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‘Frustrated and disappointed’: Child care providers in Pennsylvania call on governor for help
Child care providers and advocates are urging Gov. Wolf and other policymakers in Harrisburg to quickly allocate money in a way that avoids closures of child care centers.
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Philly prisons lift shelter-in-place measures, but COVID infections still on the rise
The move comes after receiving the results of court-ordered COVID-19 testing of all incarcerated people and staff in Philly’s four jails.
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Lawyer says Pelosi laptop hasn’t been recovered from suspect
Public defender A.J. Kramer told a federal judge that investigators searched the car and Harrisburg residence of Riley June Williams but did not locate the computer.
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Delays and glitches with latest stimulus have slowed relief to Pa.’s unemployed
Some problems stem from a lag between when the first pandemic stimulus funds expired and the time it took to get the second relief package up and running.
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GOP largely votes against holding Trump impeachment trial
The Senate has rejected a Republican attempt to dismiss Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial.
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Kobe’s presence remains strong, legacy growing
“It’s nice to see his memory, and just his way of his life being celebrated by people far beyond our area."
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Bridget Ann Kelly, whose Bridgegate conviction was overturned, returns to politics
Bridget Ann Kelly, whose 2016 federal conviction was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court last year, announced this week she is running for Bergen County clerk.
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N.J. Assembly panel clears bill requiring stewardship plans for public forests
Environmentalists object, saying the measure would mean more logging and more habitat loss.
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Philly hospitals have started vaccinating their patients against COVID-19. Here’s how it works
Penn, Temple and Einstein are pivoting from Phase 1A, when they vaccinated their patient-facing staff, to Phase 1B, their most at-risk patients.
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Philly Fighting COVID CEO admits taking vaccine doses home despite patient demand
After PFC turned away people seeking vaccinations that day, friends of CEO Andrei Doroshin say they saw a Snapchat photo of him appearing to administer vaccine off-site.
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Listen 1:20No fix in sight for dispute over opening N.J. farmland to large solar projects
Solar developers say it’s the way to meet clean-energy goals. Critics say it would hurt Garden State agriculture.
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Conversations of Kings 2021: Media, narrative, and social change
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day this year, NewCORE and WHYY presented the 2021 Conversations of Kings: Media, narrative, and social change.
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What’s actually in Philly Fighting COVID’s privacy policy?
During most of the time the group collected names on its COVIDReadi site, it did so without terms and conditions or a privacy policy.
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Wintry mix of ice and light snow to cause slippery spots
A FIRST ALERT is in effect for the Pennsylvania suburbs, Lehigh Valley and Berks County Tuesday due to a wintry mix of ice and light snow.
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Jill Biden signals she’ll be more active as first lady
Dr. Biden signaled Monday that she'll be a more active first lady, with a trio of virtual appearances before governors' spouses, young Latinos and library officials.
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