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Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Gov. Tom Wolf imposes new restrictions on bars, restaurants, businesses as coronavirus surges

The rollbacks would be the first the administration has announced since it began reopening counties in May.

6 years ago

Burlington County, N.J.
Community

Burlington County to phase out the title ‘freeholder’ immediately

"Chosen freeholders" in Burlington County will now be referred to as "county commissioners" as the state considers doing the same.

6 years ago

Malaysia Hammond places flowers at a memorial mural for George Floyd in Minneapolis on Sunday. Police brutality has sparked days of civil unrest. But the sparks have landed in a tinderbox built over decades of economic inequality, now exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic.
Courts & Law

Floyd family sues Minneapolis officers charged in his death

They say the officers violated Floyd's rights when they restrained him and that the city allowed a culture of excessive force, racism and impunity to flourish in its police.

6 years ago

AMC
Community

Judge nixes theater chains’ challenge to N.J. closure, for now

AMC, Cinemark and others sued Gov. Phil Murphy seeking a temporary restraining order to invalidate his executive order keeping theaters closed due to COVID-19 concerns.

6 years ago

George Floyd protest in Upper Darby
Community

Upper Darby announces policing reforms and policy review

The town, Delaware County’s largest and one of the most racially diverse, has signed on to an Obama Foundation initiative pushing reforms.

6 years ago

Drive-thru coronavirus testing
Health

Delaware forges drive-thru coronavirus testing partnership with Walgreens

The testing at pharmacies will begin with a pilot program at one store in each of the state’s three counties and soon expand, public health officials said.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf says two bills into law, making changes to certain aspects of law enforcement, on July 14, 2020. (Ed Mahon / PA Post)
PA Post

New police reform law exempts officer disciplinary records database from public disclosure

Second measure signed by Gov. Wolf is aimed at ensuring mental health checks for officers

6 years ago

Customers leave a Walmart in Blackwood, N.J.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Walmart to require customers to wear masks at all its stores

They are now the largest retailer to introduce such a policy that has otherwise proven difficult to enforce without state and federal requirements.

6 years ago

A close-up of a New Jersey State Police Officer's uniform
Courts & Law

Disciplined N.J. officers’ names won’t come out for now

Grewal had sought to require law enforcement agencies to publicly identify officers who were fired, demoted or suspended for more than five days due to disciplinary action.

6 years ago

School hallway
Education

Philly schools plan for fall: Two days a week in-person, everyone wearing masks

The plan calls for students to attend classes in school buildings twice a week and completing the rest of their work online. Some students will attend school four days a week.

6 years ago

320 Coalition
Community
Spotlight PA

In State College, a police shooting and calls for action, not more committee reports

The police killing of Osaze Osagie has sparked protests and the creation of The 3/20 Coalition, named for the date Osagie died.

6 years ago

A woman holds her hands in a prayer position in the video by Kevin Nguyen projected during the 'Cleanse' exhibit in the Italian Market on July 11, 2020. (Photo by Lori Waselchuk)
PlanPhilly
Community

‘We want to fill this space with light’: Philly artists, residents ‘cleanse’ Rizzo wall

Michelle Angela Ortiz and other Philly artists want to honor the community that has grown around the historic Ninth Street Market on the wall that once featured Frank Rizzo.

6 years ago

Jane Jordan (center, third from left) attends a family gathering, and is pictured (clockwise from top left) with her son, Blair, her daughter, Natalie, her husband Abraham, and her brother, Kermit, who died in 2008. (Courtesy of Natalie Jordan)
Community

Jane Elizabeth Boston Jordan, 78, remembered as a history lover and Philly’s biggest fan

Family and friends learned a bit of Philadelphia lore whenever they ventured out with her. She died from complications of COVID-19 on June 12.

6 years ago

Listen 1:55
Protesters from the march against racism on Sunday July 12 make their demands known on the steps of Masterman. (Photo by Neena Hagen)
Community
The Notebook

Masterman alumni issue demands to improve racial equity at selective school

Masterman Alumni for Change (MAfC), an organization that includes graduates from the 1990s to the class of 2020, is asking for more transparency in the admissions process.

6 years ago

In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a subject receives a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine by Moderna for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Health

First COVID-19 vaccine tested in US poised for final testing

The vaccine will start its most important step around July 27: A 30,000-person study to prove if the shots really are strong enough to protect against the coronavirus.

6 years ago

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