Harrison Cann
Senior Reporter at City & State PA
Senior Reporter @CityandStatePA and @MerrillCollege alum | Knee Deep in the Hoopla | Jets & Sixers | Reach me at [email protected]
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cityandstatepa.com | Harrison Cann
Just days after President Donald Trump marked the 100th day of his second term in office, a crowd of roughly 5,000 rallygoers flooded the streets around Philadelphia City Hall as part of the May Day 2025 protest against his agenda. U.S. Sen.
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2 weeks ago |
cityandstatepa.com | Harrison Cann
Just days after a Republican proposal to privatize SEPTA’s bus services, Democratic lawmakers in Harrisburg announced a legislative package aimed at staving off service cuts to public transit systems statewide. Dubbed the “Transit for All PA Funding Package,” the set of bills would provide “dedicated, reliable money” for transit systems across the commonwealth at a time when several of its largest regional systems face dire financial straits. State Sen.
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cityandstatepa.com | Harrison Cann
April 29, 2025 10:45 AM ET Philadelphia News & Politics The nation’s past – and Pennsylvania’s place in it – is brought up and scrutinized often these days. Case in point: Just weeks ago, the Washington Post reported that the National Park Service had edited the Underground Railroad webpage to remove references to slavery and a picture of Harriet Tubman, who made 19 harrowing trips along it to free 70 family members and friends.
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cityandstatepa.com | Harrison Cann
It sounds like a modern take on a dystopian doctoral thesis: studying the physical and psychological effects of rapid, repeated and unexplained downgrading of key infrastructure on the lives of those responsible for maintaining it and those whose lives depend on it. But for the Pennsylvanians in the health and research space experiencing the real-time effects of Trump 2.0, they’re feeling less like lab rats and more like deer in headlights.
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2 weeks ago |
cityandstatepa.com | Justin Sweitzer |Harrison Cann |Greg Salisbury
For PA’s eds & meds, a funding crisis upends work, healthcare and the economyAs the Trump administration continues its war on higher education and research, public health stakeholders are sounding the alarm over the damage to come.
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My latest on the state of eds and meds: For the Pennsylvanians in the health and research space experiencing the real-time effects of Trump 2.0, they’re feeling less like lab rats and more like deer in headlights. https://t.co/1nnaoIdTAD
ICYMI: Sanders called out the PA delegation during his speech. “If they vote for tax breaks for billionaires and cut Medicaid, nutrition and education, we are going to throw them out of their jobs.”
New: Just days after President Donald Trump marked the 100th day of his second term in office, a crowd of roughly 5,000 rallygoers flooded the streets around Philadelphia City Hall as part of the May Day 2025 protest against his agenda. https://t.co/INcz1NXqP1
A little history lesson to start your Tuesday: From churches in Bensalem and Buckingham to meeting houses in Darby and Quakertown, Pennsylvania was seen as a safe haven for fugitive enslaved people seeking refuge. https://t.co/PkrX4QjaoE