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The trolley tunnels below downtown Philly and University City need some TLC. SEPTA crews will work around-the-clock for the next 17 days to make it happen.

Philadelphia District and union officials voiced support for a full reopening under new CDC recommendations that distancing shouldn’t be a barrier for bringing students back.

The Pa. GOP wants to block evidence that Pennsylvania’s Black and Hispanic students fare worse on traditional measures of academic achievement than their white peers.

One of those companies, 3M, says it acted ‘responsibly’ and will defend its environmental record.

Supporters see it as a way to combat Philadelphia’s soaring gun violence epidemic. The ACLU says it “may be the worst criminal justice bill that we’ve seen.”

Built as a 7,300-square-foot wedding venue during the pandemic, Franklin’s View is now a high-ceilinged tent for drinking and dancing.

In what residents and officials are calling an act of environmental racism, property owners allowed a pile of toxic waste to grow two stories high in a Camden neighborhood.

They said that another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off the latest worrisome coronavirus mutant.

Edward Mathews, who had already been charged with bias intimidation, is now accused of damaging vehicles and stalking one of his neighbors.

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was killed during a raid of his home on Wednesday. He had continued to rule Haiti by decree after his term ended in February.

Pennsylvania would receive $225 million to fight the opioid-addiction epidemic from a new agreement with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma.

The cards are free for students in 7th grade and up who take the trolley, bus, or subway to school, with a max of eight uses per day.

Advocates had hoped detainees would be released. Instead, ICE is transferring them. A judge declined to halt the practice.

The legislature left for the summer without voting on bills that would raise dog licensing fees, a proposal unpopular among House Republicans, per to a key committee chair.

Forecasters say heavy rain, not high wind, will be the biggest impact as Tropical Storm Elsa makes its way through the Mid-Atlantic late Thursday and early Friday.