen Caruso, Kate Huangpu and Katie Meyer of Spotlight PA
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2/13/25
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No one in the Pennsylvania Capitol is prepared to say if this is the year the state will legalize marijuana. But supporters are laying out their visions.
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by Kate Huangpu, Spotlight PA
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2/6/25
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Last summer, Pennsylvania lawmakers passed a budget that acknowledged a roughly $4.5 billion “adequacy gap” to properly fund its poorest schools.
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by Katie Meyer of Spotlight PA
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1/27/25
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Our days in the Pennsylvania State Legislature for 2024 have concluded. Here are some results.
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by Sen. Art Haywood
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1/9/25
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Thanks to Gov. Josh Shapiro’s efforts, SEPTA has secured enough funding to avoid service cuts through June 30, 2025.
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by Bob Previdi, policy director, Save the Train
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1/1/25
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Northwest Philadelphia grappled with significant infrastructure challenges in 2024.
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by Donna Shaw and Carla Robinson
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12/25/24
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Philadelphia's public transit system implemented its first fare increase in seven years starting Sunday, Dec. 1.
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12/5/24
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The move temporarily averts deep service cuts and fare hikes.
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by Carla Robinson
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11/27/24
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