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Casinos and cigar lounges are exempted from a statewide smoking ban in indoor public facilities and workplaces. Workers say that should no longer be the case.

School bus drivers with Teamsters Local 326 are on strike for better benefits from First Student bus company. They’ve been without a contract since August 31.

Removals still happen and disparities based on race, gender, and disability status persist. Some advocates fear the pandemic could stall or reverse recent gains.

The National Labor Relations Board said Thursday that workers voted 19-8 in favor of a union at one of three locations. The board is still counting votes for two other stores.

A federal judge has denied a request from a group of parents who want to stop Gov. Phil Murphy’s mask requirement for anyone in a school building.

The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine.

Tower Health says a deal with Texas-based hospital management firm Canyon Atlantic Partners LLC has fallen apart and left it no options.

SEPTA has confirmed four trolley passengers were hurt and taken to the hospital. The trolley operator is among the injured.

Eric Pryor, current president of Harlem School of the Arts, will lead PAFA through the school’s transition from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Statewide, an average of 3,900 people per day have been hospitalized with COVID-19 over the past two weeks, up 50% in a month.

A new city advisory group needs the input of people who know what it's like to smell a tire fire outside or breathe in highway fumes day in and day out.

A coalition of community organizations wants the new owner of the South Philly complex to protect residents from pollution and gentrification.

Classic holidays onstage from "The Nutcracker" to "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" are among the top events this weekend.

Supporters of both Abu-Jamal and slain police officer Daniel Faulker agree the criminal justice system is "broken" — for very different reasons.

Larson, alongside Anthony and Michelle Martin of UYRS, sat down with WHYY host Cherri Gregg to discuss the journey from “canceled” to the championship circle.