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James Aye, a youth organizer, stands in the median on 52nd Street. (Ryan M. Collerd for PlanPhilly)
PlanPhilly
Community

Why Gen Z wants a place on 52nd Street — West Philly’s Black ‘Broadway’

Young people see a role for themselves on 52nd Street, especially after last week’s violent clashes between police and protesters and looters.

6 years ago

People walk along the boardwalk in Asbury Park, N.J., Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Down the Shore
Community

In defiance of N.J. governor, Asbury Park to allow indoor dining on June 15

The Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday evening to allow indoor dining beginning on June 15, a move in direct violation of New Jersey executive orders.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Courts & Law

Philly may cut police overtime to cover new initiatives after mayor drops funding increase

Commissioner Outlaw said the savings would help outfit more cops with body-worn cameras, and conduct implicit-bias training, among other initiatives.

6 years ago

Olivia Chan's father helps her put on a face mask
Politics & Policy

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Training begins for contact tracers

After interviewing someone who tests positive, contact tracers notify people who were in close contact with that person and encourage them to get tested.

6 years ago

Beach litter
Down the Shore
Community

N.J. awards grants to fund litter clean-ups at the Jersey Shore

More than $1 million in state grants are on the way to Jersey Shore municipalities and counties to fund litter cleaning efforts, state officials said.

6 years ago

A sign protesting the proposed PennEast Pipeline route in Carbon County, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

Delaware River Basin Commission faces pressure to reject PennEast pipeline

Delaware River Basin Commission members continue to review the gas pipeline application. Environmentalists, residents gave them a virtual earful Wednesday.

6 years ago

(Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Top Republican Mike Turzai will resign from the Pa. House on June 15

Turzai announced in January he would not seek reelection this fall and would instead pursue a job in the private sector.

6 years ago

(Strike for Black Lives/Twitter)
Science

Physicists are off the job as they ‘Strike for Black Lives’

Black astronomers, cosmologists and physicists organized the worldwide strike as a day to stop doing science and start addressing racism within academia.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

House committee takes first step to block Pa.’s entry into regional cap-and-trade program

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative sets a limit on carbon emissions from power plants, which must purchase a credit for each ton of carbon dioxide they emit.

6 years ago

Protesters flee a cloud of tear gas
Politics & Policy

Kenney administration authorized controversial use of tear gas on I-676 protesters

Police used tear gas to disperse protesters blocking traffic in both directions, then continued to use it as demonstrators scrambled up a steep embankment.

6 years ago

In this Dec. 29, 2015 file photo, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks with members of the media at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Wolf makes the case for keeping disaster declaration in place

“We’re missing the whole point of this,” said Wolf. “We’re trying to stay safe from a virus that is bent on infecting as many people as it can.”

6 years ago

(Yong Kim/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

The Pa. legislature approved a resolution ending Wolf’s coronavirus emergency declaration. What happens now?

The governor says he'll reject the measure, which Republicans say he doesn't have the power to do.

6 years ago

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

N.J. said all state troopers would have body cameras by mid-2019, but some still don’t

Attorney General Gurbir Grewal had said all troopers would have body cameras by mid-2019.

6 years ago

National Guard tends to COVID-19 patients
Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: Day by day, fewer patients hospitalized

The number of people getting inpatient treatment in Delaware as of Tuesday night was 108, less than half the figure of May 21.

6 years ago

The boardwalk in Ocean City, N.J.
Down the Shore
Community

‘We are running out of time,’ boardwalk business owners say to Murphy

Business owners on the Ocean City boardwalk are pleading with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to lift restrictions.

6 years ago

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