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A file photo shows a SEPTA worker repairing a trolley track during a cleaning blitz. (SEPTA)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA considers mandating vaccination as NYC and DC transit agencies issue requirements

SEPTA may be the next public agency in the Philadelphia region to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for its employees.

5 years ago

FILE: Katie Brennan, (left), then-chief of staff at the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, listens to a question as she testifies before the Select Oversight Committee at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, in Trenton, N.J.  (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Brennan ‘infuriated’ by Ciattarelli campaign ad against Murphy

Katie Brennan, whose accusation of rape against a Murphy official prompted legislative hearings, called use of her testimony in a Murphy attack ad “inappropriate.”

5 years ago

Penny Rogers
Community

Flags lowered to honor Delaware lives lost to the opioid crisis

Family members of those who died from overdoses lowered state, county and U.S. flags outside New Castle County government headquarters Friday.

5 years ago

A mural depicts the 1968 sanitation worker strike in Memphis.
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

Some Philadelphia teachers stand firm on teaching about race

About 100 expected to participate in rally against anti-critical race theory legislation near President’s House in Center City Friday

5 years ago

Health workers checks the temperature of evacuated citizens from Afghanistan upon their arrival at Tirana International Airport in Tirana, Albania, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. A government decision has planned that the Afghans may stay at least a year during which they will proceed with their application for special visas before they move on to the US for final settlement. (AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)
Community

Do you speak Dari or Pashto? Philly wants your help welcoming displaced Afghans

Philadelphia health officials are searching for translators to help usher displaced Afghans into the U.S. — specifically people who speak Dari or Pashto.

5 years ago

Wreckage after car crashed into house.
Community
6abc

2 dead after car hits home in Chester, Pa. and bursts into flames

Both the driver and the passenger of a car were killed. The driver was the father of three children.

5 years ago

Cathryn Miller-Wilson, executive director of HIAS Pennsylvania. (Courtesy of Cathryn Miller-Wilson)
Community

Why the U.S. government should waive fees for Afghan refugees seeking humanitarian parole

Cathryn Miller-Wilson, executive director of HIAS Pennsylvania, demands the U.S. government waive humanitarian parole fees for Afghan refugees.

5 years ago

Civilians prepare to board a plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport
Community
6ABC

Philadelphia International Airport to receive evacuees from Afghanistan

"Philadelphia stands in solidarity with Afghan refugees," said Mayor Jim Kenney.

5 years ago

A bus leaves the Midvale depot in Nicetown
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA workers say the pandemic revealed labor issues that go beyond paychecks

The pandemic has reshaped workers’ conception of fairness at work. For SEPTA, upcoming union negotiations will reveal just how much has changed.

5 years ago

Pa. Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman (left), and Pa. state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin (Commonwealth Media Services; AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Despite infighting, Pa. GOP senators push forward with vague idea of 2020 election audit

A Trump ally in the Pa. legislature has been stripped of power, but the leading Republican in the State Senate is still promising a full “forensic audit” of the 2020 election.

5 years ago

Vaccine team goes out to knock on doors as an ice cream truck waits to offer sweet treats in Camden (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Health

Camden County officials go door-to-door seeking arms for COVID-19 shots

Camden County uses an ice cream truck as an aide to find people to vaccinate in an area where the unvaccinated are high.

5 years ago

Delaware prison
Courts & Law

Former Delaware prison health care provider to pay $15M to settle federal lawsuits

Connections Community Support Programs has agreed to pay more than $15 million to settle charges of fraud and controlled substances allegations.

5 years ago

Housing advocates protest on the eviction moratorium in New Yor
Courts & Law

Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic

The court’s decision blocks the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

Teachers, parents and staff at the Masterman School gather on the steps of the school to voice their concerns about unsafe conditions in the building
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Masterman teachers and parents at odds with district over asbestos fears

Teachers and parents at the magnet school fear there is harmful asbestos in the school. District leaders say problems have been fixed and school is safe.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks about the bombings at the Kabul airport that killed at least 12 U.S. service members, from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Biden vows to finish Kabul evacuation, avenge US deaths

Biden said the Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate was to blame for the attacks that killed 12 American service members and many more Afghan civilians.

5 years ago

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