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Wolf on new federal regulations for ghost guns: 'This is long overdue'

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced that a new federal rule has gone into effect that requires licensed firearms dealers to conduct background checks when selling partially completed frames or receivers (PCFRs) that can be used to make homemade guns.

By Bob Martin | Sep 3, 2022

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Voter Reference Foundation: Ruling on Pa. mail-in ballots 'will have a terrible impact on voter confidence'

Gina Swoboda, executive director of the Voter Reference Foundation, recently expressed concern over a federal appeals court ruling that said Pennsylvania mail-in ballots submitted without a date on the envelope last year should be counted.

By David Beasley | May 23, 2022

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Wolf: 'ghost guns are being seized and recovered from crime scenes at an alarming rate'

By Bob Martin | May 2, 2022

Gov. Tom Wolf and Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Col. Robert Evanchick recently spoke about the Biden Administration’s new rule on unserialized ghost guns focused on background checks, saying that Pennsylvania is ready to implement the regulation statewide as well.

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Bettigole joins call for vaccine equity worldwide, 'we cannot allow this injustice to contiune'

By Bob Martin | Apr 8, 2022

Philadelphia became one of the first U.S. cities this week to call for the G20 nations to take an immediate role on global COVID-19 vaccine equity with city Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole joining the worldwide call for action.

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OPINION: President Trump Is Uplifting The Black Community—The Platinum Plan Will Build On That Success

By Linwood Holland Jr. | Oct 7, 2020

I am a Black man born and raised in Philadelphia, who attended public schools.

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New Jersey physician: Resuming normal business, physical activities should be personal choice

By T.H. Lawrence | Jun 22, 2020

Dr. Craig M. Wax: Don’t buy into government, media hype

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Philadelphia doctor: Lockdown doesn’t make scientific sense

By T.H. Lawrence | May 30, 2020

Dr. Mass says we need to move forward together, and put anger, partisanship aside

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Philadelphia hotel general manager urges Rep. Scanlon to stop lenders' COVID-19 'vulture tactics'

By Karen Kidd | Apr 13, 2020

A Philadelphia hotel general manager recently appealed to his congressional representative to stop lenders from using "vulture tactics" to prey on borrowers hard struck by the COVID-19 pandemic's economic impact.