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Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg
Health

‘We’re beginning to see the collapse of the system’: Agencies that serve people with disabilities call for more funds to pay staff

The inability to hire and retain workers — in part driven by low wages due to low government reimbursement rates — was already a crisis, but now threatens to collapse.

5 years ago

A marker on the floor of a school hallway reminds students to physically distance.
Education
Spotlight PA

Many Pa. school districts are passing up free coronavirus testing even after a rise in cases

Officials offered different reasons for the lack of participation, including fear of finding too many cases and simply being too overwhelmed by a chaotic start to the year.

5 years ago

A syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Health

Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID shots for kids ages 5 to 11

Now the FDA will have to decide if there’s enough evidence that the shots are safe and will work for younger children like they do for teens and adults.

5 years ago

William Still
Community

William Still was born 200 years ago today. A commitment to Black lives defines his life

Historian Linn Washington remembers the prominent Philadelphia activist and businessman William Still, who challenged laws and customs that discriminated against Black people.

5 years ago

A still from “A River Reborn.
Science

Philly environmental filmmaker takes on the issue of Pennsylvania’s acid mine drainage

Pennsylvania has 5,600 miles of dead waterways, polluted by the coal mining industry. Ben Kalina’s "A River Reborn" shows how one was revived.

5 years ago

Listen 5:29
KRS-One performs at the Yo! MTV Raps: 30TH Anniversary Experience at the Barclays Center on Friday, June 1, 2018, in New York
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Design Philadelphia, KRS One, Night of Lights, and Monster drinks in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Oct. 7 - Oct. 10: Things to do in Pa., Del., and N.J.

5 years ago

Listen 4:36
Diego Elías of Peru (in black) plays against Mohamed el Shorbagy of Egypt (in blue), in the US Open for squash at the new Arlen Spector Squash Center on the campus of Drexel University
Community

U.S. Squash finds a new home in Philly with plans to create a public school league

With its large new facility at Drexel University, U.S. Squash said it plans to do community outreach to draw young people into the sport.

5 years ago

Outdoor dining at Booker’s restaurant in West Philadelphia
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

What streeteries can teach us about reclaiming public space for people

The pandemic forced cities to rewrite the rules of the road and engage residents in the process.

5 years ago

A sign is held up as marchers walk from the art museum to Philadelphia City Hall as part of an abortion rights rally held in Philadelphia, PA on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Hundreds gather in Philadelphia as part of
Courts & Law

Judge orders Texas to suspend new law banning most abortions

The order Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman freezes for now the strict abortion law known as Senate Bill 8.

5 years ago

The exterior of George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County
Politics & Policy

Delco Council votes to deprivatize the county’s prison

Delaware County officials kept a campaign promise with the vote to terminate GEO Group’s contract to operate Pennsylvania’s only privately run county prison.

5 years ago

The organism treponema pallidumch is seen through an electron microscope
Health

Syphilis cases in Delaware County increase significantly, health officials say

Delaware County syphilis cases are at the highest they’ve been in 20 years.

5 years ago

Claire Smith at her induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017
Community

‘Wow, Mom’: Claire Smith reflects on new sports media center at Temple bearing her name

Claire Smith discusses on the road to this new honor with another barrier-breaking Black woman sports journalist, WHYY’s Annette John-Hall.

5 years ago

Listen 4:58
Artist's rendering of the new place space in FDR Park
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly is getting ‘mega’ swings and climbable bird houses overlooking a lagoon at FDR Park

A lush three-acre play space with a waterfront view along with an expansive cafe are coming to South Philadelphia’s Frank Delano Roosevelt Park in 2023.

5 years ago

New medians shown at the intersection of N. Broad and Oxford streets. (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Hours after a cyclist dies, City Hall unveils a safety fix, promises more

North Broad’s new medians aim to slow drivers and increase street safety. They came one day after a driver killed a cyclist on Roosevelt Boulevard.

5 years ago

Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill
Politics & Policy

Delaware using $50M in COVID-relief money to replace old ‘State Welfare Home’

The hospital has floors that cannot be used and outdated systems. It will be replaced by a new state-of-the-art facility on the property near Smyrna.

5 years ago

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