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In Philly, progressive candidates slug it out with Democratic incumbents

BY: - February 20, 2020

After a wave of retirements from Pittsburgh’s South Side to Reading, many of progressives’ top incumbent targets are headed out the door. It’s left a slate of primary challenges coming at reliably liberal — even progressive — lawmakers more over tone than substance.

Senate committee gives green light to sheltered bike lanes

BY: - February 5, 2020

Pennsylvania state lawmakers came one step closer Wednesday to authorizing safer bike lanes on state-owned streets across the Commonwealth

‘This is not about charity. This is about investing in our children’: Pa. House, Senate resolutions aim to raise awareness of childhood homelessness

BY: - November 20, 2019

Nearly 37,000 Pa. children experience homelessness, creating all kinds of challenges as they try to pursue their education.