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Kids at Today’s Child day care
Community
Spotlight PA

Hundreds of Pa. child-care centers have closed, and some fear it will get worse

Between March and the beginning of September, more than 260 licensed child-care programs across Pennsylvania permanently closed.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Courts & Law

‘We’re looking for you,’ Philly police commish tells shooters as murders exceed all of 2019

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw on Monday addressed the city’s major surge in gun violence.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump arrives back at the White House aboard Marine One
Politics & Policy

White House staff, Secret Service eye coronavirus with fear, anger

President Trump's decision to return home from a military hospital despite his continued illness is putting new focus on the people around him who could be further exposed.

6 years ago

A person drops into a mail box applications for mail-in ballots
Courts & Law

Pa. court battle erupts over voters’ signatures on mail ballots

The fight over signatures is one of many partisan battles being fought in the state Legislature and the courts over mail-in voting in Pennsylvania.

6 years ago

Rep. Andy Kim, David Richter and Martin Weber
Politics & Policy

Kim, Richter and Weber spar over veterans’ care in South Jersey candidate forum

The forum focused on issues, not personality. But all the candidates chimed in on how to best take care of veterans.

6 years ago

A voter checks in with an election worker before casting her ballot
Politics & Policy

How to be a poll worker in Pa., N.J. and Del.

Here’s what you need to know about how to be a poll worker in Pa., N.J. and Del. and how it's different from being a poll watcher.

6 years ago

A view of Society Hill taken from inside the Society Hill Towers.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

The critics are wrong about Society Hill’s zoning bills

Two rezoning bills aimed at preserving Society Hill will not have exclusionary impacts, writes Society Hill Civic Association President Larry Spector.

6 years ago

A student uses a laptop in an empty classroom.
Education

How should Pa. boost student learning during pandemic? Some say vouchers are the answer

The one-time program would give some families $1,000 to spend on tuition or tutoring. Opponents say it’s a slippery slope to undermining public education.

6 years ago

DOC Commissioner Claire DeMatteis talks about the state's effort to fight both COVID-19 and the flu in the Delaware's prisons over the next few months. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Health

Delaware prisons prep for battle on two fronts, against COVID-19 and the flu

Social distancing can be difficult in prison, but Dept. of Correction leaders in Delaware hope their plans will keep both COVID-19 and the flu at bay in the coming months.

6 years ago

A homeless encampment at 21st and Ridge Avenue
PlanPhilly
Community
Broke in Philly

City, activists come to agreement to clear Ridge Avenue homeless encampment

The Philadelphia Housing Authority and leaders of the Camp Teddy encampment on Ridge Avenue have reached an agreement to clear the site.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
Politics & Policy

Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask

Trump's expected return comes as the scale of the outbreak within the White House itself is still being uncovered.

6 years ago

On October 5, 2020, Camden County Police Chief Joe Wysocki addresses a press conference to announce the arrests of four suspects in the September 15 shooting at the Camden home of two police officers. At left is Camden County Prosecutor Jill Mayer. (April Saul / WHYY)
Courts & Law

Suspects who fired on home of two Camden cops ‘had the wrong house’

Two officers and their 10-day-old baby were unhurt when shots were fired into their home. The police chief says they were not the intended target.

6 years ago

Chalk circles drawn on the sidewalk mark where shell casings landed at 22nd and Jackson Streets in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Philadelphia surpasses 2019’s homicide total with nearly three months left in 2020

Meanwhile, the number shooting victims is up 47% over 2019 with police reporting more than 1,600 people injured by gunfire so far this year.

6 years ago

(Rep. Dan Meuer Facebook, garywegmanforcongress.com)
Politics & Policy

One of President Trump’s most prominent Central Pa. allies faces challenge from a moderate Democrat

Here is a look at the race for Pennsylvania’s Ninth Congressional District.

6 years ago

FILE - In this May 7, 2017 file photo, the entrance to Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Community

N.J. coronavirus recovery: State probes Trump fundraiser for COVID-19 violations

Contact tracers are getting a “mixed bag” of cooperation. It’s unclear if indoor gathering limits or prohibitions on buffet-style food serving were violated.

6 years ago

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