An eight-year campaign to release detained migrant women at Berks County Residential Center came to a close on Tuesday, Jan. 11, when immigration rights activists announced that all remaining detainees were released.  When a coalition of immigration advocacy groups rallied at a Philly-based Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in December to enjoin the release of the migrant […]

“If you’re not at the table, you’re probably on the menu,” Thompson told the crowd.Technically the event had to be termed a congressional listening session, rather than an ag committee public hearing, which would have a formal set of rules and be made part of the official committee record.“It’s not an official hearing, but, well, […]

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The pathway to a new federal Farm Bill began with a listening session at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Jan. 13, and the Friday night event offered early indications of its direction. Hosted by U.S. Rep. Glenn “G.T.” Thompson, R-Pa., who is the new chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, more than 20 speakers told a panel […]

The Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA) has announced that — for the first time in more than 12 years — the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program will open its waiting list. HCV (formerly known as Section 8) is a federal government program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, […]

For the first time in more than 12 years, the Philadelphia Housing Authority will be accepting housing voucher applications, under a program previously referred to as Section 8. Low-income tenants with vouchers can rent an apartment, and PHA will cap their monthly rent contribution to around 30% of their income – provided they can find […]

For the first time in more than a dozen years, Philadelphia’s housing agency said Monday that it plans open a waiting list for the Housing Choice Voucher program, starting at 6 a.m. on Jan. 23. Formerly known as the Section 8 program, the voucher program or HCV helps low income families, the elderly and disabled […]

For the first time in more than 12 years, the Philadelphia Housing Authority will be accepting housing voucher applications, under a program previously referred to as Section 8. Low-income tenants with vouchers can rent an apartment, and PHA will cap their monthly rent contribution to around 30% of their income – provided they can find […]

The Philadelphia Housing Authority is reopening the waitlist for its Housing Choice Voucher program for the first time in over 12 years — and doing so with a completely new system. For the first time, PHA will use a lottery system to award spots on its voucher waitlist rather than the purely first-come, first-served system that was shut down in 2010, when […]

A Philadelphia Congressman is leading an effort to urge the Department of Justice to push back against threats made to children’s hospitals nationally, including Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, for providing care to transgender youth. Democrat Dwight Evans helped coordinate a letter from more than 30 Democratic members of the House of Representatives to Attorney General […]

John Fetterman’s 2022 Senate campaign spent the morning of election day eve outside of Rep. Dwight Evans’ West Oak Lane field office, chatting and taking pictures with supporters for about ten minutes before his next stop west of the city. His final destination? Pittsburgh. “We’re going to be going all across Pennsylvania during this last […]