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Prestige Design and Construction development in process on the 1400 block of North 7th Street in May 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

A zoning overhaul aims to empower Philly residents. Voters will decide if it becomes law

The change aims to empower district council members and residents, but critics say it will politicize and delay real estate development.

5 years ago

Deana Ramsey, principal at Philadelphia’s Juvenile Justice Services Center School, holds her head in frustration. Students at the school have accounted for a staggering 96 of gun violence victims last school year, the largest amount of any school in the district. (Kriston Jae Bethel for Chalkbeat)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Behind bars: School inside Philly’s juvenile center feels brunt of city’s gun violence

The spike in Philadelphia youth involved in gun violence has staff at the school district’s Juvenile Justice Services Center School calling for help.

5 years ago

Diners are seen from a window at Drinker's Pub
Community

That Philly vaccine mandate for indoor dining? Business owners mostly like it, but they have questions

The new rules take effect on Jan. 3. But business owners are wondering how to verify vaccine cards are legit and handle issues that arise.

5 years ago

Closeup of the Pennsylvania Capitol
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers lack votes to halt Wolf’s carbon-pricing plan

The regulation calls for Pennsylvania to join a multistate consortium, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which sets a price and declining limits on carbon emissions.

5 years ago

A person casts their vote in a rec center
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Court battle over Pa. GOP’s subpoena of sensitive voter data centers on legislative power vs. privacy

In questioning, the GOP judges appeared hesitant to interfere in the legislature, while Democrats probed whether there were any limits to its ability to access private info.

5 years ago

The state Capitol building in Harrisburg.
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania Senate moves to overhaul probation system

The bill aims to limit the length of probation sentences and the circumstances under which a non-violent offender on probation can be sent to jail.

5 years ago

Street Corner Symphony (City Winery)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Jazmine Sullivan, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and The Crossing celebrate the holidays through music in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Dec. 16 - Dec. 19: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.

5 years ago

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State leaders joined former students to break ground a renovation project at Hockessin School 107C on Tuesday morning. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Education

Delaware school in Brown v. Board of Education case to launch diversity and inclusion center

State leaders broke ground on the new Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Equity at the school that became part of the landmark 1954 ruling.

5 years ago

An aerial view of a low-rise grocery store
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

I’m a longtime Mt. Airy resident. Why does it feel like new development isn’t for me?

To me, the development happening now feels like it wasn’t conceived with the full gamut of Mount Airy residents in mind.

5 years ago

Dr. Derrell Acon will begin his new role as vice president of people operations and inclusion at Opera Philadelphia on Jan. 10, 2022. (Carell Augustus Photography)
Arts & Entertainment

Opera Philadelphia creates new VP position for equity and diversity

Dr. Derrell Acon is a singer and arts administrator from Long Beach Opera who will take on the unique role of HR exec and equity, diversity, and inclusion officer.

5 years ago

A canvas observer photographs Lehigh County provisional ballots as vote counting in the general election continues, Nov. 6, 2020, in Allentown, Pa. A review by The Associated Press in the six battleground states disputed by former President Trump has found fewer than 475 cases of potential voter fraud, a minuscule number that would have made no difference in the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)
Politics & Policy

Pa. election review continues despite no evidence of rigged vote

Partisan election reviews of the 2020 presidential election are underway in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

5 years ago

File photo: Delaware Attorney General, Kathy Jennings. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Delaware AG calls Seaford fetal remains ordinance ‘flagrant violation’ of state law

Delaware AG Kathy Jennings plans to sue Seaford after it approved a law forcing women to bury or cremate “fetal remains” following an abortion.

5 years ago

A water tower looms over the Academy Woods neighborhood
Community

Willingboro residents fear PFAS in drinking water. Township shut down the offending well and says water is safe to drink

A letter to residents on the Municipal Utilities Authority website said the level of PFOS, or perfluorooctane sulfonate, was elevated.

5 years ago

Two plainclothes SEPTA police officers responded to the scene and confronted a homicide suspect, police said. (6abc)
Community
6abc

Homicide suspect on the run after exchanging gunfire with SEPTA officers

Police were called to the 3100 block of Kensington Avenue around 4 p.m. Wednesday for a death investigation.

5 years ago

Signage for the University of Pennsylvania
Health

Colleges go back to drawing board — again — to fight COVID

Colleges across the U.S. are starting to require booster shots, extend mask mandates, and in some cases revert to online classes as they brace for the new omicron variant.

5 years ago

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