Dwight Evans for Congress
Recent News About Dwight Evans for Congress
Dwight Evans: Show me the way to go home
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For millions of Americans, July 31 was a day filled with uncertainty.
Dwight Evans: Congressional Black Caucus Endorses the IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act
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Today, Congresswoman Alma Adams (NC-12) announced the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) under the leadership of Chairwoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) endorsed the bipartisan IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act.
Dwight Evans: Officials, parents across the tri-state area debate mask mandates for students this fall
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The debate of whether or not to mandate masks for students and staff as they return to school is heating up.
Congressman Dwight Evans says the outrage over gun violence isn’t ‘to the level it should be’ | Jenice Armstrong
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Depending on their zip code, residents feel under siege, unable to even sit on their front stoops for fear of being struck by a stray bullet.
Dwight Evans: Ilhan Omar supports “guaranteed income” and invoices most Americans to send a check for $ 1,200 per month
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US Congressman Ilhan Omar reportedly submitted two guaranteed income bills on Friday aimed at sending a $ 1,200 monthly check to most Americans by the end of the decade.According to Minneapolis’ WCCO-TV, the Assistance Act funded the current Local Guarantee Income Pilot Program nationwide through a $ 2.5 billion grant program, and national program findings were obtained between 2023 and 2027.
Dwight Evans: “Philadelphia represents America,” Isabel Guzman talked Black and Brown small biz recovery during city visit
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Back on July 15, Small Business Administrator Isabel Guzman came to Philly to gauge the successes of the many SBA relief programs for small businesses throughout the pandemic and also to identify what else needs to be done as the country continues to recover economically.
Dwight Evans: WANNA TAKE ON SYSTEMIC RACISM? INFRASTRUCTURE
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In a recent New Yorker piece headlined “Did Last Summer’s Black Lives Matter Protests Change Anything?” author Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor holds our beloved town up as the prime example of a city that, in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, talked a good game about bridging the racial divide—but fell far short of matching its rhetoric in deed:
Dwight Evans: Haiti’s assassination draws criticism from local community members
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Members of the Philadelphia Haitian community are making a fuss about the embarrassed assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise.
Dwight Evans: After decades of crashes and neglected roads, West Philly in line for repair funds
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For Mantua residents like De’Wayne Drummond, the intersection at 34th Street and Haverford Avenue in Mantua has always felt dangerous.
Dwight Evans: Too many Republicans still promote the “big lie,” and waste tax dollars on sham audits
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My early summer reading list included the political thriller “The President’s Daughter” authored by former President Bill Clinton and James Patterson. A page turner, the book has an exciting storyline that involves heroes and terrorists.
Dwight Evans: Congressional plan would reconnect neighborhoods like Philly’s Chinatown, fractured by highways
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Nobody in authority heeded Chinatown residents’ objections in the late 1980s before the shovels and earth movers began to claw a trench through the heart of Philadelphia for the Vine Street Expressway, splitting their community in two.
Dwight Evans: Federal plan looks to reconnect communities separated by infrastructure like I-95
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Officials are looking to spend significantly to address transportation infrastructure which has created societal divides, in cities like Wilmington where interstate highways run directly through communities.Delaware’s U.S.
Dwight Evans: Effort to cap I-95 through Wilmington gains momentum
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Earlier this year, a group of state lawmakers from Wilmington urged Delaware’s federal delegation to support the idea of putting a cap on top of I-95 to reconnect city neighborhoods that were split in two by the highway’s construction decades ago.
Dwight Evans: President Biden brings voting rights fight to Philadelphia
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President Joe Biden laid out his case Tuesday in Philadelphia for enacting a pair of federal voting rights proposals that he says would thwart an assault on voting rights taking “new and literally pernicious forms.”
Dwight Evans: Philly is capping I-95 at Penn’s Landing. Could Nicetown or Chinatown be next?
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Majeedah Rashid, CEO of the Nicetown CDC, has seen firsthand how a highway extension can rip through a neighborhood and create a de facto border between residents.
Dwight Evans: Pascrell Leads Colleagues Calling on Biden to Appoint Top Tax Prosecutor
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U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight, today led four colleagues urging President Biden to appoint a new Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division.
Evans Secures $6.3 Million in Spending Bills for 8 Community Projects for 3rd District
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Congressman Dwight Evans (D-PA-3rd) announced he has secured nearly $6.3 million in federal funding for eight Philadelphia community projects in annual spending bills that are moving forward in the House of Representatives.
Members of Congress: Wilmington, Philly Highway-Divided Neighborhoods Could See Improvements under House-Passed $3 Billion ‘Reconnecting Communities’ Bill
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Members of Congress from Philadelphia and Wilmington, Del.; jointly visited highway-divided neighborhoods in their respective cities today to highlight the $3 billion Reconnecting Communities bill recently passed by the House of Representatives that could help those neighborhoods.
Dwight Evans: City officials encourage residents to claim child tax credit
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Starting next month, more than 90% of Philadelphia families with children will be eligible for new monthly payments from the federal government of $250 or $300 per child from the Child Tax Credit.
Dwight Evans: Sen. Bob Casey and Pennsylvania Democrats unite to discuss immigration reform
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On Tuesday, June 28, 2021 the New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia hosted a discussion on the urgency for Congress to deliver on immigration reform to give protection to the over 11 million undocumented people living in America.
