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People wait in line to rent vehicles at Miami International Airport
PlanPhilly
Money

Philly’s painful and profitable — for some — rental car crunch

After COVID-19 shut down travel for much of 2020, an ensuing rental car shortage is remaking Philly’s summer 2021 plans — and sparking some new businesses.

5 years ago

Listen 1:34
Cedar Street Pool Party (Danya Henninger/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

6 secrets for throwing an epic Philly block party

Philly throws legendary block parties. Here are the tips you need to know to master summer’s favorite urban art form.

5 years ago

Dancers dance onstage.
Things To Do
Community

Dance for everybody, sharks, and Shakespeare in the parks in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

This weekend, enjoy dance, Shakespeare, and sharks across the Delaware Valley.

5 years ago

Listen 5:00
File photo: Philadelphia Superintendent William Hite. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

More should be done to help get Black male students through college, educators say

Survey reveals Black male students have experienced the most challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic.

5 years ago

The CDC’s eviction moratorium ends Saturday, July 31, 2021. Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and other officials are urging reside in danger of eviction to apply for rental assistance today. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Kenney urges residents to apply for rental assistance before moratorium expires Saturday

Philadelphia elected officials urge residents to apply for rental assistance as the courts resume lockouts and the federal eviction moratorium is set to expire Saturday.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Lehigh Valley operations facility for Mack Trucks in Macungie, Pa., Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Infrastructure deal: Senate ready to move ahead on $1T bill

“This deal signals to the world that our democracy can function,” Biden said in a statement. “We will once again transform America and propel us into the future.”

5 years ago

Craig Snyder smiles with his arms crossed
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Philly Republican makes bid for U.S. Senate on anti-Trump agenda

Synder’s thinking is simple: If five or more GOP candidates compete for the Trump voters, and one goes for the other 40%, “that’s a winnable race.”

5 years ago

Community groups working against violence in the city of Philadelphia protested stop-and-frisk outside the 26th Police District in Fishtown. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Philly pilot project seeks to halt ‘stop-and-frisk’ policing for quality-of-life offenses

The three-month project will require police officers to first ask people to stop engaging in prohibited behavior before they question or detain someone.

5 years ago

ACT UP protest outside of Mayor Kenney's condo. (Juno Rosenhaus / ACT UP)
PlanPhilly
Community

Five hospitalized after activists clash with police outside Mayor Kenney’s Old City home, two arrested

ACT UP, which organizes weekly housing protests near Mayor Kenney’s Old City apartment, said this was the first to be dispersed by law enforcement.

5 years ago

Jim Kenney speaks from a podium, with other elected officials behind him
Politics & Policy

Philly moving forward with grants program to fund community groups in anti-violence fight

Philadelphia is planning to add $20 million to anti-violence efforts, targeting small groups who have not received funding in the past.

5 years ago

Jo Vito Ramírez as Young Pericles (left) and Brittany Onukwugha as Young Thaisa (right)
Arts & Entertainment

Shakespeare in Clark Park returns as a circus

The free, outdoor production of “Pericles” in West Philadelphia will be staged with aerial acrobatics, giant puppetry, and clowning.

5 years ago

A waiter takes the order of customers inside a restaurant
Politics & Policy

New Jersey officials now ‘strongly recommend’ wearing masks indoors

Atlantic, Burlington, and Ocean counties have experienced substantial spread of COVID-19 in the last week, and would fall under the CDC’s new masking guidance.

5 years ago

An empty SEPTA train car.
Community

Weeks after SEPTA extends private security contract, a guard beat a man at a turnstile

The violence occurred soon after SEPTA extended its $1.5 million contract with Allied Universal to keep security guards stationed along the Market-Frankford Line.

5 years ago

Student listens to a presentation in Health class at Windsor Locks High School
Education

‘Mad or nah?’: Philly residents react to school district’s earlier bell time plan

Tamara Russell, aka P.O.C., hit the streets of Philly to hear how residents are reacting to the school district’s proposed new bell time.

5 years ago

Listen 4:38
Trucks and cars travel down the highway.
Urban Planning

Transportation funding report could launch years of debate in Pa.

The report comes amid a stalemate over increasing funding for highway construction in Pennsylvania, and as states increasingly experiment with a vehicle-miles-traveled fee.

5 years ago

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