City News
Trump’s attacks on higher education have made their way to Philly–five Temple students had their visas revoked and more than $3 million of federal grants have been terminated or halted.
Meanwhile, Temple Health is slow-walking bargaining with PASNAP, as nurses, techs, and other healthcare workers decry dangerously low staffing levels.
Larry Krasner's challenger in the Democratic primary has launched his first TV ad, fueled by money from conservative unions and Wawa's PAC.
Thousands rallied at Independence Park chanting “No Kings” in protest of Trump’s authoritarian nonsense, with a particular focus on the disappearances of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and Mahmoud Khalil. Amidst the unprecedented grassroots activity, local Democratic Party leadership is nowhere to be seen.
It’s been more than a week since CCP’s president was removed, but the board has yet to name an interim.
Arts and culture institutions across Philadelphia, including the Woodmere Art Museum, the Penn Museum, the South Asian American Digital Archive, and the Rosenbach Museum & Library, received notices that DOGE has canceled millions in already approved but not yet paid grants–funding they had already earmarked for staffing and programs.
Student journalists at the Daily Pennsylvanian have found that UPenn, a “non-profit” institution that pays no property taxes, owns over $3 billion in University City real estate, 65% of which are off-campus.
An industry group of supposedly publicly owned gas companies is lobbying the Trump administration to cut funding intended to curb carbon emissions. Our very own Philadelphia Gas Works is the largest member of this group.
State News
Trump's cuts to federal health grants are putting more than half a billion dollars in limbo across Pennsylvania, threatening life-saving services from addiction care centers to vaccine clinics.
Two international students at Gannon University in Erie, PA, are suing the Trump administration for revoking their ability to study in this country. In an initial hearing, a court has granted a temporary restraining order against Trump's "terror tactics" on immigrants.
It appears Governor Shapiro started a trend–all the American weapons industry shills are signing bombs now.
More uncertainty is brewing as the CEO of Crozer Health, Delaware County’s largest hospital system that’s been struggling to stay afloat amidst bankruptcy and private equity chicanery, announced he’s stepping down. He will be replaced by a president from Prospect Medical Holdings.
The ACLU is suing the University of Pittsburgh for free speech violations against the University’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter, which was suspended from the campus.
AFSCME Council 13 held the second Scott Perry (PA-4) Empty Chair Town Hall in Harrisburg. This father and union member attested to the vital benefits of Medicaid, and the need for a representative who will fight to fully fund it.
After a police search warrant referenced the accused Governor’s Mansion arsonist’s pro-Palestine sentiment, Chuck Schumer pounced on the opportunity to call antisemitism, urging a federal hate crime investigation. Shapiro himself described the move as “premature.”
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The Weekly Rose
These tax day handouts for billionaires are getting ridiculous!
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