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(Schools superintendent William Hite speaks to a charter school group urging more school funding. Credit: Mike DeNardo)

Phila. Charter Schools Urge City and State To Increase Education Funding Citywide

Charter operators and district officials gathered at Boys’ Latin Charter School, in West Philadelphia, to join in the push for city and state money to fill the district’s $304-million budget gap.

2013/05/23

(Pa. state senator Anthony Williams announces legislation that would allow undocumented aliens with high school educations to pay in-state tuition at Pennsylvania colleges. Credit: Tony Romeo)

Pa. Lawmaker Proposes Tuition Incentive For Illegal Immigrants Who Are Striving

A bill dubbed Pennsylvania’s version of the “Dream Act” is being introduced in the state legislature.

2013/03/19

(Pa. state senator Anthony Williams, left, presents a check to policy director Ann Schwartzman and executive director William DiMascio of the Pennsylvania Prison Society. Credit: Cherri Gregg)

Pennsylvania Anti-Recidivism Program Gets Stopgap Funding From State

Pennsylvania Prison Society executive director William DiMascio says the program had been highly successful over the past four years helping ex-offender fathers get training, jobs, and access to social services that helped them take care of their families.

2012/11/19

(Israeli Knesset deputy speaker Shlomo Molla, left, shares a moment with Israeli consul-general Yaron Sideman, center, and Pennsylvania state senator Anthony Williams, right. Credit: Steve Tawa)

Israeli Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Visits Philadelphia on Goodwill Tour

Shlomo Molla (at left in photo) was born in an impoverished Jewish village in Ethiopia.

2012/09/07

Community Leaders Speak Out Against Gun Violence In Point Breeze, Grays Ferry

A number of community leaders spoke at a press conference Friday afternoon to respond to the gun violence that has plagued the Point Breeze and Grays Ferry section of the city since mid-September.

2011/10/01

(Pennsylvania state senator Anthony Williams addresses the Philadelphia School Reform Commission on Wednesday. Credit: Mike DeNardo)

Ackerman’s Absence From SRC Meeting Raises Questions About Her Future

Where was Superintendent Arlene Ackerman? She was not at Wednesday’s School Reform Commission meeting, amid reports that the SRC wants her out.

2011/08/11

66 Philadelphia School Teachers Receive Lindbach Award

Teachers are under fire in a lot of places but they were feelin’ the love at a Tuesday night award ceremony in Philadelphia where 66 public high school teachers received the Lindbach Award.  

2011/05/10

Police Arrest Delaware Man, Woman On Drug Charges

New Castle County police say they have arrested a man and a woman on drug charges following a monthlong investigation.

2011/03/17

State Senator Anthony Williams speaks at a rally in Harrisburg. (file photo provided by Senator Anthony Williams' office)

Students Rally For Tuition Vouchers

Dozens of children from Philadelphia were in attendance as school choice supporters rallied in the state capitol this past week.

2011/01/30

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Revisit School Voucher Program

Along with an effort to sell off state liquor stores, a new attempt to establish a school voucher program is shaping up as one of the big issues for Pennsylvania lawmakers in the year ahead.

2011/01/16

(Philadelphia DA Seth Williams listens as Mayor Nutter addresses reporters outside the Criminial Justice Center on Thursday morning. Photo by Mike Dunn)

State Sen. Anthony Williams May Challenge Nutter For Mayor

Nutter, for his part, discounted talk of a primary challenge from Sen. Williams.

2011/01/06

Reward Offered For Arrest In Beating Of Community Activist

A group of state lawmakers and a civic organization in Philadelphia plans to offer a reward today, hoping to spark leads for police investigating the beating of a southwest Philadelphia community activist a week ago.

2010/11/05