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A close-up of a Pennsylvania congressional map.
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania’s shrinking delegation will mean hard decisions

In Pa., redrawing the districts to correspond with population shifts identified by the 2020 census will have a particularly unpredictable effect on congressional districts.

5 years ago

The beach coastline of Ocean City
Science

N.J. offshore wind to connect at 2 former power plants onshore

The northern connection would be at the former Oyster Creek nuclear power plant in Lacey Twp; the southern connection would be at the former B.L. England plant in Upper Twp.

5 years ago

A man buys groceries in a supermarket.
Politics & Policy

N.J. increases food aid by $95 a month for 231K households

The change comes with about a $17 million price tag, according to the state Human Services Department. The program is financed by the federal government but run by the state.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania State Police vehicle
Courts & Law

Pa. State Police to alter fitness standards that kept out women

The police agency also has agreed to make it a priority to hire as many as 65 women who were affected by the prior fitness standards for entry-level trooper positions.

5 years ago

Courtney Ross hugs Katie Wright
Courts & Law

Defense’s expert blames George Floyd’s death on heart rhythm problem

The defense began presenting its case on Tuesday after the prosecution rested following 11 days of testimony and a mountain of video evidence.

5 years ago

Demonstrators take cover from crowd-dispersal munitions from police outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department to protest the shooting death of Daunte Wright, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Courts & Law

Minnesota cop will be charged in shooting of Black motorist

Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter and Police Chief Tim Gannon resigned Tuesday, two days after Potter shot 20-year-old Daunte Wright.

5 years ago

Delaware Technical Community College Wilmington
Education

Delaware SEED scholarship expansion could help hundreds more students

Legislation to expand SEED scholarship availability could help more Delaware students earn degrees at community colleges.

5 years ago

Rebecca Bryan of Rutgers School of Nursing sits with 86-year-old Turner Pittman
Community

J&J ‘pause’ is also halting efforts to vaccinate homebound New Jerseyans

The federal recommendation to pause use of the J&J vaccine came as efforts were ramping up to inoculate N.J.’s more than 11,000 homebound people.

5 years ago

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Penn Museum at the University of Pennsylvania. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Penn Museum to repatriate skulls of Black Americans and slaves from Cuba

The Morton Collection of more than 1,000 skulls was assembled by a racist 19th-century scientist. Penn Museum will give them back.

5 years ago

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Protesters demanding justice for Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man killed by police near Minneapolis marched through Center City, Philadelphia on April 13, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘Cops are still killing us’: 150 protesters in Philly demand justice for Daunte Wright

Protesters in Philadelphia demanded justice for Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old from Brooklyn Center, Minnesota who police there killed Sunday night.

5 years ago

Local attorney Reginald Streater was picked by Mayor Jim Kenney to sit on Philadelphia’s Board of Education in December. Courtesy of Reginald Streater
Education
Chalkbeat Philadelphia

New school board member talks goals for Philadelphia students, lawsuit by former affiliate group ACLU

Reginald Streater was picked by Mayor Jim Kenney to sit on Philadelphia’s Board of Education, one of three new board members to join in December.

5 years ago

Block G is toured in the West section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix Friday June 1, 2018 in Collegeville, Pa. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Health

Autopsy report pending for Pa. prisoner who died 2 days after receiving J&J vaccine

SCI Phoenix in Montco stopped administering the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on Friday — the same day a 45-year-old incarcerated man died.

5 years ago

ChristianaCare employee Kathleen Bonis gets the COVID vaccine in December 2020. (State of Delaware)
Education

70 fully vaccinated Delawareans have contracted COVID-19, and one death

Delaware’s public health director stressed a small percentage of post-shot infections should be expected because the vaccine isn’t 100% effective.

5 years ago

A rendering of the proposed Third and Walnut St. hotel approved by the Philadelphia Historical Commission. (Ambit architecture)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Society Hill hotel tower that sparked backlash moves ahead

The final iteration of the hotel project would replace a large single-family dwelling from the 1990s near 3rd and Walnut streets.

5 years ago

City Council President Darrell Clarke announced the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative in Philadelphia’s South Kensington neighborhood.
PlanPhilly
Community

More security cameras, gun buybacks, and job trainings: Council unveils anti-violence agenda

City Council rolled out its Violence Prevention and Opportunity Agenda days before Mayor Jim Kenney is slated to propose the city’s next budget.

5 years ago

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