Question: What is the difference between Chapter 7 and Chapter 13? Chapter 7 is a liquidation bankruptcy. You don’t pay your debts back, but you may have to give up certain property in return. To qualify for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, you have to meet certain income requirements. If you make too much money, or […]
BY JOE SHAY STIVALA The NEW VOTER LAW in Georgia: When I first heard of that “new” Georgia law, I wondered how “new” voter suppression was in the South. As a lad in Army Basic Training in South Carolina, I became well known as a “barracks lawyer.” One day a Caucasian kid from Mississippi came […]
PHILADELPHIA CITY COMMISSIONERS partnered with the Philadelphia Eagles to hold a mobile staffed ballot drop-off event at Lincoln Financial Field ahead of the May 18th primary. The event took place on Saturday, May 8 in a stadium parking lot. City Commission Chair Lisa Deeley, C, and other personnel from the Board of Elections were on […]
State Sen. Christine Tartaglione (D-Kensington), L, welcomed hundreds of constituents to Cedar Grove Academy in Northeast Philadelphia for a free pop-up COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic. The senator partnered with State Rep. Jared Solomon (D-Northeast) and SunRay Drugs to organize and manage the one-day event in the city’s Lawncrest neighborhood. “I am extremely pleased that we were […]
IN THE AFTERMATH of the horrific slaying of Asian American women in Atlanta, State Rep. Mary Isaacson touched bases with John Chin, executive director of Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corp., to hear the concerns of his community and discuss how lawmakers can best address them. Chinatown is in Isaacson’s 175th Legislative District. Photo from Isaacson’s Facebook […]
BY JOE SHAY STIVALA WILLIAM PENN at age 376. I read an editorial which stated that our Pennsylvania GOP-controlled legislature is doing more to suppress the right to vote than any other State legislative body. I have traveled our 67 counties and realize that many rural districts out there will never have a Democrat lawmaker. […]
BY TONY WEST The largest in-person development complex in Philadelphia’s pandemic history is now live. Or should we say Live! On Feb. 11, the Cordish Cos. staged a ribbon-cutting for Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia on Packer Avenue in the Stadium District of South Philadelphia. This long-awaited second casino named เสือมังกร for Philadelphia underwent countless adventures, […]
A HOST of Democratic legislators turned out to hear Gov. Tom Wolf’s ambitious budget address. Among them were Philly State Reps. Danilo Burgos, L, Mary Isaacson, 3rd from L, and Joe Hohenstein, 4th from L. Photo from Isaacson’s Facebook page Send article as PDF
BY JOE SHAY STIVALA ALL THE SIGNS ARE THERE. President BIDEN has the potential to be another Lyndon JOHNSON (minus Vietnam). His long-time working relationship with GOP lawmakers and middle-of-the-road positions make compromise possible to accomplish much. Many attackers of our Capitol were fed that they were in a revolution. In 1776, Hessian Lt. Johann […]
BY JOE SHAHEELI For one not-so-brief, shining moment, the Philadelphia City Commission was a national spectacle in the struggle to reframe national leadership. Philadelphia County was the main target of Republican efforts, led by President Donald Trump, to undo Trump’s defeat in Pennsylvania in November 2020. Allegations ranging from trivial to false disputed the validity […]
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