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The world's largest retailer is taking over the massive site where General Motors manufactured vehicles for more than six decades. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Money

Amazon hiring blitz for fulfillment center at former GM plant in Del. includes $3,000 bonuses

The 3.8 million-square-foot building on Boxwood Road has been vacant since 2009. An electric car maker planned to take it over, but the plan fizzled.

5 years ago

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A chart shows a TANF enrollment decline over the course of a decade.
Keystone Crossroads
Money

New report urges changes to Pennsylvania’s 1990s-era TANF benefit

The Meet the Need Coalition surveyed more than 350 current or past recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; many found it too restrictive.

5 years ago

In 2020, Pennsylvania regulators approved a now-abandoned rule that would have extended automatic overtime pay to salaried employees earning between roughly $36,000 and $45,000 a year, many of whom work as managers in the retail and food service industries. Today, only those who earn below the $36,000 federal threshold are guaranteed extra pay for extra hours. (Megan Harris / WESA)
Politics & Policy

Overtime pay for up to 190K workers died in Harrisburg this summer. Why aren’t more people upset?

The now-abandoned rule could have extended overtime protections for an estimated 190,000 workers.

5 years ago

(Chester Upland School District)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

No education experience: Chester Upland residents baffled by judge’s choice for new school district receiver

Over Pa. Education Department objections, Nafis Nichols, the City of Chester’s chief financial officer, was named interim receiver.

5 years ago

OES-16 East GeoColor satellite image taken Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at 11:40 a.m. EDT., and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Henri in the Atlantic Ocean
Weather

Coastal evacuations urged as Hurricane Henri heads north

The National Hurricane Center issued an advisory late Saturday morning upgrading Tropical Storm Henri to a hurricane.

5 years ago

AFL-CIO officers (from left) Tefere Gebre, Liz Shuler and Fred Redmond stand in front of the federation's headquarters
Politics & Policy
WITF

AFL-CIO elects first woman, African American man to top leadership positions

New AFL-CIO officers have been named to replace Richard Trumka.

5 years ago

Map of Cape May County
Community

16-year-old lifeguard dies after injury in Cape May, N.J.

The 16-year-old lifeguard who was injured while on duty Thursday in Cape May has died, according to officials.

5 years ago

A New Jersey long-term care center
Health
NJ Spotlight

Families decry restricted visits to those in long-term care

One woman describes her battle to spend time with her mother.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Orchestra
Arts & Entertainment

Carnegie Hall returns to in-person concerts with a lot of help from the Philadelphia Orchestra

In its return to a full season of in-person performances, Carnegie Hall has programmed the Philadelphia Orchestra for an unprecedented eight concerts.

5 years ago

A doctor holds a stethoscope on a pregnant person's belly.
Health

Using race to diagnose anemia in pregnancy led to poor birth outcomes for Black patients, study shows

For years, national medical guidelines have defined anemia differently for Black patients. A new study shows this could be increasing birth disparities.

5 years ago

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(NJ Spotlight)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Murphy signs law that bans contracts with ICE for detention of immigrants

The law disallows renewal of existing contracts or any new contracts with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to house immigration detainees.

5 years ago

(Brennan Linsley, AP Photo)
Community

Advocates and industry like what they see of New Jersey’s cannabis rules … so far

People are still reviewing the 160 pages of initial rules for New Jersey’s adult cannabis market. Advocates and those in the industry like what they’ve seen so far.

5 years ago

Chelsea's Christian Pulisic kicks the ball during a training session at Windsor Park in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. Chelsea and Villarreal will meet in the UEFA Super Cup in Belfast
Health

Hershey native Pulisic tests positive for virus ahead of World Cup qualifiers

United States soccer star Christian Pulisic has tested positive for COVID-19 less than two weeks before United States players begin reporting for camp.

5 years ago

People from a coalition of housing justice groups hold signs protesting evictions during a news conference
Courts & Law

U.S. appeals court refuses to end CDC’s eviction moratorium

A federal appeals court on Friday allowed the COVID-related pause on evictions imposed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to remain in place.

5 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol
Politics & Policy
WITF

F&M poll shows a majority of conservative Pennsylvanians view 1/6 attack negatively

State and congressional Republicans have all but avoided talking about the attack, and Franklin and Marshall College poll results offer some insight on that.

5 years ago

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