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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is shown in this 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Steven Senne
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Known for her record on women’s and civil rights, Justice Ginsburg also leaves an environmental legacy on the Supreme Court

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be the first woman to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol on Friday.

6 years ago

EastSide Charter principal Aaron Bass talks to a driver waiting in line at Walgreens. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Health

Wilmington families crowd drugstore test site, to support ‘community pop-ups’

A school leader had parents go to a pharmacy drive-thru, leading to a bottleneck, to show the ease of COVID-19 testing at his facility’s parking lot.

6 years ago

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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

Democrats in Pa. scramble to limit number of ‘naked ballots’

Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots.

6 years ago

Visitors wait in line before a 2020 campaign rally for President Donald Trump on Dec. 10, 2019, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for WITF/PA Post)
Politics & Policy

Poll shows fewer than one third of Pennsylvania Republican voters will trust mail-in ballot results

The finding adds to concerns that the president and some Republicans are laying the groundwork to challenge the legitimacy of the election.

6 years ago

Protesters occupy Market Street in front of City Hall.
Community

‘My heart is heavy’: Philly reacts to lack of charges in Breonna Taylor’s killing

Hundreds of demonstrators chanted Breonna Taylor’s name and marched in cities across the U.S. to express anger and sadness following the grand jury decision.

6 years ago

University of Delaware campus
Education

Job cuts planned at University of Delaware as pandemic shortfall grows

The school now expects a budget shortfall as high as $288 million, thanks to a loss of both students and revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gov. Phil Murphy
Health

Fauci urges Americans to trust the vaccine process while talking with N.J. governor

Fauci acknowledges there’s been confusion over the timeline and approval for a COVID-19 vaccine, but he says Americans should trust the process.

6 years ago

A Devereux facility in Devon, Pa.
Community

Philly removes children from Devereux facilities after sex abuse revelations

After 25 years of child sex abuse at Devereux facilities were uncovered in August, Philly is removing 53 children still in the nonprofit’s care.

6 years ago

In this May 5, 2020, file photo, absentee ballots to be counted are moved at City Hall in Garden City, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Politics & Policy

Records: Mail delivery lags behind targets as election nears

On-time delivery across the country dipped substantially in the weeks after DeJoy took office in mid-June.

6 years ago

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, left, and Senate President Steve Sweeney
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

N.J. lawmakers find millions for pet projects in budget that borrows billions, raises taxes

Among the various projects now in line to be funded by state taxpayers are golf programs, shade trees and town hall renovations — mostly in Democratic districts.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden
Courts & Law

Progressives pledge to keep pushing Biden to expand court

Biden, who ran a relatively centrist primary campaign, hasn't embraced those calls, worried they may intensify the nation's partisan split.

6 years ago

Wilma Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Play about Belarus uprising on stage in Philly, and around the world

The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia joins dozens of companies around the world in staging a new play from Belarus written during the protests.

6 years ago

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Mohamed checks the COVIDWISE app on her phone
Health

How the COVID-19 alert apps work

Pennsylvania and Delaware have released apps to help with contact tracing. Will the strategy work?

6 years ago

A patient receives a shot in a clinical trial for a potential coronavirus vaccine. U.S. intelligence officials say Russian hackers are attempting to break into U.S. health care organizations working on a vaccine.
Health

Philly’s role as national COVID vaccine pilot site already over

The CDC invited Philly and 4 states to help develop U.S. strategy for distributing a vaccine. After a brief consult, a playbook was released nationwide.

6 years ago

The exterior of SEPTA's HQ building
PlanPhilly
Health

SEPTA: Dire finances prevent agency from paying out COVID death benefits

The union that represents SEPTA workers fought for a $500,000 death benefit — a payout that New York’s MTA provided over the summer.

6 years ago

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