Government & Politics
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Brookhaven Couple Offer Parental Love to Displaced LGBTQ youth
Being a trans woman has changed Andrea Lamour-Harrington’s life and led her to help 87 children in the LGBTQ community along the way, writes Heather Khalifa for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Since the 1980s, she has opened her Brookhaven home to anyone struggling with coming of age that identifies as LGBTQ. She calls it the House…
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Aston gets $300G Grant From Energy Transfer to Build Handicapped-accessible Playground
An Aston Commissioner and her daughter’s dream of having a handicapped-accessible playground is becoming reality, thanks in part to a $300,000 funding commitment by Energy Transfer Partners, writes Loretta Rodgers for the Daily Times. “As a resident of Aston Township myself, I’m proud that Energy Transfer, which moves the energy products used to make playground…
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From Upper Darby, She Was at Stonewall Inn the Night of the Uprising 50 Years Ago
The Stonewall uprising is a source of inspiration for the modern transgender right movement. Some accounts of the riots say that trans women led the resistance against police. For a long time their stories weren’t well known, but that’s beginning to change, writes Tim McLaughlin for KYW Newsradio. Nance Lomax grew up in Upper Darby.…
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Pa. House Passes Budget With No Tax Increase; No Minimum Wage Increase, Either
Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives passed a $34 billion 2019-20 budget June 25 that includes no tax increase, but also no minimum wage raise, writes Jan Murphy for pennlive.com. The budget has more school money, new agricultural investments and a healthy deposit in the state’s Rainy Day Fund. The Senate is expected to vote on it…
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Public Input Needed on Five New Voting Systems That Offer Paper Trails
Delaware County will be required to use voting machines that have a paper trail that can be verified by voters and audited, according to a county press release. The new system will need to be in place by the 2020 primary election. Residents are being asked to weigh in on five new voting systems that…
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Secret Service Teaches Safe School Initiatives at Neumann University
Hundreds of educators and emergency personnel from around the region were schooled by the U.S. Secret Service June 19 on some of the best practices to promote safe schools in their communities, writes Kevin Tustin for the Daily Times. Neumann University hosted the federal law enforcement agency’s first East Coast presentation of its Safe School…
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Pa. Governor, Legislators Consider State Police Fee for Residents of 7 Delaware Communities
Governor Tom Wolf is once again pushing for a fee on residents of municipalities that use Pennsylvania State Police for full-time police, writes Kevin Tustin for the Delaware County News Network. Two of his Democratic colleagues in the general assembly are also trying to make it law. Chadds Ford, Concord, Edgmont, Middletown and Thornbury, and…
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Philadelphia Pays $8.4 million Toward Cleanup of Clearview Superfund in Southwest Philly, Delco
The City of Philadelphia has agreed to pay $8.4 million in a lawsuit settlement toward the federal government’s cleanup of the Clearview Landfill, a Superfund site that contaminated a part of Delaware County and parts of the Eastwick section of Southwest Philly, writes Frank Kummer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The landfill was an unlicensed dump…
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Clifton Heights Says It Will Keep Fighting to Stop Proposed Middle School
Building a school on the Clifton Heights Athletic Fields is in limbo and is not going to happen as far as the borough is concerned, writes Linda Reilly for the Daily Times. Meanwhile, the Upper Darby School District has submitted plans to build a $60 million structure to address overcrowding in its existing two middle…
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Ethics Reform Hearing Proposal Not a Big Hit at Delaware County Council Meetings
Democratic Delaware County Councilmen Kevin Madden and Brian Zidek thought their proposal to hold “ethics and conflict of interest reform” hearings was an easy bipartisan victory. Instead, it landed like a lead balloon, writes Vinny Vella for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The proposal was twice voted down by the three Republicans on the County Council. Republicans…
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Public Input Sought on Recreation Trail Connecting Smedley Park to Glen Providence Park in Media
Delaware County is considering a multi-use trail that would connect Smedley Park in Springfield with Glen Providence Park in Media. The county was recently awarded a $35,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) to prepare a feasibility study for the Media-Smedley Connector Trail. A public meeting to discuss the trail…
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Local Legislators Seek Protection of Boeing Helicopter Plant Jobs in Ridley
The military’s Future Years Defense Program doesn’t fund upgrades for Chinook Ch-47F helicopters at Boeing Corp.’s Ridley Township factory, as the previous year’s budget did, writes Joseph N. DiStefano for the Philadelphia Inquirer. The Democratic-led House Armed Services Committee is asking for an extra $28 million to keep the “Block II” upgrade program active during…
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Major Alleyway Makeovers Planned in Upper Darby
Forty two miles of residential alleyways in Upper Darby will be repaved over five years, announced Upper Darby Mayor Tom Micozzie at a June 5 Upper Darby Council meeting. “The dilapidated condition of some of the residential alleyways in our neighborhoods is one of the top issues I hear about from residents who call my…
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Broomall’s Visual Sound Made Sure Campaign Visit and Opioid Crisis Forum Were Seen and Heard
Sen. Elizabeth Warren made her first campaign stop in Philadelphia May 13, hosting a town hall meeting with teachers and students in Northeast Philadelphia, reported Visual Sound, which provided audio and visual support for the event. The meeting was attended by about 200 educators and 100 students from Abraham Lincoln High School in Holmesburg. The…
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Gov. Wolf Unveils His $4.5 Billion Plan to ‘Restore Pennsylvania’ and Where Funds Would Come From
Last week, Gov. Tom Wolf unveiled the details for his Restore Pennsylvania infrastructure plan that aims to rebuild the state’s crumbling infrastructure, expand access to broadband, and help communities fight blight, writes Sarah Anne Hughes for the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. Restore Pennsylvania would fund projects across the commonwealth to address 11 issue areas: high-speed Internet access…
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Minimum Wage Increase a High Priority in PA State Budget Negotiations
Increasing the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour will be a top priority for Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf in budget negotiations this year, reports the Delaware County News Network. Wolf and state House and Senate Democrats want to increase the state minimum to $12 an hour beginning July 1, with gradual $0.50…
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Historic Swedish Park in Tinicum Gets $2 Million Renovation
Gov. Printz Park in Tinicum had a grand re-opening recently following renovations that include new gazebos, a performance stage, bocce courts, a splash pad and a replicated Swedish farmstead cabin, writes Kevin Tustin for Delaware County News Network. Funding for the upgrades came through the 2015 airport expansion deal with Philadelphia, Delaware County and Interboro…
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Meet the Legislator From Delco Who Knows About Student Debt and Wants to Tackle It
When State Rep. Jennifer O’Mara (165) left West Chester University in 2011, she was the first in her family to earn a college diploma, earning a dual degree in history and education. She also left college with a $36,000 debt, the average college debt in Pennsylvania, writes John Baer for inquirer.com. Now, 29, she’s a…
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