Philadelphia’s crisis response teams have diverted thousands of cases, away from police and toward community mental health services, since the system was created, four years ago. That was the testimony at a city council hearing, today, on how the system is operating.

A pair of bills aimed at giving teachers and other state-employees who retired before 2001 a cost-of-living increase has taken a first step in the Pennsylvania House.

The faculty at Community College of Philadelphia has voted to authorize a strike, while contract negotiations continue.

Dozens of children die from choking each year in the U.S., and a new bill moving through Trenton would require school districts to keep anti-choking devices available to save a student’s life.

Ensemble Arts Philly has announced their upcoming Broadway season.