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Marijuana buds are seen in a prescription bottle as they are sorted at Compassionate Care Foundation's grow house
Politics & Policy

Wolf signs off on revisions to Pennsylvania medical pot law

The bill makes it easier for producers to remove contaminants such as yeast and mold from medical marijuana, to turn it into products that are topical, not to be inhaled.

5 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks from a podium with people behind him
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Wolf signs Pa. budget package, celebrates public school funding

Wolf touted $300 million extra for school district operations and instruction, including the unique idea of setting aside $100 million of that strictly for schools in need.

5 years ago

The Franklin Institute
Arts & Entertainment

A global Harry Potter exhibition will debut at the Franklin Institute in 2022

The globally touring exhibition, featuring material from across the entire Wizarding World, will premiere at the Franklin Institute in 2022.

5 years ago

Bill Cosby, center, and spokesperson Andrew Wyatt, right, approach members of the media
Courts & Law

Explainer: Why Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction was overturned

Bill Cosby's sexual assault conviction was thrown out Wednesday by Pennsylvania's highest court. Here's a look at the case against Cosby and the court's decision.

5 years ago

Rescue workers search in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condominium
Community

New Jersey team to assist in Florida condo collapse search

N.J. Task Force 1 sent 70 members who specialize in 21 technically skilled positions and 10 ground support personnel. It is the unit's eighth deployment under FEMA since 2016.

5 years ago

Offshore wind farm under construction.
Science
NJ Spotlight

Two companies tapped to build second massive offshore-wind farm in N.J.

The project is expected to triple the electricity coming in from the coastline.

5 years ago

(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Politics & Policy

Pa. efforts to halt plastic bag bans recede as Philadelphia begins to enact its own law

The legislature’s preemption of municipal bans was tied to Gov. Wolf’s lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency. The preemption expires Dec. 8, 2021.

5 years ago

Jassy Perez has lived in the Hunting Park section of Philadelphia for over 30 years. She used to take her kids, Juliani Morell, 6, and Zeahani Morell, 10,  to the neighborhood pool twice a week. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Hot and mad: What July feels like when your neighborhood pool doesn’t reopen

Only 47 of the city’s 69 pools will open this year. To some, the plan feels like a stinging reminder of ongoing inequities in America’s poorest large city.

5 years ago

Fireworks explode over the Delaware River as seen from Penn's Landing.
Things To Do
Community

Fourth of July fun in the Delaware Valley includes fireworks, concerts, and more

July 1 - 4: Fourth of July fun in the Delaware Valley includes fireworks, concerts, and more.

5 years ago

Listen 3:28
Kids swim at the James Finnegan Playground pool
Community

Philly pool season begins after challenging search for lifeguards

The city’s pool season begins, despite the recruitment issues and criticism surrounding which neighborhood pools were chosen to open.

5 years ago

chester high school
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Chester Upland School District avoids unprecedented charter takeover — for now

The move by receiver Juan Baughn means the district won’t, for the time being at least, become the first in Pa. almost completely under charter control.

5 years ago

Murrell Dobbins High School principal Ms. Shervon Thompson. (6ABC)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

‘A good day in North Philadelphia’: Dobbins High celebrates first alumni principal

Shervon Thompson, Dobbins class of 1996, will serve as principal after serving her entire career there as a teacher and assistant principal.

5 years ago

Andrew Bruck (Office of AG)
Courts & Law

Murphy appoints first openly gay attorney general in New Jersey history

Andrew Bruck will take over after Gurbir Grewal departs for the federal government in July. Bruck will be the state’s first openly gay attorney general.

5 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney signs several budget bills surrounded by legislative leaders in his Dover office Wednesday afternoon. (courtesy Gov. Carney's office)
Politics & Policy

Delaware approves largest capital improvement budget in state history

The $1.35 billion bond bill will fund construction projects throughout the state, but some lawmakers say it’s too much.

5 years ago

Blanka Zizka stands in front of a Wilma Theater sign
Arts & Entertainment

Blanka Zizka, a giant of Philadelphia theater, will retire from the Wilma

Defecting from Czechoslovakia 48 years ago, Zizka helped forge Philadelphia’s theater renaissance.

5 years ago

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