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A Kia Niro EV is charged at a charging station at Colorado Mills Outlet Mall Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, in Lakewood, Colo. (David Zalubowski/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania looks to boost electric vehicle sales

At least 12 states already have a requirement for zero-emission electric vehicles, including neighbors Maryland, New Jersey, and New York.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks to member of the media after exiting Air Force One, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Weather

Biden declares major disaster in Texas as federal aid flows

Biden is seeing his disaster management skills tested after winter storms plunged Texas, Oklahoma, and others into an unusual deep freeze that left millions shivering.

5 years ago

Los Cuatro Soles restaurant in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

South Philly Mexican businesses come together to raise COVID-19 relief funds

Philly is at risk of losing the restaurants that make its food scene what it is. A new GoFundMe campaign aims to help businesses survive.

5 years ago

a portrait of Florence Price
Arts & Entertainment

‘Why have I never heard of this?’: Phila Orchestra revives America’s first Black woman composer

Florence Price had one of her pieces performed in 1933, by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Since then, she has disappeared from the classical canon.

5 years ago

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The Drake Tavern in Jenkintown, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Montgomery County introduces new hospitality industry recovery program

The county announced the end of the previous grant program and introduced a new program with funding coming from the state.

5 years ago

Harrisburg, Pa. (Andre Frueh/UnSplash)
Politics & Policy

‘Stalin-like cancel culture’: Infighting among Pa. GOP pits ‘Never Trumpers’ against loyalists

Regrouping in the wake of Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss, Pa. Republicans have become locked in a cycle of infighting over the party’s direction.

5 years ago

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Multiple campaign signs and posters, including some supporting President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, adorn the front window of the Montgomery County Democratic Committee’s Norristown office. (NBC10)
Courts & Law

Eaglesville man arrested on terrorism charges for shooting into Montgomery County Democratic HQ

The suspect fired into the Norristown Democratic Committee office after allegedly sending emails threatening violence. He faces felony terrorism charges.

5 years ago

The exterior of Benjamin Franklin High School
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. Dems push for school infrastructure to be priority in next federal stimulus

They say schools need an influx to remediate asbestos and lead, make electric and plumbing repairs and do other needed maintenance work.

5 years ago

Timothy DeFoor is sworn in as Pennsylvania's auditor general. (Commonwealth Media Services)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa.’s new auditor general says his election was fair, but he won’t talk about the others

Because Timothy DeFoor may be asked to investigate the 2020 election, his office said he "must maintain his independence."

5 years ago

Tiffany Husak, left, a nursing student at the Community College of Allegheny County, receives her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, during a vaccination clinic hosted by the University of Pittsburgh and the Allegheny County Health Department at the Petersen Events Center, in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Health

‘Don’t hold back any doses’: How a conference call with the Pa. Health Department led to vaccine delays

Pennsylvania health systems believed they were following state orders when they used vaccines that were supposed to be set aside for people awaiting their second doses.

5 years ago

A COVID-19 vaccination site is set up at the Pennsylvania Convention Center
Health

FEMA opening mass vaccination site at Pennsylvania Convention Center

The downtown Philadelphia convention center can handle vaccinating 6,000 people daily from the coronavirus, officials said.

5 years ago

File photo: A few pedestrians are seen walking in the heavy snow and wind in Hoboken, N.J., Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Health

230K vaccine doses bound for N.J. delayed by winter weather

New Jersey did not receive about 230,000 first and second COVID vaccine shots this week because of weather-related delays in other parts of the country.

5 years ago

Ms. Tootsie's (Google maps)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Famed Ms. Tootsie’s RBL now up for sale

The celebrated restaurant owned by KeVen Parker, who died on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, was a staple in the community.

5 years ago

A woman drops off her ballot for the 2020 General Election outside the Chester County Government Services Center, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in West Chester, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Politics & Policy

State and counties say they plan to do more to inform Pa. Spanish-speaking voters

The Pa. Department of State is working with local governments to ensure they fulfill Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act, which protects marginalized language groups.

5 years ago

William Marx, points to projected images of the old congressional districts of Pennsylvania on top, and the new re-drawn districts on the bottom, while standing in the classroom where he teaches civics in Pittsburgh on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

‘This isn’t just a math game gone awry’: Pa. advocates want publicly-drawn maps to be a part of redistricting

By law, a five-member committee called the Legislative Reapportionment Commission spearheads the map-drawing process.

5 years ago

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