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Updated on May 12, 2021 at 11:59 am NBC Universal, Inc. The endorsements in the race for Philadelphia district attorney set up a battle within the city Democratic party, pitting the progressive wing versus the liberal establishment. At the same time, the election is shaping up to be one of the first tests nationally for a criminal justice reform movement that began about four years ago. Incumbent Larry Krasner and other similar-minded district attorneys around the country were elected then by...

Klunks anti-sexual harassment bill on its way to Senate York Dispatch It would be illegal for employers to require non-disclosure agreements related to sexual harassment as a condition of employment under legislation unanimously approved by the full Pennsylvania House on Wednesday. Some employers are “protecting serial harassers among their ranks,” said state Rep. Kate Klunk, who cosponsored the bill with state Rep. Morgan Cephas, D-Philadelphia. “They have to come up with ways to prote...

Updated: 12:00 PM EDT May 5, 2021 Pennsylvanias Legislative Black Caucus and supporting Democratic lawmakers rallied Wednesday to introduce a package of bills aimed at addressing systemic equity across the state with one bill calling for Pennsylvania to declare racism as a public health crisis. Other bills aim to battle racism in transportation, agriculture, and healthcare with much of the legislation also calling for bias training for employees. The legislative proposals sugges...

Pa. Legislative Black Caucus says policing legislation remains one of their priorities this session Updated 12:04 AM; Members of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus (PLBC) called Wednesday for continued action on policing and ending systemic racism. It came one day after a jury in Minneapolis found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three charges filed against him for the May 2020 murder of George Floyd. “The more than nine and a half minutes Chauvin spent disregarding a...

The Pennsylvania Ag Department does much more than deal with COVID-19 issues, but in a hearing on the agency’s budget this week, that’s where the talk kept ending up. “We all arrive at this point with so many experiences, life and professional experiences, that will forever change what we do as individuals and citizens but also inside this Department of Agriculture,” Ag Secretary Russell Redding said. Redding fielded questions from the House Appropriations Committee for two ...