The Pennsylvania State Conference of the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and other organizations claimed the requirement violates the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits states from denying the right to vote because of an immaterial ...
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker signed an executive order Tuesday unveiling a new wellness court and wellness support in Kensington. City officials said the initiative is designed to get people suffering from addiction into treatment rather than a jail.
The rule in question impacts mail-in voters in Pennsylvania, who are required to place their completed ballot in a secrecy envelope and then into an outer return envelope. On the return envelope, voters must sign and date a declaration affirming their eligibility to vote.
The lawsuit was filed by the national ACLU along with ACLU branches in several states. Pennsylvania was not one of those states; however ACLU Pennsylvania Senior staff attorney Vanessa Stine says they're still watching the case closely. Stine says Trump's ...
LGBTQ+ leaders in Philadelphia respond to President Donald Trump's executive orders, which he began implementing days after taking office.
Trump's executive action regarding the Paris Agreement, which was signed on his first day back in office, was just one of a handful rollbacks related to climate and the environment. Marking President Donald Trump's second inaugural ball of the evening, the Trump family and JD Vance and his wife, Usha, all slow danced onstage.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and 18 states with Democratic attorneys general have announced lawsuits over President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end birthright ...
Trump said the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold tens of thousands of people who can't be sent back to their home countries.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have been accused of crimes. He also announced at the ceremony that his administration planned to send the “worst criminal aliens” to a detention center in Guantanamo Bay,
Immigration enforcement is expected to increase under the Trump administration. Here's a refresher on your rights when interacting with ICE at home or work.
In the hours following Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20 as the 47th President of the United States, Corinne Goodwin, executive director of the Eastern PA Trans Equity Project, began fielding dozens of calls from both transgender individuals and their family members,
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19.