Philly news aggregated from several sources
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| header image | Mr. Craig C. Williams, candidate for city council, adjusts a news cover displaying Malcolm X on a wall of Black Panthers news covers. Source: Temple SCRC https://digital.library.temple.edu/digital/collection/p15037coll3/id/7638/rec/67 |
“We strongly believe that Governor Josh Shapiro should have been working hard to pass something that actually matters — funding for public transit”
Jeff Yass's Commonwealth Leaders Fund has spent over $2.7 million on judicial races this year. , Most of that has gone to Montgomery County judge Carolyn Carluccio, a Republican running for a seat on the state Supreme Court.
Inmates file lawsuit about inhumane, unconstitutional conditions in #Pennsylvania prisons
“I had brothers in there swallowing batteries, razors, tying nooses. We organized this lawsuit because we felt it was a time to make change, we felt like if we didn’t do something positive or take a stand the DOC were going to keep doing this.”
A group of five Pennsylvania inmates have sued over the solitary confinement conditions in a state prison, saying the conditions are unconstitutional, worsening and creating mental illness in those held there. The lawsuit was filed in federal court Tuesday. It accuses the Department of Corrections’ State Correctional Institution at Fayette of placing those incarcerated into confinement based on secret evidence, leaving inmates unable to challenge their placement and subjecting them to “torturous conditions.” A spokesperson for the Department of Corrections declined comment, saying the agency does not comment on pending litigation.
#Pennsylvania now has automatic voter registration for anyone getting or renewing a driver's license or ID
Campaign operatives for Cherelle Parker, likely next mayor of #Philly, accidentally copied journalists from Philadelphia Hall Monitor on emails discussing how to dodge their interview requests. What a story
https://hallmonitor.org/cherelle-parker-does-not-care-about-local-media/?utm_source=mastodon
Since the conclusion of the 2023 May Democratic Mayoral primary, Democratic nominee Cherelle Parker has been conspicuously absent from the campaign trail. It’s been rare to see her publicly and rarer still to hear her speak substantively on any political issue. Here at Hall Monitor, we have been attempting to schedule time to speak with … Cherelle Parker Does Not Care About Local Media Read More »
"One of the 201 visa-seekers who did not have difficulty coming up with the money was Sang Ah Park, a daughter-in-law of Chun Doo-hwan, the last military dictator of South Korea. In 2007, she used a slice of the ill-gotten millions he collected as dictator to help finance the Pennsylvania Convention Center’s $800 million expansion."
#Pennsylvania officials have removed a searchable, online database of state employee emails, narrowing the ways the public can reach the people who work for commonwealth agencies.
Philly police commissioner Danielle Outlaw resigns, will be deputy chief of the NY/NJ Port Authority
Ori Feibush hit with a housing discrimination lawsuit
"As the hearse carrying Irizarry’s body headed toward Magnolia Cemetery, the Jeep, with speakers and subwoofers in the rear, followed closely behind. It rolled up North 6th Street, then turned east, all the while blasting the song “Mataron A Un Inocente” — “They Killed an Innocent Person.”
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