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The westbound lanes of the Atlantic City Expressway
Community

Cashless tolls pilot coming to the Atlantic City Expressway

The Atlantic City Expressway has put out a request for proposals for cashless tolling on the highway, which could be in place by 2025.

4 years ago

Boats are covered with ice and snow at White Rock Lake, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)
Weather

Northeast grapples with icy roads as storm moves north

The storm disrupted flights at major hubs in the U.S. on Friday, and ice threatened to wreak havoc on road travel and electric service.

4 years ago

A sign is posted in New Hope, Pa., upon entering Bucks County from New Jersey, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Community

Bucks County extends incentives for landlords who rent to people at risk of homelessness

Landlords can receive $2,000 if they sign 1-year leases with participants in Bucks County Housing Link, the county’s housing crisis response system.

4 years ago

File photo: Vice President Mike Pence listens after reading the final certification of Electoral College votes cast in November's presidential election during a joint session of Congress after working through the night, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool)
Politics & Policy

Pence: Trump is ‘wrong’ to say election could be overturned

Pence is responding to Trump’s intensifying efforts this week to advance the false narrative that he could have done something to prevent Joe Biden from taking office.

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol in winter
Politics & Policy

New map of Pennsylvania legislative districts approved

The five-member commission redrawing the boundaries of Pennsylvania’s state legislative districts voted to approve new maps for the next decade.

4 years ago

Chester County election workers process mail and absentee ballots
Politics & Policy

Pa. GOP’s election inquiry: Courts, conspiracies, and more costs

A GOP inquiry into Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election spurred on by former President Trump’s election lies shows signs it will drag well into 2022.

4 years ago

Pa. Governor Tom Wolf announced a 246 million dollar investment into the Port of Philadelphia at the Packer Marine Terminal on Feb. 4, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Gov. Wolf announces multimillion-dollar state investment into Port of Philadelphia

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4 years ago

Dr. Val Arkoosh walks to the podium
Politics & Policy

Arkoosh ends U.S. Senate campaign amid tough Democratic field

Also in the Democratic primary race are Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta of Philadelphia and U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb of suburban Pittsburgh.

4 years ago

Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant
Politics & Policy

Wolf sues to force carbon-pricing plan to take effect

Publishing the regulation would mean it takes immediate effect, and would make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon prrcing policy.

4 years ago

The motto
Courts & Law

Biden’s Supreme Court pledge highlights the stain of race and gender bias on America’s judiciary

Black women have a legacy of proficiency in the law. Claims that their paucity in the federal judiciary is due to incompetence are fraudulent, writes Linn Washington Jr.

4 years ago

Minnesota Duluth forward Noah Cates skates against Minnesota during an NCAA hockey game on Friday, Oct. 25, 2019 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Andy Clayton-King)
Arts & Entertainment

Without NHL pros in the Olympics, USA Hockey turns to vets and newcomers with local ties

NHL players won’t play in the Olympics, but in their place, veterans and newcomers have stepped up to fill their place, some of whom have local ties.

4 years ago

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Operatic soprano Angel Blue rehearses with the Philadelphia Orchestra for a performance of ''This Is Not a Small Voice.'' The poem by Sonia Sanchez was put to music by Valerie Coleman. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Sonia Sanchez poem ‘This is Not A Small Voice’ is now a piece of orchestral music

Composer Valerie Coleman said the words of Sanchez’s poem about the innocence of Black children naturally translated to notes for a new work by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

4 years ago

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Creator and North Philadelphia resident Ian Lipford holds a prototype of an installation of Mike Green, a basketball player from the neighborhood who went on to win awards as a college player. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Made by North Philly residents, monuments to local heroes put Black history on display

“Bad” Bennie Briscoe, a sanitation worker turned champion boxer, is one of the North Philly icons memorialized through the interactive installations.

4 years ago

Listen 1:59
A cutout of Rosa Parks is seen on a SEPTA bus
PlanPhilly
Community

Rosa Parks honored with red roses and a seat on SEPTA

A special SEPTA bus running on Route 38 will save a seat for Rosa Parks during the month of February.

4 years ago

Kamaltürk Yalqun holds the aluminium Olympics torch he carried at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the age of 17, on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, in Boston. The decade after the Games saw Beijing impose policies on his region of Xinjiang that split apart his family and Uyghur community. Today, he is an activist in the United States calling for a boycott of the 2022 Winter Games, which will see the Olympic flame returned to Beijing.
Politics & Policy

For Uyghur torchbearer, China’s Olympic flame has gone dark

Set to open on Friday in Beijing, the Winter Games are attracting global controversy as they spotlight the host country’s treatment of the Muslim Uyghurs.

4 years ago

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