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A closeup of Gov. Tom Wolf
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pennsylvania approves stronger charter school regulations

A Pennsylvania regulatory board is supporting Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposal to subject charter schools to stronger ethics and accounting measures.

4 years ago

The exterior of Starboard restaurant
Courts & Law

Dewey Beach police shoot and kill man outside popular Starboard bar

A current federal lawsuit alleges the Dewey Beach police force has a culture of brutality that is condoned by the department.

4 years ago

A look through the trees in New Jersey's Pinelands
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

A glimmer of hope for Pinelands preservation — if key reforms are made

Advocates are pushing to better safeguard groundwater supplies, protect threatened and endangered wildlife, and enact climate change policies.

4 years ago

A man walks in his apartment ruined after the Russian shelling in Kyiv
Community

Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol

Ukrainian officials say the Russian military hit an art school sheltering some 400 people only hours before offering to open two corridors out of Mariupol.

4 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in for her confirmation hearing
Courts & Law

Jackson pledges to decide cases ‘without fear or favor’

Jackson, 51, addressed the Senate Judiciary Committee at the end of her first day of confirmation hearings.

4 years ago

Troopers Martin Mack and Branden Sisca
Community

Police identify 2 Pa. state troopers killed in South Philly crash

Troopers Martin Mack, 33, and Branden Sisca, 29, were responding to a man walking along the highway at night when a driver fatally struck all three men.

4 years ago

Second Chances Farm founder Ajit George gives a tour of the growing area to then-U.S. Attorney General William Barr in September 2020. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Community

Was it just a ‘pipe dream?’ Hyped Wilmington hydroponic farm that hired ex-prisoners is closing

The concept drew rave reviews from politicians, and a visit by then-Attorney General William Barr. But the founder says the pandemic proved to be crushing.

4 years ago

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File photo: A woman plays a slot machine at the Golden Nugget casino in Atlantic City N.J. in this July  2, 2020 file photo. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, FILE)
Money

Atlantic City casinos ‘bullish’ on growth for the rest of the year

There is a hope that revenue for Atlantic City casinos continue upward towards pre-pandemic levels by spring.

4 years ago

Mitch Engleka, 28, manufacturing engineer (right) and Nick Ball, a manufacturing technician (left), inspect a mold that creates latches to secure the spare tire on a Dodge Durango at Southco in Concordville, Pa.(Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Business is booming for Delaware Valley manufacturers. Why aren’t people applying for the thousands of open jobs?

As demand for business returns to pre-pandemic levels, Delaware Valley manufacturers struggle to hire, while stigmas about the industry persist.

4 years ago

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Heather, who lives in Montgomery County, differed with her ex-husband when deciding whether to vaccinate their two children against COVID-19. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

She wanted to vaccinate their kids. He didn’t. A judge had to decide

In Pennsylvania, a growing number of divorced parents are taking their COVID vaccine disputes to court.

4 years ago

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Pam Blauman-Schmitz, who was a union rep at Starbucks in the mid-1980's, poses for a photo in front of a Starbucks coffee shop Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, in Seattle.
Community

Labor foe Schultz returns as Starbucks union effort grows

Six U.S. Starbucks stores have voted to unionize since December, and at least 140 more have filed for union elections.

4 years ago

In the background, several people exit a polling station. In the foreground are two signs that read,
Politics & Policy

Advocacy groups push for passage of same-day voter registration law in N.J.

Organizers and supporters of a same-day voter registration bill said the measure would boost voter turnout, especially among young voters and communities of color.

4 years ago

A close-up of a form that reads,
Politics & Policy

Time to retool census? Some think so after many were underrepresented

Results released last week showed Black, Hispanic and American Indian residents were undercounted in greater rates in 2020 than a decade ago.

4 years ago

At the train station in Lviv, Ukraine, a mother embraces her son who escaped the besieged city of Mariupol.
Community

Amid new bombings, Ukraine now seen as a war of attrition

Ukrainian authorities say Russia’s military bombed an art school sheltering some 400 people in the besieged port city of Mariupol.

4 years ago

Flourtown Shopping Center on Bethlehem Pike. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

‘Not another bank’: Flourtown residents want different businesses. Maybe a diner

Take a five-minute drive along Bethlehem Pike, and you’ll see six banks. A seventh is coming and an eighth proposed. Why not anything else?

4 years ago

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