Solomon presents check to the Tree Authority, LLC
State Rep. Jared Solomon, D-Phila., presented $25,000 in state funding to the Tree Authority LLC for tree planting and maintenance along...
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delaina61
- Nov 27, 2022
- 4 min
With PennDOT studying transit options for Roosevelt Boulevard, a subway is back on the table
The momentum to finally build the Roosevelt Boulevard subway continues as residents from Northeast Philadelphia and across the city met...
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delaina61
- Nov 16, 2022
- 3 min
Absolutely Hold Larry Krasner Accountable, But Not by Impeaching Him
Legislators in Harrisburg are wasting time they should be spending finding real solutions to the city's gun-violence crisis. Albert...
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delaina61
- Nov 1, 2022
- 3 min
PennDOT commits to studying possibility of Roosevelt Boulevard subway
A representative for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation said this weekend that the agency will study potential options for...
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delaina61
- Aug 31, 2022
- 3 min
The Roosevelt Boulevard subway would change my life
As a 17-year-old high school student in Langhorne, getting to the places I need to be is always at the top of my mind. Living in Bucks...
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delaina61
- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
Subway line proposed for North Philly's Roosevelt Blvd gains new life
A new effort is afoot to revive a long-debated proposal to run a subway line along Northeast Philly's Roosevelt Boulevard. Why it...
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delaina61
- Aug 27, 2022
- 3 min
A Roosevelt Boulevard subway got an airing in a public meeting. The idea seems to have momentum.
Northeast Philadelphians have heard about the Roosevelt Boulevard subway for so long it’s become a kind of dog-eared civic myth. It’ll...
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delaina61
- Aug 16, 2022
- 3 min
Moving to open primaries in Pa. vetted by House committee
Pennsylvania has roughly 1.3 million voters who are registered neither as Democrats or Republicans and unlike in 41 other states, they...
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delaina61
- Aug 12, 2022
- 5 min
The Roosevelt Boulevard subway could finally happen after a century of false starts
Donna Fitzpatrick first heard about it when she was a teenager. The mythical idea would resurface in conversations with her Somerton...
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delaina61
- Aug 9, 2022
- 1 min
Solomon introduces legislation for veterans and individuals with disabilities
HARRISBURG, Aug. 9 – State Rep. Jared Solomon, D-Phila., will introduce legislation that would alleviate parking issues for veterans and...
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delaina61
- Aug 8, 2022
- 3 min
The longed-for Roosevelt Boulevard subway is drawing new interest. Could it happen?
Philadelphia’s idea to build a Roosevelt Boulevard subway has lived on paper since 1913. The notion refuses to die after 109 years, even...
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delaina61
- Jul 21, 2022
- 6 min
HOPE FOR HOUSING ACCESS
America is in the grips of a nationwide housing shortage that totals about 3.8 million housing units. Last week, the New York Times...
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delaina61
- Jul 12, 2022
- 5 min
How three new housing policies could help Philadelphians with home repairs and affordability
Three new housing policies by state and city officials aim to preserve and grow the amount of housing that residents can afford. Included...
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delaina61
- Jul 11, 2022
- 2 min
State board that oversees Philadelphia’s finances gets extended for 25 years
The Harrisburg-appointed board established in the early 1990s to oversee Philadelphia’s long-term financial plans and borrow on the...
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delaina61
- Jul 8, 2022
- 2 min
Solomon passes affordable housing legislation
This week, the House passed H.B. 581 allowing local taxing authorities to expand access to affordable housing in an unprecedented way,...
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delaina61
- Apr 30, 2022
- 5 min
Nine local gun shops supplied 15,000 ‘crime guns’ in Philly, new report shows
A report by the Brady gun-control group traced thousands of guns from criminal investigations to a handful of gun shops in the...
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drew25256
- Feb 7, 2022
- 1 min
2021 CITIZENS OF THE YEAR - Meet the folks who flipped off the Philly shrug this year.
"Only two elected officials have long spoken out against the tyranny waged on Philly’s body politic by John Dougherty and his enablers:...
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- Feb 7, 2022
- 1 min
Central High Student Christina Lu Honored By Pennsylvania House For Courage
Lu was attacked last year while trying to protect children from bullies. Watch the full story: https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/video/61...
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- Feb 7, 2022
- 1 min
The People Over Politics Petition starts new conversation around Philly corruption reform
The new effort from State Rep. Jared Solomon and Councilmember María Quiñones-Sánchez wants to take city government back to the basics of...
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- Feb 7, 2022
- 1 min
Philly Council to consider limiting outside employment after Bobby Henon’s bribery conviction
“And that if you’re an employer and hire an elected official, you’ve got to tell us, tell the public what it is they’re doing, who...
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