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Caren said leaders in the local tourism industry are worried that fewer Canadians will want to visit the region this year because of President Donald Trump's actions and rhetoric against their country." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 600px, (min-width: 768px) 500px, (max-width: 480px) 500px, 100vw " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/business" title="Business">Business</a></div><a href="/business/tourism-concerns-canada-trump-tariffs-20250330.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard md:leading-8 md:text-8 leading-6 text-xl">Philly tourism officials are ‘anxious’ amid Trump’s tariffs and rift with Canada</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/business/tourism-concerns-canada-trump-tariffs-20250330.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">The industry is bracing for potential fallout from the Trump administration’s tariffs and hostile rhetoric toward traditional allies such as Canada.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/seidman_andrew/" data-card-author="Andrew Seidman">Andrew Seidman</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-30T05:00:00-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="M42CZYWJOFGKBAKEITJCDVE4ZY" data-card-author="Alfred Lubrano" data-card-content-title="How will switch to all-digital Social Security payments affect Pennsylvanians?" data-card-content-section="news"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/news/pennsylvania/social-security-checks-digital-access-20250329.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-in-this,-2008-photo,-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/XKLY6J3I3BG5HEYTHJ62VEV3A4.jpg?auth=9171f97305c25c01ac4d2e17b0671dd3bff42fb038a6e8433f7a837423e53f01&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/XKLY6J3I3BG5HEYTHJ62VEV3A4.jpg?auth=9171f97305c25c01ac4d2e17b0671dd3bff42fb038a6e8433f7a837423e53f01&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/XKLY6J3I3BG5HEYTHJ62VEV3A4.jpg?auth=9171f97305c25c01ac4d2e17b0671dd3bff42fb038a6e8433f7a837423e53f01&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/XKLY6J3I3BG5HEYTHJ62VEV3A4.jpg?auth=9171f97305c25c01ac4d2e17b0671dd3bff42fb038a6e8433f7a837423e53f01&width=250&height=167&smart=true 250w" alt="In this, 2008 photo, blank U.S. Treasury checks are seen on a roll at the Philadelphia Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies, in Philadelphia." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 250px, (min-width: 480px) 350px, 250px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania News">Pennsylvania News</a></div><a href="/news/pennsylvania/social-security-checks-digital-access-20250329.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 break-words">How will switch to all-digital Social Security payments affect Pennsylvanians?</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/lubrano_alfred/" data-card-author="Alfred Lubrano">Alfred Lubrano</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-29T05:00:00-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="EL3Q5WLY5ZBM3JINDMD7F254VA" data-card-author="Lindsay Whitehurst and Ellen Knickmeyer" data-card-content-title="An appeals court cleared the way for DOGE to keep operating at USAID" data-card-content-section="news"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/news/nation-world/doge-usaid-appeals-court-ruling-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-supporters-cheer-usa-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/T4XN6F3S2Q4F4IL2KRJDS67MDE.jpg?auth=38af6ed3c651e1f1e339640c95318cceba559392ab69d9ff0bca775b6c963862&focal=1953,2000&width=760&height=507" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/T4XN6F3S2Q4F4IL2KRJDS67MDE.jpg?auth=38af6ed3c651e1f1e339640c95318cceba559392ab69d9ff0bca775b6c963862&focal=1953,2000&width=350&height=233 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/T4XN6F3S2Q4F4IL2KRJDS67MDE.jpg?auth=38af6ed3c651e1f1e339640c95318cceba559392ab69d9ff0bca775b6c963862&focal=1953,2000&width=300&height=200 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/T4XN6F3S2Q4F4IL2KRJDS67MDE.jpg?auth=38af6ed3c651e1f1e339640c95318cceba559392ab69d9ff0bca775b6c963862&focal=1953,2000&width=250&height=167 250w" alt="Supporters cheer USAID workers as they carry their personal belongings after retrieving them from the agency's headquarters in Washington last month." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 250px, (min-width: 480px) 350px, 250px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world" title="Nation & World">Nation & World</a></div><a href="/news/nation-world/doge-usaid-appeals-court-ruling-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 break-words">An appeals court cleared the way for DOGE to keep operating at USAID</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp ">Lindsay Whitehurst and Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press</span><time dateTime="2025-03-28T19:23:35-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article><article 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src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/VHURUPTGZD7OCPEMPDVMCUBVSM.jpg?auth=0c3779878e02575ddd57b4942452a92718a36151543b1bda49575804266939e2&focal=710,938&width=760&height=507" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/VHURUPTGZD7OCPEMPDVMCUBVSM.jpg?auth=0c3779878e02575ddd57b4942452a92718a36151543b1bda49575804266939e2&focal=710,938&width=350&height=233 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/VHURUPTGZD7OCPEMPDVMCUBVSM.jpg?auth=0c3779878e02575ddd57b4942452a92718a36151543b1bda49575804266939e2&focal=710,938&width=300&height=200 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/VHURUPTGZD7OCPEMPDVMCUBVSM.jpg?auth=0c3779878e02575ddd57b4942452a92718a36151543b1bda49575804266939e2&focal=710,938&width=250&height=167 250w" alt="Pennsylvania Sens. Dave McCormick, left, and John Fetterman play with Fetterman's three-legged dog, Artie, at Fetterman's home in Braddock, Pennsylvania on Feb. 2." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 250px, (min-width: 480px) 350px, 250px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/politics" title="Politics">Politics</a></div><a href="/politics/fetterman-mccormick-pittsburgh-book-event-postponed-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 break-words">Fetterman and McCormick cancel joint appearance in Pittsburgh</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/moran_robert/" data-card-author="Robert Moran">Robert Moran</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-28T18:11:36-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="JLEKOMNWNJFLDB6NDBR6YEDKGQ" data-card-author="Gary Miles" data-card-content-title="Marie A. Lederer, retired Pa. state representative and volunteer, has died at 97" data-card-content-section="news"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/obituaries/marie-lederer-obituary-philadelphia-house-representatives-pennsylvania-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-rep.-lederer-grew-up-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/6MBO4JPYXNEWDDINUTSILDBYSQ.png?auth=b08a610bc29b18188894cf2dac8110b4b2f06e1ff6bdb8dc5a74b0f93771b7a0&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/6MBO4JPYXNEWDDINUTSILDBYSQ.png?auth=b08a610bc29b18188894cf2dac8110b4b2f06e1ff6bdb8dc5a74b0f93771b7a0&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/6MBO4JPYXNEWDDINUTSILDBYSQ.png?auth=b08a610bc29b18188894cf2dac8110b4b2f06e1ff6bdb8dc5a74b0f93771b7a0&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/6MBO4JPYXNEWDDINUTSILDBYSQ.png?auth=b08a610bc29b18188894cf2dac8110b4b2f06e1ff6bdb8dc5a74b0f93771b7a0&width=250&height=167&smart=true 250w" alt="Rep. Lederer grew up in Frankford and graduated from Little Flower High School." sizes=" (min-width: 1280px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 250px, (min-width: 480px) 350px, 250px " decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card__inner inq-card__eyebrow-below"><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries" title="Obituaries">Obituaries</a></div><a href="/obituaries/marie-lederer-obituary-philadelphia-house-representatives-pennsylvania-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 break-words">Marie A. Lederer, retired Pa. state representative and volunteer, has died at 97</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/miles_gary/" data-card-author="Gary Miles">Gary Miles</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-28T16:57:45-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article></article></div></div></div></div></div><div class="grid gap-6 grid-cols-1 auto-rows-min "><div class="box-border relative "><div class="scoreBox"><div data-ad-name="section/mrec" class="arc-ad-wrapper text-center container-column my-5 "><div class="type-button "><div class="advertisement-text font-light xxs:leading-5 xs:leading-none text-[9px] text-[#999] tracking-normal uppercase justify-center flex flex-row mb-1">Advertisement</div></div><div class="container-row justify-center"><div class="arcad bg-none my-0 mx-auto min-h-0 min-w-0 ad-responsive text-center "><div class="htlad-web-right_rail_1_sec_dtm" data-unit="phl.news/politics/section/right_rail_1" data-targeting="{"position":"mrec","position_type":"mrec_section"}"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><style jsx="true"> @media screen and (min-width: 1024px) { .c0fS0JD4Xl681KG { grid-template-columns: 75fr 25fr; } } </style></section><div class="sm:mx-5 mt-5"></div><section class="grid grid-cols-1 lg:grid-cols-more-stories-chain sm:mx-5 mb-8" data-card-location="section-front" data-hp-package-type="flex-70-30-chain" data-hp-all-packages-layout="flexible-chain|flex-70-30-chain" data-hp-package-section="70-30-multiple-sections" data-hp-package-label="No Value Set" data-hp-package-index="2"><div class="col-span-2 md:col-span-1 md:mr-6"><div class="mx-5 mb-8 sm:mx-0"><div class="grid-1up mt-4 mb-4"><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="PIBO4OWXQBHYBLQBPJ3BPWKLT4" data-card-author="Fallon Roth|Joe Yerardi" data-card-content-title="Pennsylvania’s federal workforce was already shrinking before the Trump administration began massive layoffs" data-card-content-section="news"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/politics/pennsylvania-federal-employment-trends-trump-administration-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-retired-federal-work-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/GE5ZRMZLTZB5BNGXUSSXMEAT6Y.jpg?auth=80609341e2bcd44e3be20368b311d84f64feb0e05da8b2727e8fe9d2add2ee1b&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/GE5ZRMZLTZB5BNGXUSSXMEAT6Y.jpg?auth=80609341e2bcd44e3be20368b311d84f64feb0e05da8b2727e8fe9d2add2ee1b&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/GE5ZRMZLTZB5BNGXUSSXMEAT6Y.jpg?auth=80609341e2bcd44e3be20368b311d84f64feb0e05da8b2727e8fe9d2add2ee1b&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/GE5ZRMZLTZB5BNGXUSSXMEAT6Y.jpg?auth=80609341e2bcd44e3be20368b311d84f64feb0e05da8b2727e8fe9d2add2ee1b&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/GE5ZRMZLTZB5BNGXUSSXMEAT6Y.jpg?auth=80609341e2bcd44e3be20368b311d84f64feb0e05da8b2727e8fe9d2add2ee1b&width=100&height=67&smart=true 100w" alt="Retired federal worker Roseanne Sarkissian of Philadelphia (right) came to show support during the Save Our Services day of action event, at Independence Mall in on Feb. 19. Federal workers and everyday Americans came together to protest Elon Musk's push to gut federal services and impose mass layoffs." sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/politics" title="Politics">Politics</a></div><a href="/politics/pennsylvania-federal-employment-trends-trump-administration-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 md:leading-6 md:text-xl break-words">Pennsylvania’s federal workforce was already shrinking before the Trump administration began massive layoffs</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/politics/pennsylvania-federal-employment-trends-trump-administration-20250328.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">The data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics offers the first glimpse into what Pennsylvania’s federal workforce looked like just before DOGE’s mass layoffs of federal employees.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/roth_fallon/" data-card-author="Fallon Roth">Fallon Roth</a> and <a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/yerardi_joe/" data-card-author="Joe Yerardi">Joe Yerardi</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-28T16:39:37-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4"></div></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="IUAW4BF7GRE7XAIXQVW75PVHYU" data-card-author="Susan Snyder" data-card-content-title="West Chester’s new president vows to take the university from ‘almost awesome’ to ‘awesome’ amid tumultuous time in higher education " data-card-content-section="news"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/education/west-chester-president-inauguration-bernotsky-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-west-chester-univers-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/TGLFNZULLZALJGNZ775F4AFVRA.jpg?auth=8361851aba2419f104d4cefbb173c882c3ecf1b5337b125f493e9e35b1e4ff26&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/TGLFNZULLZALJGNZ775F4AFVRA.jpg?auth=8361851aba2419f104d4cefbb173c882c3ecf1b5337b125f493e9e35b1e4ff26&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/TGLFNZULLZALJGNZ775F4AFVRA.jpg?auth=8361851aba2419f104d4cefbb173c882c3ecf1b5337b125f493e9e35b1e4ff26&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/TGLFNZULLZALJGNZ775F4AFVRA.jpg?auth=8361851aba2419f104d4cefbb173c882c3ecf1b5337b125f493e9e35b1e4ff26&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/TGLFNZULLZALJGNZ775F4AFVRA.jpg?auth=8361851aba2419f104d4cefbb173c882c3ecf1b5337b125f493e9e35b1e4ff26&width=100&height=67&smart=true 100w" alt="West Chester University President R. Lorraine "Laurie" Bernotsky accepts the university medallion and mace during her inauguration." sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/education" title="Education">Education</a></div><a href="/education/west-chester-president-inauguration-bernotsky-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 md:leading-6 md:text-xl break-words">West Chester’s new president vows to take the university from ‘almost awesome’ to ‘awesome’ amid tumultuous time in higher education </h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/education/west-chester-president-inauguration-bernotsky-20250328.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">On Friday, the mood was decidedly uplifting and confidence abounded as R. Lorraine "Laurie" Bernotsky was inaugurated as West Chester University's 16th president.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/snyder_susan/" data-card-author="Susan Snyder">Susan Snyder</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-28T16:05:43-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4"></div></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="NOPCA7EPUZA6FIERZLTX32W3IY" data-card-author="Rob Tornoe|Julia Terruso" data-card-content-title="Trump buries call to restore Independence Hall in Smithsonian executive order" data-card-content-section="news"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/news/philadelphia/trump-executive-order-smithsonian-independence-hall-philadelphia-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-independence-hall-in-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/X44FHAGYCJHDJGEN4BKSGR2LZY.jpg?auth=28535f81e7e6f16708a361dc14e92262989f5276aa829a037010b817fa4393a3&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/X44FHAGYCJHDJGEN4BKSGR2LZY.jpg?auth=28535f81e7e6f16708a361dc14e92262989f5276aa829a037010b817fa4393a3&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/X44FHAGYCJHDJGEN4BKSGR2LZY.jpg?auth=28535f81e7e6f16708a361dc14e92262989f5276aa829a037010b817fa4393a3&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/X44FHAGYCJHDJGEN4BKSGR2LZY.jpg?auth=28535f81e7e6f16708a361dc14e92262989f5276aa829a037010b817fa4393a3&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/X44FHAGYCJHDJGEN4BKSGR2LZY.jpg?auth=28535f81e7e6f16708a361dc14e92262989f5276aa829a037010b817fa4393a3&width=100&height=67&smart=true 100w" alt="Independence Hall in Philadelphia, where the Founding Fathers adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776." sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia" title="Philadelphia News">Philadelphia News</a></div><a href="/news/philadelphia/trump-executive-order-smithsonian-independence-hall-philadelphia-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 md:leading-6 md:text-xl break-words">Trump buries call to restore Independence Hall in Smithsonian executive order</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/news/philadelphia/trump-executive-order-smithsonian-independence-hall-philadelphia-20250328.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">Trump called for "sufficient funding, as available" to get Independence Park ready for celebrations in 2026, but also plans more cuts to the Interior Department and the National Park System.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/tornoe_rob1/" data-card-author="Rob Tornoe">Rob Tornoe</a> and <a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/terruso_julia/" data-card-author="Julia Terruso">Julia Terruso</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-28T12:31:22-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4"></div></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="NKPSWYWPYNENBBH2RI6QQA6WJY" data-card-author="Ariana Perez-Castells|Fallon Roth" data-card-content-title="As Trump moves to end union representation for federal workers, thousands in Pa. and N.J. could be affected" data-card-content-section="news"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/politics/nation/donald-trump-unions-executive-order-pennsylvania-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-protesters-gathered--caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SMNCU3ZBLBACPECIWCFH5K63XE.jpg?auth=804bc90a56729fa7cd6d141f4d078417efaad360149fe1cb24344506d09b49dd&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SMNCU3ZBLBACPECIWCFH5K63XE.jpg?auth=804bc90a56729fa7cd6d141f4d078417efaad360149fe1cb24344506d09b49dd&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SMNCU3ZBLBACPECIWCFH5K63XE.jpg?auth=804bc90a56729fa7cd6d141f4d078417efaad360149fe1cb24344506d09b49dd&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SMNCU3ZBLBACPECIWCFH5K63XE.jpg?auth=804bc90a56729fa7cd6d141f4d078417efaad360149fe1cb24344506d09b49dd&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/SMNCU3ZBLBACPECIWCFH5K63XE.jpg?auth=804bc90a56729fa7cd6d141f4d078417efaad360149fe1cb24344506d09b49dd&width=100&height=67&smart=true 100w" alt="Protesters gathered at Independence Mall in Philadelphia during the Save Our Services day of action event on Feb. 19, 2025. Many local federal employees were affected by President Donald Trump's executive order on March 27 to remove collective bargaining agreements." sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation" title="National Politics">National Politics</a></div><a href="/politics/nation/donald-trump-unions-executive-order-pennsylvania-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 md:leading-6 md:text-xl break-words">As Trump moves to end union representation for federal workers, thousands in Pa. and N.J. could be affected</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/politics/nation/donald-trump-unions-executive-order-pennsylvania-20250328.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">An executive order on Thursday aimed to end collective bargaining for workers at numerous departments and agencies.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/perez-castells_ariana/" data-card-author="Ariana Perez-Castells">Ariana Perez-Castells</a> and <a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/roth_fallon/" data-card-author="Fallon Roth">Fallon Roth</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-28T12:03:33-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4"></div></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="JXL446KRIJG2FDJMKJJMZ3XMKA" data-card-author="Gillian McGoldrick" data-card-content-title="Garrity-Mastriano 2026? Doug Mastriano floats teaming up with Stacy Garrity to beat Dan Meuser in GOP primary for Pa. governor" data-card-content-section="news"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/politics/pennsylvania/doug-mastriano-stacy-garrity-governor-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-pennsylvania-state-s-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/G2VSBCCBYFE6JK64ZIRUDJ23PY.jpg?auth=752006fb3f71c62ed8515f65c42dca9ceaa88cbfce6773ee263e6e73a42b9883&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/G2VSBCCBYFE6JK64ZIRUDJ23PY.jpg?auth=752006fb3f71c62ed8515f65c42dca9ceaa88cbfce6773ee263e6e73a42b9883&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/G2VSBCCBYFE6JK64ZIRUDJ23PY.jpg?auth=752006fb3f71c62ed8515f65c42dca9ceaa88cbfce6773ee263e6e73a42b9883&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/G2VSBCCBYFE6JK64ZIRUDJ23PY.jpg?auth=752006fb3f71c62ed8515f65c42dca9ceaa88cbfce6773ee263e6e73a42b9883&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/G2VSBCCBYFE6JK64ZIRUDJ23PY.jpg?auth=752006fb3f71c62ed8515f65c42dca9ceaa88cbfce6773ee263e6e73a42b9883&width=100&height=67&smart=true 100w" alt="Pennsylvania State Sen. Doug Mastriano is greeted and welcomed by his supporters at the Deja Vu Social Club in Philadelphia on Sept. 30, 2022." sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/politics/pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania Politics">Pennsylvania Politics</a></div><a href="/politics/pennsylvania/doug-mastriano-stacy-garrity-governor-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 md:leading-6 md:text-xl break-words">Garrity-Mastriano 2026? Doug Mastriano floats teaming up with Stacy Garrity to beat Dan Meuser in GOP primary for Pa. governor</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/politics/pennsylvania/doug-mastriano-stacy-garrity-governor-20250328.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">As Republicans line up to challenge Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2026, Mastriano said he thinks the ticket would be “unbeatable.”</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/mcgoldrick_gillian/" data-card-author="Gillian McGoldrick">Gillian McGoldrick</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-28T08:56:51-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4"></div></article><div class="arc-ad-wrapper container-column text-center mb-4" data-ad-name="section/native_mw_1"><div class="container-row justify-center"><div class="arcad bg-none my-0 mx-auto min-h-0 min-w-0 ad-responsive text-center "><div class="htlad-web-Native_MW_1" data-unit="phl.news/politics/section/Native_MW_1" data-targeting="{"position":"native","position_type":"native"}"></div></div></div></div><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="5DVPOKIECNHSDPRFJAQNKXSVPU" data-card-author="Ariana Perez-Castells" data-card-content-title="Federal layoffs hit Philadelphia. Here’s what happened next for workers. " data-card-content-section="business"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/business/philadelphia-federal-layoff-unemployment-doge-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-trevor-otto,-a-forme-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/2BSGRRM54NGXVPUU74AD5VKWBY.jpg?auth=352846a1fbd6baaa95b025531994d306710ae500c4db15cb71a29ccc9be08792&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/2BSGRRM54NGXVPUU74AD5VKWBY.jpg?auth=352846a1fbd6baaa95b025531994d306710ae500c4db15cb71a29ccc9be08792&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/2BSGRRM54NGXVPUU74AD5VKWBY.jpg?auth=352846a1fbd6baaa95b025531994d306710ae500c4db15cb71a29ccc9be08792&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/2BSGRRM54NGXVPUU74AD5VKWBY.jpg?auth=352846a1fbd6baaa95b025531994d306710ae500c4db15cb71a29ccc9be08792&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/2BSGRRM54NGXVPUU74AD5VKWBY.jpg?auth=352846a1fbd6baaa95b025531994d306710ae500c4db15cb71a29ccc9be08792&width=100&height=67&smart=true 100w" alt="Trevor Otto, a former employee of the General Services Administration in Philadelphia, lost his job during recent downsizing of the federal government. With him are (from left) his daughter Devon, 2½; wife Jenna; and 7-week-old daughter Vivienne in their West Chester home." sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/business" title="Business">Business</a></div><a href="/business/philadelphia-federal-layoff-unemployment-doge-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 md:leading-6 md:text-xl break-words">Federal layoffs hit Philadelphia. Here’s what happened next for workers. </h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/business/philadelphia-federal-layoff-unemployment-doge-20250328.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">President Donald Trump’s administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have set out to shrink the federal workforce as they cut costs.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/perez-castells_ariana/" data-card-author="Ariana Perez-Castells">Ariana Perez-Castells</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-28T05:00:00-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4"></div></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="ADCZRSLTLRFKDCWWNQDF2U2XHA" data-card-author="Ryan W. Briggs|Sean Collins Walsh" data-card-content-title="The Philadelphia Parking Authority may soon launch an AI-powered system for automated ticketing of noisy automobiles " data-card-content-section="news"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/politics/philadelphia/philadelphia-parking-authority-loud-vehicle-tickets-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-councilmember-mark-s-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/47CN4MR6VZHWVGYLCJDJSXNFFE.jpg?auth=d25949c1a41223adc5d8f497fe805f7031f6e920f123f9f62ed3c0af3926587a&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/47CN4MR6VZHWVGYLCJDJSXNFFE.jpg?auth=d25949c1a41223adc5d8f497fe805f7031f6e920f123f9f62ed3c0af3926587a&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/47CN4MR6VZHWVGYLCJDJSXNFFE.jpg?auth=d25949c1a41223adc5d8f497fe805f7031f6e920f123f9f62ed3c0af3926587a&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/47CN4MR6VZHWVGYLCJDJSXNFFE.jpg?auth=d25949c1a41223adc5d8f497fe805f7031f6e920f123f9f62ed3c0af3926587a&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/47CN4MR6VZHWVGYLCJDJSXNFFE.jpg?auth=d25949c1a41223adc5d8f497fe805f7031f6e920f123f9f62ed3c0af3926587a&width=100&height=67&smart=true 100w" alt="Councilmember Mark Squilla has wanted to crack down on noisy cars for years." sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia" title="Philadelphia Politics">Philadelphia Politics</a></div><a href="/politics/philadelphia/philadelphia-parking-authority-loud-vehicle-tickets-20250328.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 md:leading-6 md:text-xl break-words">The Philadelphia Parking Authority may soon launch an AI-powered system for automated ticketing of noisy automobiles </h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/politics/philadelphia/philadelphia-parking-authority-loud-vehicle-tickets-20250328.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">A new bill from City Councilmember Mark Squilla would pave the way for automated enforcement of vehicle noise violations.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/briggs_ryan/" data-card-author="Ryan W. Briggs">Ryan W. Briggs</a> and <a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/walsh_sean/" data-card-author="Sean Collins Walsh">Sean Collins Walsh</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-28T05:00:00-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4"></div></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="EZI3GRI45FEADORAEAWJQ3Y3QA" data-card-author="Kristen A. Graham" data-card-content-title="Philly schools project a fiscal cliff, plan to spend $306 million in reserves to avoid classroom cuts and layoffs" data-card-content-section="news"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/news/philadelphia-school-district-budget-fund-balance-20250327.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-philadelphia-superin-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PWFLVJER3REOHAIBFCXBSZIXL4.jpg?auth=3267ac2a04e5633b5cd10bb09bd799a4a616dafd1194bcde5f23eee70df051b7&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PWFLVJER3REOHAIBFCXBSZIXL4.jpg?auth=3267ac2a04e5633b5cd10bb09bd799a4a616dafd1194bcde5f23eee70df051b7&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PWFLVJER3REOHAIBFCXBSZIXL4.jpg?auth=3267ac2a04e5633b5cd10bb09bd799a4a616dafd1194bcde5f23eee70df051b7&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PWFLVJER3REOHAIBFCXBSZIXL4.jpg?auth=3267ac2a04e5633b5cd10bb09bd799a4a616dafd1194bcde5f23eee70df051b7&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/PWFLVJER3REOHAIBFCXBSZIXL4.jpg?auth=3267ac2a04e5633b5cd10bb09bd799a4a616dafd1194bcde5f23eee70df051b7&width=100&height=67&smart=true 100w" alt="Philadelphia Superintendent Tony B. Watlington Sr. will introduce a 2025-26 budget that includes spending $300 million in school system reserves to stave off program cuts and layoffs." sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/news" title="News">News</a></div><a href="/news/philadelphia-school-district-budget-fund-balance-20250327.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 md:leading-6 md:text-xl break-words">Philly schools project a fiscal cliff, plan to spend $306 million in reserves to avoid classroom cuts and layoffs</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/news/philadelphia-school-district-budget-fund-balance-20250327.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">“If we did not use the fund balance, we’d quite simply have to make people and program cuts,” the superintendent said. “At all costs, we must do all we can to protect the classroom.”</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/graham_kristen_a/" data-card-author="Kristen A. Graham">Kristen A. Graham</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-27T20:06:53-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4"></div></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="RL3RY7J3P5DMHBCKPNPA5LK4IE" data-card-author="Thomas Fitzgerald|Sean Collins Walsh" data-card-content-title="Mayor Parker wants to cut free SEPTA fare benefit for city workers" data-card-content-section="news"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/transportation/septa-passes-mayor-parker-budget-cut-20250327.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-philadelphia-mayor-c-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/HLQI5C6Y6VGILKBIAGSPSOLTCY.jpg?auth=60bc43f5dc4cdebb65168a584b9ecb21d7c5475e17c69639ec0e7da1f823e7ef&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/HLQI5C6Y6VGILKBIAGSPSOLTCY.jpg?auth=60bc43f5dc4cdebb65168a584b9ecb21d7c5475e17c69639ec0e7da1f823e7ef&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/HLQI5C6Y6VGILKBIAGSPSOLTCY.jpg?auth=60bc43f5dc4cdebb65168a584b9ecb21d7c5475e17c69639ec0e7da1f823e7ef&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/HLQI5C6Y6VGILKBIAGSPSOLTCY.jpg?auth=60bc43f5dc4cdebb65168a584b9ecb21d7c5475e17c69639ec0e7da1f823e7ef&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/HLQI5C6Y6VGILKBIAGSPSOLTCY.jpg?auth=60bc43f5dc4cdebb65168a584b9ecb21d7c5475e17c69639ec0e7da1f823e7ef&width=100&height=67&smart=true 100w" alt="Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker gives her budget address to City Council, City Hall, Thursday, March 13, 2025." sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/transportation" title="Transportation">Transportation</a></div><a href="/transportation/septa-passes-mayor-parker-budget-cut-20250327.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 md:leading-6 md:text-xl break-words">Mayor Parker wants to cut free SEPTA fare benefit for city workers</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/transportation/septa-passes-mayor-parker-budget-cut-20250327.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">Many city positions are vacant and Parker’s mandate that municipal workers return to the office full time has been unpopular. Cutting Key Advantage would remove one tool for attracting new employees.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/fitzgerald_thomas/" data-card-author="Thomas Fitzgerald">Thomas Fitzgerald</a> and <a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/walsh_sean/" data-card-author="Sean Collins Walsh">Sean Collins Walsh</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-27T17:01:50-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4"></div></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="Y5GYAJPMMZFWLPNMAUUT73MUIU" data-card-author="Sean Collins Walsh" data-card-content-title="Commerce Director Alba Martinez is resigning from the Parker administration to produce a musical about Philly’s Latino communities" data-card-content-section="news"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/politics/philadelphia/commerce-director-alba-martinez-resignation-20250327.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-philadelphia-commerc-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/VQTX6FH2SFCNBOQJBZS3H7OYOU.jpg?auth=e0fe7e6ac966d1b7bcb837e50c6efc6df34737607c427536cac53c0fac618663&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/VQTX6FH2SFCNBOQJBZS3H7OYOU.jpg?auth=e0fe7e6ac966d1b7bcb837e50c6efc6df34737607c427536cac53c0fac618663&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/VQTX6FH2SFCNBOQJBZS3H7OYOU.jpg?auth=e0fe7e6ac966d1b7bcb837e50c6efc6df34737607c427536cac53c0fac618663&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/VQTX6FH2SFCNBOQJBZS3H7OYOU.jpg?auth=e0fe7e6ac966d1b7bcb837e50c6efc6df34737607c427536cac53c0fac618663&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/VQTX6FH2SFCNBOQJBZS3H7OYOU.jpg?auth=e0fe7e6ac966d1b7bcb837e50c6efc6df34737607c427536cac53c0fac618663&width=100&height=67&smart=true 100w" alt="Philadelphia Commerce Director Alba Martinez, who is resigning May 1, is the first Latina to hold her office." sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia" title="Philadelphia Politics">Philadelphia Politics</a></div><a href="/politics/philadelphia/commerce-director-alba-martinez-resignation-20250327.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 md:leading-6 md:text-xl break-words">Commerce Director Alba Martinez is resigning from the Parker administration to produce a musical about Philly’s Latino communities</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/politics/philadelphia/commerce-director-alba-martinez-resignation-20250327.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">Alba Martinez, who grew up in Puerto Rico, is Philadelphia’s first Latina commerce director and one of the highest-ranking LGBTQ city officials in the city’s history.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/walsh_sean/" data-card-author="Sean Collins Walsh">Sean Collins Walsh</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-27T15:25:13-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4"></div></article><div class="arc-ad-wrapper container-column text-center mb-4" data-ad-name="section/native_mw_2"><div class="container-row justify-center"><div class="arcad bg-none my-0 mx-auto min-h-0 min-w-0 ad-responsive text-center "><div class="htlad-web-Native_MW_2" data-unit="phl.news/politics/section/Native_MW_2" data-targeting="{"position":"native","position_type":"native"}"></div></div></div></div><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="CUKYHLNXDNCF3AMAGINBUKUNWU" data-card-author="Julia Terruso" data-card-content-title="Dave McCormick defended DOGE and Trump, and called Signal chat a ‘mistake,’ in first tele-town hall" data-card-content-section="news"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--compact 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Dave McCormick a laugh during the NCAA Division 1 Mens Wrestling Championship at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Saturday, March 22, 2025." sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/politics" title="Politics">Politics</a></div><a href="/politics/senator-dave-mccormick-tele-town-hall-20250327.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 md:leading-6 md:text-xl break-words">Dave McCormick defended DOGE and Trump, and called Signal chat a ‘mistake,’ in first tele-town hall</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/politics/senator-dave-mccormick-tele-town-hall-20250327.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">Republicans, facing mounting pressure to publicly engage with constituents, have turned to telephone town halls.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/terruso_julia/" data-card-author="Julia Terruso">Julia Terruso</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-27T14:51:31-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="border-b 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class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/schneider_aliya/" data-card-author="Aliya Schneider">Aliya Schneider</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-27T05:00:00-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4"></div></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" data-card-type="standard-story-card" data-card-content-id="LKPG2ANSTRE37NL26I23Q2L6Z4" data-card-author="Anna Orso|Ellie Rushing" data-card-content-title="Patrick Dugan wants to cap his military and judicial career by becoming Philly’s top prosecutor. Can he win?" data-card-content-section="news"><article class="inq-card inq-card-story inq-card-story--standard no-shadow inq-card-no-padding inq-card-story--compact inq-card-story--closed inq-card-infeed "><div class="inq-card__inner "><div class="inq-story__header "><a href="/politics/election/patrick-dugan-district-attorney-race-military-service-20250327.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><div class="inq-image--wrapper figure "><figure class="inq-card__figure inq-card__figure-3x2" role="figure" aria-describedby="inq-fig--figcaption-former-judge-patrick-caption"><div class="inq-image "><img class="inq-image visible-inq-image inq-card__image inq-card__image-with-ratio" src="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/MQ3ENRL7MND5VGIMN3MTSRV5LY.jpg?auth=773f6b1d3a99e37a507fa82cb0ae5e662f79f0a6842039647cd0365cf9e2abc7&width=760&height=507&smart=true" srcSet="https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/MQ3ENRL7MND5VGIMN3MTSRV5LY.jpg?auth=773f6b1d3a99e37a507fa82cb0ae5e662f79f0a6842039647cd0365cf9e2abc7&width=350&height=233&smart=true 350w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/MQ3ENRL7MND5VGIMN3MTSRV5LY.jpg?auth=773f6b1d3a99e37a507fa82cb0ae5e662f79f0a6842039647cd0365cf9e2abc7&width=300&height=200&smart=true 300w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/MQ3ENRL7MND5VGIMN3MTSRV5LY.jpg?auth=773f6b1d3a99e37a507fa82cb0ae5e662f79f0a6842039647cd0365cf9e2abc7&width=200&height=133&smart=true 200w,https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/v2/MQ3ENRL7MND5VGIMN3MTSRV5LY.jpg?auth=773f6b1d3a99e37a507fa82cb0ae5e662f79f0a6842039647cd0365cf9e2abc7&width=100&height=67&smart=true 100w" alt="Former Judge Patrick Dugan, a candidate for Philadelphia district attorney, listens during a community forum at the West Philadelphia Mennonite Fellowship on March 11." sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election" title="Elections">Elections</a></div><a href="/politics/election/patrick-dugan-district-attorney-race-military-service-20250327.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 md:leading-6 md:text-xl break-words">Patrick Dugan wants to cap his military and judicial career by becoming Philly’s top prosecutor. Can he win?</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/politics/election/patrick-dugan-district-attorney-race-military-service-20250327.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">Patrick Dugan has been branded the “tough-on-crime” candidate, and is straight from central casting. But those close to him say the tough guy exterior belies the empathy that has guided his life.</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp "><a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/orso_anna/" data-card-author="Anna Orso">Anna Orso</a> and <a class="no-underline text-primary hover:text-blue-mid font-normal" href="https://www.inquirer.com/author/rushing_ellie/" data-card-author="Ellie Rushing">Ellie Rushing</a></span><time dateTime="2025-03-27T05:00:00-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4"></div></article><article class="inq-card-wrapper" 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Wednesday, March 26, 2025, in Washington." sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 350px, (min-width: 1024px) 300px, (min-width: 768px) 200px, 100px" decoding="async"/></div></figure></div></a></div><div class="inq-card-spacing"></div><div class="inq-card-content inq-card-no-padding inq-card-content--closed"><div class=" inq-eyebrow type-article-eyebrow inq-eyebrow--site inq-eyebrow--image inq-eyebrow--image-no-padding "><a data-link-type="standard-story-card-eyebrow" data-card-type="standard-story-card" href="https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation" title="National Politics">National Politics</a></div><a href="/politics/nation/autos-tariffs-trump-tax-imports-20250326.html" data-link-type="standard-story-card" data-card-type="standard-story-card" class="inq-story__link"><h4 class="inq-headline inq-headline--standard type-h5 md:leading-6 md:text-xl break-words">Trump places 25% tariff on imported autos, expecting to raise $100 billion in tax revenues</h4></a><div><div class="inq-story-tease"><a href="/politics/nation/autos-tariffs-trump-tax-imports-20250326.html" class="no-underline text-inherit"><div class="hover:text-primary-blue"><p class="type-card-tease-2">To underscore his seriousness about the tariffs directive he signed, Trump said, “This is permanent.”</p></div></a><div class="inq-card-footer no-share-tool"><div class="type-author inq-author inq-author--compact text-primary"><div class="inq-author-main inq-byline"><div class="inq-author--no-breakline"><span class="text-primary font-normal no-timestamp ">Josh Boak, Associated Press</span><time dateTime="2025-03-26T21:10:13-04:00" class="inline-block type-article-details text-secondary inline "></time></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></article><div class="border-b border-solid border-neutral-light-charcoal-gray mt-4 mb-4"></div></article><div class="arc-ad-wrapper container-column text-center mb-4" data-ad-name="section/native_mw_3"><div class="container-row justify-center"><div class="arcad bg-none my-0 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That’s about 66% in New Jersey and in Delaware about 62%."},{"_id":"W3TZYPISZBGBTFL6XFBHKSJCOM","additional_properties":{"_id":1743175202851},"type":"text","content":"There were about 22,500 federal employees in New Jersey and about 4,000 in Delaware as of March 2024, according to OPM data."},{"level":3,"_id":"KUID553VGBBT3OZLQEKP6IFJEU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Where do they work?"},{"_id":"ZR24IOUNIBGLHGDAU7YYZPUBDI","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095351},"type":"text","content":"Employees of<b> </b>the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, the Veterans Benefits Administration and others work for departments impacted by the executive order."},{"_id":"WDHLH4UVT5A7NOUWFUPSEFP2NU","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095352},"type":"text","content":"Some of the government employees affected by Thursday’s executive order work at the U.S. Mint near Independence Mall, the Corporal Michael J. 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There’s people having anxiety attacks, panic attacks,” Berman said."},{"_id":"JZRC55OY7BDI7BCYAFVJHFQPP4","additional_properties":{"_id":1743010235915},"type":"text","content":"And the shrinking of the federal workforce is expected to continue."},{"_id":"VZHWR42BPBCOHJUI676KHZ3GFM","additional_properties":{"_id":1743010235916},"type":"text","content":"The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget <a href=\"https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/latest-memos/guidance-on-agency-rif-and-reorganization-plans-requested-by-implementing-the-president-s-department-of-government-efficiency-workforce-optimization-initiative.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">directed federal agencies to submit plans</a> for a reduction in force <a href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-agencies-face-thursday-deadline-submit-mass-layoff-plans-2025-03-13/\">by March 13</a>. 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He loves his IRS job and hopes to be able to do the work again."},{"_id":"DYCPZFI3TRGLVO6AEYRBXRII7Q","additional_properties":{"_id":1743010235932},"type":"text","content":"“I’m sitting home, not doing any work, and I’m gonna get paid,” he said, “How is that efficient?”"},{"_id":"6GQI5XUJGVDONMRDBXFRLJJAVI","additional_properties":{"_id":1743010235933},"type":"text","content":"Trevor Otto, 41, a lease contracting officer at the General Services Administration in Philadelphia, remembers getting a text from a colleague in early March informing him “we’re all fired.”"},{"_id":"5OL7AY5TZ5EOZFMARECK7UTM5U","additional_properties":{"_id":1743010235934},"type":"text","content":"An email then confirmed his four-person division was being terminated, he said. As of March 21, Otto was still waiting for an official termination notice. 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The Department of Homeland Security announced it was <a href=\"https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/03/07/dhs-ends-collective-bargaining-for-tsas-transportation-security\">ending TSA union representation and collective bargaining rights</a> in early March. The move left <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/tsa-philadelphia-employees-union-airport-bargaining-20250320.html\">Philadelphia TSA employees concerned</a> about how it could change their workplace environment."},{"_id":"XM365243PNERJN7XYIUWP2YIMU","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095336},"type":"text","content":"Here’s a look at what changes have been announced and how they could impact the Philadelphia area."},{"level":3,"_id":"UK4NYVPDSJFL7B45ELPYOLAZ5I","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"How many federal employees are in Pennsylvania?"},{"_id":"JUKXTIQUOFF43NHR7HGNTI6DSE","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095347},"type":"text","content":"Pennsylvania has roughly <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/business/pennsylvania-federal-workers-executive-order-20250123.html\">66,100 federal workers</a> across various agencies, and Veterans Affairs employs the largest share of them. Among the departments that are impacted by the executive order, Pennsylvania has the following employees:"},{"list_type":"unordered","_id":"ZX3EZV6VIFFDXDQ7AHXJ7XZ4QI","type":"list","items":[{"_id":"MMRRC2DHYFFNNMLALSZ72SEQVA","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Departments of State: 91 federal employees"},{"_id":"5CDWJ54ELVDGJI7ERQBIFRNP5I","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Department of Defense: 7,915 federal employees"},{"_id":"RFFP4F3RWREJDH3WBPECTDITKE","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Department of Veterans Affairs: 19,321 federal employees"},{"_id":"4UGZOAVZNFEPVIK7FQ4GGQHSDM","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Department of Energy: 484 federal employees"},{"_id":"GFQVDNDF4FBFFDE7QMDRM5IM5U","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Department of Health and Human Services: 1,305 federal employees"},{"_id":"ZRYIMXUXEBDRBCQJL5YANHOETU","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Department of Treasury: 6,337 federal employees"},{"_id":"EJTJORRPWZBUBJVBAM7KXSCYWI","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Department of Justice: 1,564 federal employees"},{"_id":"LUXU4ACDDZHO3MPBZHSU74DV4I","additional_properties":{"indent":0},"alignment":"left","type":"text","content":"Department of Homeland Security: 878 federal employees"}]},{"_id":"ACIB25C5WFDFPMNGV3QO7JJ6OA","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095349},"type":"text","content":"About 71% of Pennsylvania’s federal employees are in union jobs — nearly 47,000, according to <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/business/pennsylvania-federal-workers-executive-order-20250123.html\" target=\"_blank\">data from the Office of Personnel Management</a> as of March 2024. That’s about 66% in New Jersey and in Delaware about 62%."},{"_id":"W3TZYPISZBGBTFL6XFBHKSJCOM","additional_properties":{"_id":1743175202851},"type":"text","content":"There were about 22,500 federal employees in New Jersey and about 4,000 in Delaware as of March 2024, according to OPM data."},{"level":3,"_id":"KUID553VGBBT3OZLQEKP6IFJEU","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"Where do they work?"},{"_id":"ZR24IOUNIBGLHGDAU7YYZPUBDI","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095351},"type":"text","content":"Employees of<b> </b>the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, the Veterans Benefits Administration and others work for departments impacted by the executive order."},{"_id":"WDHLH4UVT5A7NOUWFUPSEFP2NU","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095352},"type":"text","content":"Some of the government employees affected by Thursday’s executive order work at the U.S. Mint near Independence Mall, the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in West Philadelphia, and the IRS’s <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/business/irs-layoffs-president-trump-philadelphia-20250220.html\">30th and Market Street location</a>."},{"level":3,"_id":"PKYEMNKC5RGWRCNGUOLUMKLGUI","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"What is the Trump administration saying?"},{"_id":"DFT32F6CZVDBZCPXOCZKKOEAEE","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095338},"type":"text","content":"Trump <a href=\"https://apnews.com/article/trump-unions-collective-bargaining-end-national-security-deabc796751dc038a8500774fe174a99\" target=\"_blank\">said the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 </a>gives him the authority to end collective bargaining with federal unions in these agencies because of their role in safeguarding national security."},{"_id":"XNUOGFE3PNCMZMZD2GHNTCB4OE","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095339},"type":"text","content":"A <a href=\"https://chcoc.gov/sites/default/files/OPM%20Guidance%20Memo%20on%20Exclusions%20from%20Labor%20Management%20Programs%203-27-2025.pdf\">memo from the Office of Personnel Management</a> on Thursday provides guidance to agencies on the change. The memo notes that collective bargaining agreements “often create procedural impediments to separating poor performers beyond those required by statute or regulation.”"},{"level":3,"_id":"BMQLJBMG7NGWFFB3FZFUC5YWGY","additional_properties":{},"type":"header","content":"What are unions saying?"},{"_id":"LKIFY3F27JCEVKGAMZS25MVHKE","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095341},"type":"text","content":"National president Everett Kelley said AFGE, which is the largest union for federal employees, is “preparing immediate legal action” in response to Trump’s executive order and what Kelley referred to as “unprecedented attacks.”"},{"_id":"CKJIOM46V5HT5AETNYF7MYUYTI","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095342},"type":"text","content":"“President Trump’s latest executive order is a disgraceful and retaliatory attack on the rights of hundreds of thousands of patriotic American civil servants — nearly one-third of whom are veterans — simply because they are members of a union that stands up to his harmful policies,” Kelley said in a statement Thursday night."},{"_id":"PEKFDNLEHRGKRPCSEAOV37ZV34","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095343},"type":"text","content":"The National Treasury Employees Union president, Doreen Greenwald, said: “We will vigorously challenge this illegal order in court.”"},{"_id":"JWZ2HYEQHZBINKQZZX6P7TZBU4","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095344},"type":"text","content":"Her union represents federal employees across 37 departments and offices including the Department of Health and Human Services, <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/business/health-human-services-job-cuts-layoffs-20250327.html\" target=\"_blank\">which announced cuts to its workforce</a> on Thursday, and the Department of the Treasury."},{"_id":"BIISTCCPDBA5LPBC2B45D3B45A","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095345},"type":"text","content":"“The executive order to eliminate collective bargaining rights for federal employees across the government is a brazen attempt by the administration to ensure its reckless assault on vital federal agency services can continue unimpeded,” Greenwald said in a statement."},{"_id":"NIXDPNPZQVDR5PR3QQ5KKE663A","additional_properties":{"_id":1743176534974},"type":"text","content":"Alex Jay Berman, executive vice president of National Treasury Employees Union Chapter 71, which represents IRS workers at the 30th and Market Street location, works full-time for the union. He described that role as aiming to “improve the workplace,” he said, “so that the work which is done for the American people is done better, more efficiently, more correctly and more clearly.”"},{"_id":"XY4XJS42PRACDH67BSVLG6EOGM","additional_properties":{"_id":1743177898060},"type":"text","content":"He wondered Friday morning how the order would be implemented, not having yet heard details from the IRS or Treasury."},{"_id":"LXDTXTZOEBA4LBXYOZGNLHDCNU","additional_properties":{"_id":1743176534975},"type":"text","content":"“When I go in to work today, am I going to my office? Am I going on phones to do work [for the IRS] that I haven’t done in 20 years? Am I getting trained?” he said. “Will I return to a locked office?”"},{"_id":"KK7X2KQULFBGZCLKAFAO27WPNI","additional_properties":{"_id":1743176534976},"type":"text","content":"Members, too, “are all asking questions we can’t answer,” Berman added. The executive order left him feeling “horribly betrayed.”"},{"_id":"DNVY5I3GVVA67H3UUZG7XLRE5U","additional_properties":{"_id":1743173095353},"type":"text","content":"<i>The Associated Press contributed to this article.</i>"}],"syndication":{"search":true,"external_distribution":false},"subheadlines":{"basic":"An executive order on Thursday aimed to end collective bargaining for workers at numerous departments and agencies."},"description":{"basic":"An executive order on Thursday aimed to end collective bargaining for workers at numerous departments and agencies."},"language":"","source":{"system":"airtable","name":"Staff","source_type":"staff"},"taxonomy":{"primary_site":{"referent":{"website":"philly-media-network","id":"/politics/nation","type":"section"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"},"sites":[{"referent":{"website":"philly-media-network","id":"/politics/nation","type":"section"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"},{"referent":{"website":"philly-media-network","id":"/politics","type":"section"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"},{"referent":{"website":"philly-media-network","id":"/jobs/labor","type":"section"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"},{"referent":{"website":"philly-media-network","id":"/jobs","type":"section"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"},{"referent":{"website":"philly-media-network","id":"/economy","type":"section"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"},{"referent":{"website":"philly-media-network","id":"/business","type":"section"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"}],"sections":[{"referent":{"website":"philly-media-network","id":"/politics/nation","type":"section"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"},{"referent":{"website":"philly-media-network","id":"/politics","type":"section"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"},{"referent":{"website":"philly-media-network","id":"/jobs/labor","type":"section"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"},{"referent":{"website":"philly-media-network","id":"/jobs","type":"section"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"},{"referent":{"website":"philly-media-network","id":"/economy","type":"section"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"},{"referent":{"website":"philly-media-network","id":"/business","type":"section"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"}],"seo_keywords":["donald-trump-unions-executive-order-pennsylvania"],"tags":[{"description":"45th president of the United States","text":"Donald Trump","slug":"donald-trump"},{"description":"topic-link-auto signals to the web application to add a topic link to body text where it matches a story tag name","text":"topic-link-auto","slug":"topic-link-auto"},{"description":"A section of Philadelphia","text":"West Philadelphia","slug":"west-philly"},{"description":"Weekend Reads","text":"Weekend Reads","slug":"weekend-reads"}],"primary_section":{"referent":{"website":"philly-media-network","id":"/politics/nation","type":"section"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"}},"related_content":{"redirect":[],"basic":[{"referent":{"provider":"","id":"5DVPOKIECNHSDPRFJAQNKXSVPU","type":"story"},"_id":"5DVPOKIECNHSDPRFJAQNKXSVPU","additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"},{"referent":{"provider":"","id":"XZ4P5CAOP5GKLFK6VRXVRM2SWA","type":"story"},"_id":"XZ4P5CAOP5GKLFK6VRXVRM2SWA","additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"}]},"type":"story","credits":{"by":[{"referent":{"referent_properties":{},"provider":"","id":"perez-castells_ariana","type":"author"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"},{"referent":{"referent_properties":{},"provider":"","id":"roth_fallon","type":"author"},"additional_properties":{"_do_not_inflate":true},"type":"reference"}]},"subtype":"subtype-regular","first_publish_date":"2025-03-28T16:03:33.844Z","additional_properties":{"is_published":true,"has_published_copy":true},"last_updated_date":"2025-03-28T20:55:25.529Z","slug":"FED-BARGAINING-03-28-25","owner":{"sponsored":false,"id":"pmn"},"address":{},"comments":{"allow_comments":false,"display_comments":false},"workflow":{"status_code":6},"label":{"commission_team_1_required":{"display":true,"text":"Business","url":""},"commission_team_2":{"display":true,"text":"Politics & Government","url":""}},"promo_items":{"basic":{"referent":{"referent_properties":{"caption":"Protesters gathered at Independence Mall in Philadelphia during the Save Our Services day of action event on Feb. 19, 2025. 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Earlier this month, the Department of Education cut <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/education/us-education-department-cuts-trump-administration-20250312.html\">over 1,000 employees</a> — nearly half of its workforce — and <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/philadelphia-probationary-employee-layoff-federal-20250228.html\">probationary workers have been laid off</a> from various agencies in Philadelphia and across the country."},{"_id":"MXZ25WQ7V5FJ7NUFEPLRDFHNSM","additional_properties":{"_id":1743093808276},"type":"text","content":"President Donald Trump’s administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have set out to<a href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/02/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-works-to-remake-americas-federal-workforce/\" target=\"_blank\"> shrink the federal workforce</a> in an effort to slash government costs."},{"_id":"6PGE2PECM5BZHIYZW3EHW4MYA4","additional_properties":{"_id":1743117100064},"type":"text","content":"The department’s reduction in force is expected to take effect on May 27, the union that represents HHS workers was advised, according to Doreen Greenwald, national president of the National Treasury Employees Union. The union represents some 18,500 HHS employees nationwide."},{"_id":"RXWM4I5UUFE53DQHVZUSKN6SPM","additional_properties":{"_id":1743117100065},"type":"text","content":"In a statement shared via email, Greenwald called the plan “disastrous” and said if it is carried out “the impact to public health services across the country will be devastating.”"},{"_id":"CCW2P6I3L5GUPPLU2VC2574HSM","additional_properties":{"_id":1743117100066},"type":"text","content":"“The American people do not support indiscriminate cuts curtailing or eliminating local health programs, endangering the health and safety of children and families, and inflicting real economic harm in small towns and big cities across the country,” she said. “The administration’s claims that such deep cuts to the Food and Drug Administration and other critical HHS offices won’t be harmful are preposterous. These attempts to lay waste to the federal government jeopardizes our nation’s ability to protect and serve its own citizens.”"},{"_id":"RJHYXU6HOZH53MDNDUVICPGQUQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1743093808277},"type":"text","content":"Here’s a look at what HHS layoffs and changes have been announced and how they could impact the Philadelphia area."},{"level":3,"_id":"IYT4TSHU2VFGJD4JZXQN6YC5HU","additional_properties":{"_id":1743093808278},"type":"header","content":"What happened?"},{"_id":"K6LGYNTPSNFL7LKYRZ7OJSOBPU","additional_properties":{"_id":1743093808279},"type":"text","content":"Overall, the department will downsize to 62,000 positions — losing 10,000 jobs through layoffs and another 10,000 workers who took early retirement and <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/federal-workers-philadelphia-resign-buyout-20250131.html\" target=\"_blank\">voluntary separation offers</a> encouraged by the Trump administration."},{"_id":"F4BMGF6ARNDXXIHYYK724VWCOA","additional_properties":{"_id":1743093808280},"type":"text","content":"HHS will also consolidate its current 28 divisions into 15. 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He also referenced criticisms about inexperience and a lack of mentorship that some former employees <a href=\"https://thephiladelphiacitizen.org/turning-on-larry-krasner/\" target=\"_blank\">have made publicly</a>, and said dozens of lawyers that Krasner hired <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-district-attorney-da-larry-krasner-staff-turnover-20211222.html\" target=\"_blank\">have already left the office behind</a>."},{"_id":"GM2YLJNNQNHBTNAKEJWRGOHUKQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1742769662853},"type":"text","content":"“Are we going to have a new draft choice come in and not show him the playbook?” Dugan said. “That’s what’s occurred … since 2018.”"},{"_id":"IC4LUDKWC5D4VLX5M3ZMTTFHWU","additional_properties":{"_id":1742769662854},"type":"text","content":"Krasner said that assertion was simply wrong — that new hires in his office get more training than had been offered under his predecessors. 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And Krasner said Sunday that he was “extremely proud” of the office’s work on the issue."},{"_id":"DKBO56R7L5CRDKWCGWYIDRLS34","additional_properties":{"_id":1742769662859},"type":"text","content":"“Our administration is considered a national leader in conviction integrity,” he said."},{"_id":"2NBBJBRKMBHU7KULVFZEVZSNEQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1742769662860},"type":"text","content":"Dugan agreed that ensuring convictions have integrity is an important function of the District Attorney’s Office — and added that he would seek to add staff to that unit if elected."},{"_id":"Q37ACIMBX5FG3EJXQSI5WGZFPU","additional_properties":{"_id":1742769662861},"type":"text","content":"But he was quick to point out Krasner has been publicly criticized by some judges for the way his administration has handled certain cases, including earlier this month, when a city judge <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/crime/larry-krasner-fined-anne-marie-coyle-20250314.html\" target=\"_blank\">imposed $120,000 in fines</a> and rebuked Krasner’s office over the way it secured its first exoneration in 2018."},{"_id":"QKJO3RHHLFFMTLPKHMCVQ35NWY","additional_properties":{"_id":1742769662862},"type":"text","content":"“We need to make sure now, as we’re looking at [potential exonerations], that we’re doing it properly as well as with ethics,” Dugan said."},{"level":3,"_id":"WAAGOEKUVFGAPC3ADKDMYVOBKQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1742769662863},"type":"header","content":"Policy differences"},{"_id":"LPGRBUIKHJA5HIOJ5TRPCPYODM","additional_properties":{"_id":1742769662864},"type":"text","content":"Much of the discussion Sunday centered more on what each man had done previously, as opposed to what they might do if elected."},{"_id":"N72QHQOXZ5HWJJQSYVH32U5LUU","additional_properties":{"_id":1742769662865},"type":"text","content":"In addition to highlighting exonerations and his staff recruitment efforts, Krasner said he has sought to expand the use of diversionary programs, and would continue to seek out new approaches that could bolster law enforcement and public safety. He pointed out that the city is currently experiencing some of its lowest levels of gun violence in decades — a trend that has spanned several years after the city saw record-setting homicide and shooting totals during the pandemic."},{"_id":"WDLB5P3TJJD4VI4DWMXKO7IFXY","additional_properties":{"_id":1742769662866},"type":"text","content":"“The whole point is to make people safer,” Krasner said."},{"_id":"JVVNNVWC75EWVP7UMZEYLYOXAU","additional_properties":{"_id":1742769662867},"type":"text","content":"Dugan, meanwhile, said he believed the crime reduction was due more to the city’s new mayor and police commissioner, not Krasner. And he highlighted his work helping to create and oversee the city’s Veterans Court, bolstering mental health services within the courts, and helping develop the court’s <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/real-estate/housing/rental-assistance-philadelphia-eviction-diversion-program-20211208.html\" target=\"_blank\">Eviction Diversion Program</a>."},{"_id":"ILGTGKKCOJGWTJCWS2VKE5LTQM","additional_properties":{"_id":1742769662868},"type":"text","content":"“I’m a diehard Democrat who believes in second chances, and I’ve done it,” he said."}],"syndication":{"search":true,"external_distribution":false},"subheadlines":{"basic":""},"description":{"basic":"The event was not the same types of gloves-off affair that has unfolded at other forums in recent 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Krasner’s campaign last year raised less than half what it did in 2020, the year before his last run for reelection, when he won the Democratic primary handily."},{"_id":"QEYTCH7IIFCNZFAPWMTDE3FK5U","additional_properties":{"_id":1738632549054},"type":"text","content":"But Krasner said he fundraised for a shorter period of time last year than in 2020. Aside from a handful of contributions at the start of 2024, the district attorney appeared to only begin fundraising in earnest in mid-November."},{"_id":"DNAI7UI3KZGQVBPDBDUENTRHJM","additional_properties":{"_id":1738632549055},"type":"text","content":"“We are right on track,” he said."},{"_id":"VWEU6NPNWRGDVDX7P4HV6BPEDU","additional_properties":{"_id":1738632549056},"type":"text","content":"The <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia/patrick-dugan-da-race-building-trades-endorsement-20250113.html\" target=\"_blank\">race to be the Democratic nominee for district attorney</a> is still in its early stages, and Dugan announced his candidacy <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/election/patrick-dugan-launches-district-attorney-campaign-20250114.html\" target=\"_blank\">just last month.</a> Krasner has not yet officially announced that he will seek a third term in office, though he is selling campaign merchandise online and is expected to formally declare his run in the coming weeks."},{"_id":"O2JSFRSXMJFJVNLO35KLSNVZCY","additional_properties":{"_id":1738632549057},"type":"text","content":"And while fundraising is an important indicator of a candidate’s ability to finance a citywide campaign, the amount of money both men have heading into this year could prove to be comparatively small if outside interests seek to influence the race through independent expenditure groups, also known as super PACs."},{"_id":"OQMI2STZXBBTDBSEQF7H7YIN7I","additional_properties":{"_id":1738632549058},"type":"raw_html","content":"<iframe title=\"Unions donating heavily to Dugan's DA campaign\" aria-label=\"Stacked Columns\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-ZLlTP\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/ZLlTP/3/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"515\" data-external=\"1\"></iframe><script type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r<e.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\n<\/script>"},{"_id":"RZ66ZW3DIZB7LIMYKAMN24V42U","additional_properties":{"_id":1738632549059},"type":"text","content":"Billionaire George Soros, a Democratic benefactor, has in the past funded campaign advertisements for Krasner. Elon Musk, a billionaire who poured millions into Pennsylvania during the presidential campaign, has suggested his pro-Trump America PAC <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia/elon-musk-pac-district-attorney-2025-elections-20241202.html\" target=\"_blank\">may target progressive prosecutors across the country,</a> of which Krasner is one of the most prominent."},{"_id":"5SFNSA4FTBDL7IGOO7N4ZWPICQ","additional_properties":{"_id":1738632549060},"type":"text","content":"It’s not yet clear if either will get involved in the race, but any infusion of outside resources could dwarf the candidates’ own fundraising and spending. Super PACs are allowed to raise and spend unlimited amounts of money, so long as they follow <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia/ethics-board-campaign-finance-super-pac-coordination-jeff-brown-mayors-race-20240417.html\" target=\"_blank\">rules forbidding certain coordination with campaigns.</a>"},{"_id":"NLGW7YMP4REJBMXLMVC75H6HVA","additional_properties":{"_id":1738632549061},"type":"text","content":"However, the initial fundraising reports make clear that the local and politically powerful Philadelphia Building Trades & Construction Council is unified in supporting Dugan. The group, an umbrella organization of 30 unions, is headed by <a href=\"https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia/laborers-district-council-ryan-boyer-philadelphia-dougherty-20210824.html\" target=\"_blank\">business manager Ryan N. 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His campaign said he’s raised more than $300,000 in total since mid-December."},{"_id":"7KZHW7MY55BTHMNND7RUDIXECI","additional_properties":{"_id":1738632549067},"type":"text","content":"“My labor roots run deep,” he said."},{"_id":"245L5BKDERC2LK2LX74TR35ER4","additional_properties":{"_id":1738632549068},"type":"text","content":"Dugan, a former municipal court judge, has relied on support from the same groups in past campaigns. In 2023, when he unsuccessfully ran for state Superior Court, about 62% of his total fundraising dollars came from 18 different labor unions. The plumbers’ and sprinkler fitters’ unions were among his largest contributors, as were the Teamsters and the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5, which represents Philadelphia police officers."},{"_id":"S4IIVV3FWVAPXFRTQQMOBAGJFE","additional_properties":{"_id":1738632549069},"type":"text","content":"On Monday, Dugan announced new endorsements from Teamsters and the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters. 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