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Sally’s Iron Mustangs, based in Lancaster, is a group of women in their late 50s, 60s and 70s who train for weightlifting events and competitions.
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Listen 3:49PGW customers tell regulators to reject potential rate hike, plan better for climate impacts
Philadelphia Gas Works says inflation has caused it to seek a 13% rate hike. Environmentalists say customers shouldn’t have to pay for the utility’s lack of action on climate.
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Listen 1:03Philly theaters reel from sudden loss of NEA funding
Arts organizations in Philadelphia and elsewhere scramble to cope with an abrupt cancellation of promised federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Listen 2:32Massive layoffs at Rite Aid’s Philly HQ after filing for bankruptcy
The Philadelphia-based retail pharmacy had more than 1,000 corporate workers at the Navy Yard until layoffs.
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Listen 0:45Pennsylvania Senate votes to ban transgender athletes in girls’ sports, but bill faces uphill battle
However, the Republican-penned bill that passed Tuesday is unlikely to get a vote in the state’s Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.
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Electric bills in N.J. are about to shoot higher. Lawmakers are scrambling to hold the line on costs
An Assembly committee has approved an eight-bill package focused on energy affordability. The problem is the PJM grid is not keeping pace with demand.
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Listen 1:01LL Cool J to headline Philly’s Fourth of July celebration
The Welcome America celebration is Philadelphia’s 16-day festival from Juneteenth until Independence Day.
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Listen 0:54Bishop says Diocese of Camden will no longer oppose investigation into abuse allegations
The Catholic church had been opposing the investigation into abuse for years, but will now allow it to move forward.
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No free A/C units through LIHEAP in Pennsylvania this summer
The program, funded primarily with COVID relief money, provided free air conditioning units and fans the last three summers. It saw overwhelming demand.
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Listen 1:04Mural Arts’ after-school programming prepares students, heals communities
Founded in 1984, Mural Arts Philadelphia has created more than 4,000 murals. The nonprofit organization also helps kids hone their artistic and social skills after school.
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Listen 1:03The change comes less than a year after Suburban Community Hospital was converted to a smaller “micro hospital” last summer which resulted in layoffs.
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Judge denies effort to reinstate Community College of Philadelphia’s president
Former Community College of Philadelphia president Donald Generals tried to get his job back in court, but a judge ordered against it.
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Listen 0:51Rite Aid returns to bankruptcy protection as it seeks to sell most assets
Major drugstore chains and independent pharmacies have been closing stores and struggling with several challenges.
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Temple student suspended for antisemitic message at Philly’s Barstool bar, employees fired
“In the strongest terms possible, let me be clear: antisemitism is abhorrent,” Temple President John Fry said in a statement.
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Attorneys general from 17 states and D.C. are challenging an executive order that paused approvals, permits and loans for all onshore and offshore wind energy projects.
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