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WHYY’s Assistant News Director Katie Colaneri joins a panel of local editors and journalists for a conversation about the best ways to pitch the news media.

The numbers are positive for Philadelphia, but the city’s fiscal watchdog says it’s keeping a close eye on tax collections.

The advisory imposed earlier this summer sought to protect songbirds from an unknown ailment. It’s still not clear what was causing the bird deaths.

Few school districts are requiring masks inside classrooms, something the Democratic governor said it needed to ensure safety.

The Zoning Board of Adjustment decision would allow construction of a 70-unit modernist apartment building in exchange for preserving the mural.

Vaccinations are up a bit, Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole says, and if the mask rules work, new infections should level off soon.

With landlords challenging a federal eviction moratorium in court, the concern is that a wave of evictions will happen before much of the assistance has been distributed.

Multiple projects are coming together to protect a key habitat for the Cumberland County oyster fleet from erosion and rising seas.

The Department of Health did not explain why it abandoned a plan to change who administers a nutrition program for pregnant people and young children.

The company has filed a rate request with the state Public Utility Commission, seeking to increase water bills by 17% and wastewater bills by 33%.

Some of Delaware’s top business leaders heard from experts about returning employees to the office as the state’s COVID cases continue to climb.

Researchers who worked with the city to organize it say the sweepstakes incentive program in June did not make a significant difference.

Out of $276 million in initial federal COVID grants, the city appears to have allocated at least $100 million to cover staffing in the police, prisons, and fire departments.

The board of education passed the resolution unanimously. Leaders have yet to set a date for when staff will have to submit proof of vaccination.

New Jersey joins Pennsylvania in having some of the toughest anti-hazing laws in the country after the death of a Penn State student from Central Jersey.