On Thursday, House Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Chairman Mike Thompson (CA-05) and 47 Members of Congress announced the introduction of Thompson’s Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now, or GREEN Act. This legislation, the principles of which were first unveiled last November, works to tackle the threat of climate change through the tax […]

Two Michigan congressmen behind legislation that would create a $50.5 billion relief fund for small businesses nationwide hope to get it included in the next federal aid package that may come before Congress this summer. The proposed RELIEF for Main Street Act would allocate funding to aid companies with 20 or fewer full-time equivalent employees, […]

Protests continued across the Philadelphia area Sunday, with demonstrators demanding systemic change to address racial injustice and police violence. The demonstrations marked nearly four weeks of civil unrest across the country following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Queer March for Black Lives draws hundreds Several hundred people marched from LOVE Park to […]

WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-2, helped introduce The Real Economic Support That Acknowledges Unique Restaurant Assistance Needed to Survive Act with a bipartisan coalition of nine of her House colleagues. The bill would create a $120 billion restaurant stabilization grant program designed to help independent restaurants deal with the long-term structural challenges facing […]

FLINT, Mich. – Members of Michigan’s congress have sent a letter in hopes of additional emergency funding in the next coronavirus aid bill for the Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP). GusNIP provides funding, through non-profits, to Americans on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food assistance to purchase fruits and vegetables at participating grocery stores […]

It’s been a challenging time for small businesses in Philadelphia. Throughout the city, businesses have taken a substantial hit due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a situation that continues to plague locally owned stores even as the city enters the Yellow Phase of reopening. Then, months of being forced to close shop for health concerns […]

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden came to Philadelphia Thursday to announce his plan to reopen the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic. He says President Donald Trump isn’t doing enough to keep workers safe. Biden made a stop at the former home of “American Bandstand,” now The Enterprise Center in West Philadelphia, to […]

The nation’s rebellion against police violence and racism led to state and local actions against statues honoring Confederates, but many federal symbols honoring Civil War rebels, including Army base names, remain untouched. That’s the way it will stay, if President Trump has his way. “My Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent […]

Governor Tom Wolf received praise for several actions he announced last week to create meaningful reform to law enforcement and other areas to end injustice and systemic racism. Several of the actions, which include strengthening oversight, training, and accountability, are based on the 21st Century Policing Task Force, created in 2015 under President Barack Obama. […]