Resources for COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Federal agencies continue to release guidance and funding for programs under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to help communities respond to the…
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Pennsylvania COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring Dashboard Update for June 18 – June 24
This will be the last press release update; the dashboard will continue to update every Friday Governor Tom Wolf and Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam released a weekly status update detailing…
Call for Articles! PA Recreation & Parks Fall Magazine
Now seeking article submissions for the Pennsylvania Recreation & Parks Fall magazine issue. Pennsylvania Recreation & Parks is the official magazine of the Pennsylvania Recreation & Park Society. Over 2,000 recreation professionals and…
Todd L. Eachus Named Broadband Cable Association of Pennsylvania (BCAP) President
Source: Broadband Cable Association of Pennsylvania’s (BCAP) HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Broadband Cable Association of Pennsylvania’s (BCAP) Board of Directors has named 24-year industry veteran Todd L. Eachus as its…
COUNCILMEMBERS GREEN, JOHNSON, GILMORE RICHARDSON INTRODUCE RESOLUTION TO HOLD JOINT HEARINGS ON PGW’S SUSTAINABILITY, DIVERSIFICATION STUDY
Philadelphia, June 24, 2021 – Today, as City Council officially approved the FY22 budget, a resolution co-authored by Councilmembers Derek Green (At-Large), Kenyatta Johnson (2nd District), and Katherine Gilmore Richardson (At-Large) was introduced, authorizing the Committees on Finance and Transportation and…
MAYOR KENNEY, COUNCIL PRESIDENT CLARKE ANNOUNCE WORKING GROUP TO CREATE TAX REFORM PLAN TO SUPPORT EQUITABLE RECOVERY IN PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA — Mayor Jim Kenney and City Council President Darrell L. Clarke (5th District) today announced the creation of a high-level working group that will study Philadelphia’s tax structure, with the goal of creating an…
Gov. Wolf: 75 Percent of Pennsylvanians Have Received First COVID-19 Vaccination
Governor Tom Wolf today announced that 75 percent of Pennsylvanians aged 18 and older have now received at least one COVID-19 vaccination. “Together, Pennsylvanians have hit a significant milestone in…
COMMITTEE ON PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES & SPECIAL NEEDS TO HOLD HEARINGS ON THE CITY’S ADA COMPLIANCE WITH REGARD TO THE CAROUSEL HOUSE, OTHER PARKS & RECREATION FACILITIES AND THE COMMUNITY AUTISM PEER SUPPORT PROGRAM
Philadelphia, June 18, 2021 – On Monday, June 21, 2021 beginning at 1:00pm, the Council Committee on People with Disabilities & Special Needs, chaired by Councilmember Derek Green (At-Large), will hear testimony during…
COUNCILMEMBER GREEN INTRODUCES LEGISLATION PROPOSING A MANDATORY ANNUAL APPROPRIATION OF CITY’S BUDGET TO HOUSING TRUST FUND
Philadelphia, May 27, 2021 – Today, Councilmember Derek Green (At-Large) introduced legislation to amend the City’s Home Rule Charter, allowing for a mandatory annual appropriation of the City’s budget to go to the Housing…
Northeast PA Mayor’s Fireworks Letter
The Mayors of Northeast Pennsylvania have joined together to express their distress with the increased use of consumer-grade Roman candles, bottle rockets and other aerial fireworks, which were made legal…