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Members of the Penn Democrats are looking west of campus to encourage civic engagement in high-school students.
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Members of the Penn Democrats are looking west of campus to encourage civic engagement in high-school students.
Glenn Cummings, a student in Penn Graduate School of Education, has been selected as deputy assistant secretary of education in the Obama administration.
Recently-elected Penn College Republicans chairman, Wharton junior Peter Devine, spoke to the Daily Pennsylvanian about his plans for the future of the minority political group on campus.
Penn professors' involvement in the Obama administration didn't stop at the transition team, as evidenced by the announcement of several new appointments last week.
When Council chairwoman Anna Verna brings down her gavel, the Philadelphia City Council hearing is in session.
Tweet! - your U.S. Senator has a message.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton doesn't spend all her time chatting with interns - but College senior Rafaela Zuidema will still have a good chance of seeing her around the office this summer.
Mayor Michael Nutter's budget proposal - which faces criticism from the City's unions - will be scrutinized in City Council public hearings until mid-May.
G. Edward DeSeve, senior lecturer at Penn's Fels School of Government, will manage the distribution of the $787 billion in federal stimulus funds in a new high-level advisory role.
The city's vital services will remain intact but not without tough cuts and revenue increases, Mayor Michael Nutter announced yesterday when he presented his five-year budget plan to the City Council.
In the past, local politicians have tackled Philadelphia's problems - but President Barack Obama's newly created Office of Urban Affairs will take city issues to the federal level.
Green is the new blue on Capitol Hill.
The global economic crisis has left Philadelphia's City budget with a $1 billion deficit and President Barack Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will not step in to help.
With a billion-dollar budget gap to fill, city officials are asking West Philadelphia residents for help.
Last night, the Penn Democrats endorsed Seth Williams for the Democratic nomination in the upcoming Philadelphia District Attorney election.
U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) has had a busy couple of weeks in Washington and is making a stop at Penn to talk about it.
Legal Studies and Business Ethics professor Kevin Werbach has recently returned from his position as the co-leader of the Federal Communications Commission review in President Barack Obama's transition team.
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When telling the President wasn't enough, the sponsors of a petition on the economy sent a message to the future leaders of the country instead.
Tonight is the first of Mayor Michael Nutter's budget workshops, run in collaboration with Penn Project for Civic Engagement to help get public input on budget decisions.