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In roughly a week, all educators who signed up for a vaccine will have received at least one dose.

“While we aren’t necessarily able to physically touch each other yet, the presence of another has truly just been phenomenal.”

Amid surging job loss due to COVID-19, a no-bid contract led to bungled unemployment payments to people who weren’t given timely information about errors.

The deal, announced Monday, calls for pre-K through grade 2 students at about 50 elementary schools to attend classes in-person twice a week, if they choose.

After the federal government said states have to give tests, Pa. said it will comply, but give districts the option to test students early next school year.

While the health implications of restarting classroom learning has been the subject of intense debate, the effectiveness of hybrid education has garnered less attention.

Philly’s public and parochial school systems have run parallel paths for many decades. But only one has been open during the pandemic.

They say schools need an influx to remediate asbestos and lead, make electric and plumbing repairs and do other needed maintenance work.

The decision comes amid a dispute with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, which opposes returning to buildings until all inoculated against COVID-19.

Eighteen medically vulnerable immigrants could be re-arrested and sent to Pennsylvania jails while the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage, their attorneys say.

Gale, an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump, has become a controversial figure in southeastern Pennsylvania politics.

For some survivors, the news plunged them into old feelings and fears. For others, it could cost a shot at having their day in court altogether.

The announcement comes as the Philadelphia teachers union has staged a citywide protest against the school district for its attempt to bring some teachers back into buildings.

District officials had been demanding some teachers return to school buildings Monday, ahead of a planned return of up to 9,000 young children on Feb. 22.

The city’s teachers union has told teachers not to return to classrooms on Monday. The district says teachers could face discipline.