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HUD Secretary Marsha Fudge chats with Ablett Village resident Maria Gonzalez at the announcement of the the CHOICE grant on June 2, 2021; to the left of Fudge are US Rep. Donald Norcross and interim Camden Mayor Vic Carstarphen. (Photo by April Saul for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘A beautiful building’: HUD grants Camden $35M to overhaul public housing complex

The money will be used to tear down what officials called Camden’s last public housing project and replace it with modernized, mixed-income housing units.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro speaks from behind a podium
Courts & Law

‘Prioritized profits over people’: AG Shapiro announces Darby nursing home manager’s guilty plea after three residents die

Chaim “Charlie” Steg, manager of St. Francis rehab center, pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment. Three residents died from insufficient care.

5 years ago

Sharon Shelton loves the new fountain and other improvements and wants the Rodney statue restored. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Facelift and splash fountain for Rodney Square, but iconic horse and rider remain in storage

Wilmington’s iconic Caesar Rodney statue is still tucked away in storage as the city celebrates the renovation of the central square that bears his name.

5 years ago

Listen 2:20
A closeup of a gavel inside a court room
Courts & Law

Federal court vacates Montco woman’s conviction in her friend’s overdose death

The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled “drug delivery resulting in death” statutes were applied too broadly in this case.

5 years ago

The Biden's beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. (Google maps)
Community

Another ‘Biden backup’ in Delaware with his first presidential trip to Rehoboth Beach home

After spending the Memorial Day weekend at home in Wilmington, President Biden returns to Delaware for his first stay as president at his home in Rehoboth Beach.

5 years ago

Health care workers station te Essex County Vaccination Site
Health

N.J. coronavirus update: State will phase out six vaccine megasites

Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday that smaller sites can handle the dwindling demand for vaccines.

5 years ago

A Philadelphia parking garage at 8th and Chestnut streets. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Proposed cut to Philly’s parking tax could have strings attached

Councilmember Parker, who introduced the measure in May, is hoping job opportunities would accompany cuts in the rate to 17%, from 25%.

5 years ago

A protester calls out to police standing guard behind security fencing
Community

A year later, racial reckoning yields uncertainty in giving

Though discussion about increasing diversity in all aspects of American life goes on and some changes have been adopted, advocates so far see little systemic progress.

5 years ago

Members of the Philadelphia Police Department’s Crime Scene Unit are pictured behind crime scene tape
Community

‘Mad or nah?’: Residents react to Philly Weekly’s gun violence contest

Tamara Russell, aka P.O.C., hit the streets to see how residents feel about Philly Weekly’s gun violence contest, which asks readers to guess the city’s homicide total.

5 years ago

Listen 4:38
President Joe Biden gestures while speaking from behind a podium
Politics & Policy

Biden prioritizes U.S. voting rights law as restrictions mount

Republican legislators in state capitols across the nation are pushing what experts say is an unprecedented wave of bills aimed at restricting access to the ballot box.

5 years ago

Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors
Politics & Policy

Arizona GOP election audit draws Pa. Republican politicians

Pennsylvania Sens. Doug Mastriano and Cris Dush, and Rep. Rob Kauffman are making a pilgrimage to Phoenix to check out the state Senate GOP’s partisan audit of the election.

5 years ago

Looking east toward City Hall from Eakins Oval.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly selects finalists to plan pedestrian-friendly revamp of Ben Franklin Parkway

Three firms chosen from more than a dozen responding to a March request for proposals will move forward with a public engagement process for the redesign.

5 years ago

On May 25, Camden mayoral candidate Elton Custis explains his candidacy to resident Betty Sharp in the Yorkship neighborhood of the city. After speaking to Custis, Clark, a retired social worker, said,
Politics & Policy

Camden mayor’s race pits 3 challengers against the Democratic machine

Camden voters choose the next mayor Tuesday. The question: Can any of the challengers be the first in decades to beat the Democratic machine’s candidate?

5 years ago

Laura Even and Brian Elliott were married at an Ohio courthouse in May 2020. After having to reschedule their large wedding celebration three times, they had their big event with friends and family on May 29, 2021. (Brittany Bays Photography)
Lifestyle

Wedding plans? Who could plan? What the pandemic taught us about tying the knot

As coronavirus cases decrease and vaccination rates continue to grow, weddings — as we knew them pre-pandemic — are starting to make a comeback.

5 years ago

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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks with the news media outside of the Little Haiti Cultural Center, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Miami. Mayorkas met with community leaders following the announcement of a new 18-month designation for Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Community

Pa. Haitian community hails temporary protected status, questions immigration future

Haitians in Pennsylvania are celebrating a move by President Joe Biden’s administration that effectively reverses another immigration policy of former President Donald Trump.

5 years ago

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