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Developments on the Camden waterfront, like the American Water corporate headquarters and the 18-story Camden Tower, receive substantial local tax breaks in addition to state tax incentives. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money

Murphy approves $14 billion N.J. tax break program amid opposition

It is full circle for Gov. Phil Murphy, who began his tenure with an investigation into the tax break scheme started under his predecessor, former GOP Gov. Chris Christie.

6 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

Lawmakers openly discuss ousting Trump, possible impeachment

Democrats and some Republicans want Trump removed before his term ends on Jan. 20 with Democrat Joe Biden’s inauguration.

6 years ago

Medical personnel prone a COVID-19 patient
Health

US registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus

Skyrocketing deaths and infections there are threatening to force hospitals to ration care and essentially decide who lives and who dies.

6 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists gather outside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Politics & Policy

Facebook bans Trump through Biden inauguration, maybe longer

Facebook will bar President Donald Trump from posting on its system at least until the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.

6 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists are confronted by Capitol Police officers outside the Senate Chamber
The Philadelphia Experiment
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Experiment

What if the rioters who breached the US Capitol were Black?

Columnist Solomon Jones examines the events in Washington that left four people dead. But what if the rioters who breached the U.S. Capitol were Black?

6 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Politics & Policy

Pa., N.J., Del. to send National Guard troops to D.C. after Capitol breach

Gov. Phil Murphy called the mob attack an act of “domestic terrorism” spurred on by Trump.

6 years ago

School hallway
Health

Pa. pushes schools to reopen; new COVID-19 variant detected in commonwealth

Someone in Dauphin County tested positive for the variant “after known international exposure,” the Department of Health said in a news release.

6 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists gesture to U.S. Capitol Police in the hallway outside of the Senate chamber at the Capitol
Politics & Policy

Deadly insurrection marks moment of reckoning for Republicans

The party's usual excuses for Trump — he's not a typical politician and is uninterested in hewing to D.C. niceties — fell short against images of mobs occupying the Capitol.

6 years ago

Capitol police officers in riot gear push back pro-Trump insurrectionists who try to break a door of the U.S. Capitol
Politics & Policy

Lawmakers vow to investigate police after Capitol breach

Four people died, one of them a woman who was shot and killed by police inside the Capitol. Three other people died after suffering “medical emergencies” tied to the breach.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

After excusing violence, Trump acknowledges Biden transition

Trump’s acknowledgement came after a day of chaos and destruction on Capitol Hill as a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol building.

6 years ago

Groceries in plastic bags inside a shopping cart.
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Environmentalists cry foul as Philly’s plastic bag ban delayed

The six month delay in banning single-use plastic bags comes after the pandemic made outreach to affected small businesses impossible, city officials said.

6 years ago

The empty lot at 13th and Bainbridge Streets in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

South Philly lots named in FBI case against Kenyatta Johnson targeted for land trust

City-owned lots at the center of a soured redevelopment deal that ended with federal corruption charges are back on the market — with an unexpected twist.

6 years ago

The Academy of Natural Sciences
Things To Do
Community
January 7 - 13, 2021

Prehistoric monsters on display, virtual culture, and jazz for a cause in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

This week brings good news: as per updated COVID-19 protocols, Philadelphia museums are cleared to reopen.

6 years ago

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Vice President Mike Pence officiate as a joint session of the House and Senate reconvenes to confirm the Electoral College votes
Politics & Policy

Congress certifies Pa. results, Biden’s victory after chaotic day of violent insurrection

“We saw bloodshed because a demagogue chose to spread falsehoods and sow distrust of his own fellow Americans,” said U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey. “Let’s not abet such deception.”

6 years ago

In this July 24, 1998, file photo, a flag flies at half-staff on Capitol Hill in honor of two Capitol police officers who were killed after a gunman burst through security barriers. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
Politics & Policy

Capitol has seen violence over 220 years, but not like this

In more than 220 years, the U.S. Capitol had seen nothing like it: a roiling mob, forcing its way past its majestic marble columns, disrupting the passage of power.

6 years ago

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