Wolf Administration Announces Investments to Improve 29 Airports
Harrisburg, PA – August 28, 2019 – Governor Tom Wolf announced today the approval of $13.7 million in grant funding to make infrastructure and equipment upgrades at 29 Pennsylvania airports. The new improvements will help Pennsylvania’s airports operate safely, expand...Introducing: Extended weekend hours at 12 recreation centers
From mid-August to mid-October, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation will extend hours at 12 recreation centers. The extension is a partnership with the Managing Director’s Office of Violence Prevention (OVP). It aims to support community well-being and connection....Moms rally against guns in Philadelphia
Responding to mass shootings, honoring victims, and demanding “common-sense gun reform,” volunteers and supporters with the Pennsylvania chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety gathered Sunday at the Philadelphia...Democratic Officials in Pennsylvania Push for New Gun Control Measures
In Pennsylvania, more than two dozen government officials, including Democratic Governor Tom Wolf, called on the Republican-led state Legislature to enact new gun control measures, after a gunman in Philadelphia shot and injured six police officers. This is...Sen. Street Offers Legislation to Restrict Military-Grade Weapons
State Sen. Sharif Street (D-N. Phila.) joined Mayor Jim Kenney, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, Congressman Dwight Evans and Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross along with a host of elected officials from every level of government to condemn the inaction of State and...Senator Street Explains his Position on Gun Control on the Dom Giordano Program
Dom started the show by talking about Wednesday’s shootout in the Nicetown-Tioga section of Philadelphia and the response he received following yesterday’s interview with FOP President John McNesby. Yesterday afternoon, a press conference was held that featured Philly...Senator Street Offers Legislation to Restrict Military Grade Weapons in wake of Philadelphia Shooting
Philadelphia, PA − August 15, 2019 – Senator Sharif Street (D-Philadelphia), today joined Philadelphia Mayor Ji Kenney, Senator Bob Casey, Congressman Evans and Philadelphia Police Commissioner Ross along with a host of elected officials from every level of government to condemn the inaction of state and federal leaders in the wake of chronic gun violence and mass murder, prefaced by the largest mass shooting of Philadelphia law enforcement in recent history. Six police officers were shot, and dozens more held at bay for hours by a single armed assailant with an assault weapon.