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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The hospital has floors that cannot be used and outdated systems.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.
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N.J. poll workers get a pay raise in hopes of getting more people to sign up
Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order to raise the pay of poll workers to help prevent a shortage for the upcoming election in November.
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‘Just John’s little guy’: FBI wiretaps reveal power play between union leader, council member
FBI wiretaps captured conversations between Local 98 union leader Johnny Doc and City Councilmember Bobby Henon about political favors and dirty payback.
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Some kids ‘don’t come back’: One Philly school grapples with gun violence
Twice in the past year at Martin Luther King High School in Philadelphia, students haven’t returned.
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While COVID summer surge is waning, more mandates in the works
Not wanting to lose momentum, government leaders and employers are looking at strengthening and expanding vaccine requirements.
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Philly centralizes admissions process for magnet schools to increase student diversity
The changes are part of the School District of Philadelphia’s effort to make the admissions process more equitable and to increase student diversity.
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‘Avoid the double whammy’: Montco offering free flu shots alongside COVID-19 vaccines
Dr. Valerie Arkoosh called getting a flu shot this year “more important than ever” to keep families safe amid the ongoing pandemic.
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Philly extends deadline for health care, university staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID
Health care workers, and university faculty, staff, and students, must have at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by Oct. 15. Here’s what else you need to know.
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Confronting the Crisis: Gun violence
WHYY and 6ABC team up for a community conversation about Philadelphia’s gun violence.
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Oxygen levels in Delaware River met standards, commission says
The environmentalists urged the DRBC to almost double its required oxygen standard so that resident and migratory fish would be better able to thrive in the river.
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Candidates for lt. gov. spar in debate, welcome Biden to N.J.
Democratic Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver and Republican Diane Allen met Tuesday in their first and only debate of the New Jersey governor's race.
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Philadelphia officer under investigation after video of confrontation surfaces
"We understand the video circulating has caused anger and disappointment," Philadelphia police said in a statement.
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Camden County preparing to open another mega-site for COVID booster shots
As the call for boosters intensifies, Camden County is not planning to use the college mega-site it used the first time around because students are in class.
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Mt. Laurel man faces more charges for terrorizing Black neighbors
As Edward Mathews faces new charges for another separate bias incident. The Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office said no favoritism was shown to him by Mt. Laurel Police.
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Biden: Senate filibuster change on debt a ‘real possibility’
Days before an Oct. 18 deadline to act, the Senate is tangled in a dangerous partisan standoff over a vote that’s needed to allow the federal government to continue borrowing.
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