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Trump administration aims to use South Jersey military base to detain immigrants

Vested interests. Influence muscle. At RFK Jr.'s HHS, it's not pharma. It's wellness

In rush to satisfy Trump, GOP delivers blow to health industry

NPR, PBS and WHYY could face cuts after Senate passes bill to slash funding for public broadcasting

District Council 47's new contract includes salary increases, new health care benefits

District Council 47 Contract

AFCSME District Council 47 reaches tentative deal with Parker administration

DC 47 tentative agreement

Is another city workers strike on the horizon? District Council 47 holds strike authorization vote

dc47 strike authorization

Pennsylvania should require front and back license plates, state lawmaker says

Pennsylvania Front License Plate

Pennsylvania Democrats stalled transgender athlete ban by moving bill to different committee

Pennsylvania repeals Sunday hunting ban, opening more days for 850,000 licensed hunters

Trump deportations could cost 349,000 jobs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, report finds

Pennsylvania 911 system experiencing intermittent outages statewide, officials say

Pennsylvania 911 Outage

Normal trash collection schedule to resume Monday as city workers return after strike

Philly Trash Collection

Mayor Parker, city workers union reach tentative deal, ending strike

Mayor Parker Strike

Trump's domestic policy bill to cut SNAP benefits to 42,000 Philadelphia residents

City moves trash collection sites as images of garbage pileups go viral

Trash Spruce Street

Pennsylvania loses $230 million in federal education funding as Trump freezes programs

trump education cuts

New Jersey Democrats blast Trump's nomination of Alina Habba as U.S. attorney

Thousands of Philly workers are on strike, disrupting trash collection and other city services

DC 33 strike

Gov. Shapiro warns Pa. congressional delgation that renewable energy cuts could cost state 26,000 jobs

Sen. McCormick backs increased NIH funding, new Russia sanctions and AI regulation limits

Bucks County nonprofits warn proposed funding cuts in biomedical research threaten advances in public health

As SNAP cuts loom, Philabundance says it's already lost millions in federal funding

Philabundance cuts

World Cup organizers navigate Trump's immigration policies as tournament countdown marks one year

immigration world cup

Pennsylvania House passes bill for tiered minimum wage increases

City Council approves Mayor Parker's $6.8 billion 2026 budget. See what's in it for businesses, public safety and SEPTA

budget:HOME approval

Mayor Parker's H.O.M.E. initiative and renter protections approved in final council session before summer recess

HOME initiative, housing bills

California governor's office points to Eagles' Super Bowl win in decrying Trump's National Guard deployment

Immigration surge cost state and local governments $9.2 billion in 2023, nonpartisan CBO finds

Trump orders investigation into Biden administration's autopen use

Overnight curfew approved for bodegas in Kensington, Fairhill and Germantown

City Council June 5

Aging Delco power plant ordered to remain open until late August due to 'energy emergency'

Eddystone Power Plant

New Jersey law makes inciting brawls a crime with $10,000 fines and jail time

NJ Brawl Law

Pennsylvania's handheld device ban for drivers takes effect June 5

Whitemarsh Township's Fourth of July parade back on after community pushed back over cancelation

Whitemarsh Parade July 4

Whitemarsh may reconsider holding canceled Fourth of July parade following fiery community meeting

Whitemarsh 4th July

Failed Delco voter fraud case demonstrates why bigger schemes would be detected

Philly voters approve ballot questions to increase affordable housing funding, provide more oversight to prisons system

City Hall Ballot Questions

Statewide progressive group reportedly calls on Sen. John Fetterman to resign

Supreme Court rules Trump administration violated due process in Venezuelan deportations

After Delaware County hospital closures, Gov. Shapiro pushes bill to limit private equity in health care

Crozer Delco closed

Slain rapper LGP Qua's family, friends urge City Council to better address Philly's gun violence problem

LGP Qua City Council

Should Hershey’s Kisses be the official candy of Pennsylvania? Here are five better options

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