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Black man standing on West Philadelphia face mask donning a face mask
Politics & Policy

For Trump, city where ‘bad things happen’ looms large

Trump can’t change the basic political math in the state: one in eight registered voters live in Philadelphia, a city that delivers increasingly large Democratic margins.

6 years ago

Poll worker Chuck Kellander interacts with voters through a plexiglass screen at Belmont Hill Elementary School in Bensalem, Bucks County. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Judge rejects GOP attempt to shut down early voting center in Delaware County

The voting center began operating Friday in Subaru Park in the Democratic city of Chester.

6 years ago

A staff member of AMI Healthcare administered a COVID-19 test at the pop-up site at the Nittany Mall in State College on Friday, Sept. 25. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Health

Pennsylvania reports 2nd-highest COVID-19 total of pandemic

Nine new deaths were reported, bringing the total number of deaths associated with the virus to 8,466.

6 years ago

Signs reflect the sentiments of the crowd at Saturday's We Dissent women's march in Philadelphia. (Katie Meyer/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

A newly energized Women’s March returns to Philadelphia

Four years after Trump’s election and the first Women’s March, feminists are taking to the streets again to protest the Supreme Court’s rightward shift.

6 years ago

Richard Gordon, principal of Paul Robeson High School, in hallway with lockers
Education
The Philadelphia Tribune

Robeson principal said the students are the secret to his success

Paul Robeson High School Principal Richard M. Gordon was recently named the National Association of Secondary School Principals 2021 National Principal of the Year.

6 years ago

(A Johnson/NPR)
Health

More free time, more stress: The pandemic is boosting the risk of childhood obesity

With smaller budgets for food, less access to school meals and limited physical activity, parents and doctors are struggling to keep kids healthy.

6 years ago

A person in a banana costume holding a sign that says
Arts & Entertainment

From Snacks to a FEAST: a 12-hour cabaret marathon is coming to your screen

FEAST brings dozens of performers from around the world into a 12-hour online event.

6 years ago

Trash backs up in the Schuylkill River at the SRT bridge near Douglassville. (Schuylkill Action Network)
Community

When litter in the river isn’t the only reason the Schuylkill is trashier

WHYY asked the region’s residents to tell us how the rivers and creeks near them are changing. Litter and flooding are some of their top concerns.

6 years ago

Listen 1:14
Kathy Jennings, Delaware’s Attorney General. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delaware looks to N.J. for guidance on use-of-force reforms

A Delaware panel working to develop policing reforms following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor turns to N.J.’s Attorney General for advice.

6 years ago

Darryl Turner of Chester, Pa., stops at the pop-up voter service center at Subaru Park to drop off his mail-in ballot. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delco teams up with Philadelphia Union to host voter center this weekend

The center gives Delaware County residents the opportunity to register to vote, as well as request and drop off early voting ballots.

6 years ago

FILE - This May 26, 2020 file photo shows an Official Democratic General Primary mail-in ballot and secrecy envelope, for the Pennsylvania primary in Pittsburgh. Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots, hoping to avert worried predictions that 100,000 votes or more could be invalidated because the ballots aren't put in the proper envelope.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Politics & Policy

First batch of Pa. mail-in votes processing smoothly

Three weeks ahead of the 2020 Election, Pa.’s mail-in ballots are being processed smoothly, despite the state’s reluctance to allow pre-canvassing.

6 years ago

Listen 4:50
The Philadelphia School (Google maps)
Education

COVID cases force the private Philadelphia School to switch to remote learning

In-person learning will not resume until after Oct. 27 at least. Eight coronavirus cases have been confirmed at the Center City school.

6 years ago

Oct. 2, 2020: A mail-in ballot for the Nov. 3 election in a mailbox in Rutherford. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Politics & Policy

Advocates sue N.J. on behalf of ‘displaced’ voters without a ballot

The lawsuit asks Secretary of State Tahesha Way to help voters who are not currently living at their home address because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump wipes away sweat during an NBC News Town Hall, at Perez Art Museum Miami, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Biden outraises Trump $383M to $248M in September

President Donald Trump was outraised by Democrat Joe Biden in September and is being outgunned financially by his rival with just weeks to go until Election Day.

6 years ago

A Mariner East pipeline valve site on the edge of the Andover development, Thornbury Township, Delaware County, illustrates the pipeline's path through densely-populated southeastern Pennsylvania. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

At hearing on Mariner East safety, plaintiffs say Sunoco’s public awareness plan falls short

The plaintiffs are asking the PUC to investigate if Sunoco’s safety measures protect the public, and, if it finds safety is lacking, to close down the lines.

6 years ago

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