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Yetta Timothy, a certified nursing assistant in Harrisburg, was among a small group of health care workers who showed up to counter-protest the larger April 20, 2020, rally urging the quick reopening of Pennsylvania's economy. (Joseph Jaafari/PA Post)
Health
PA Post

Health care workers show up at ‘Reopen PA’ protest to urge people to stay home

Main rally marked by Trump flags, open-carry firearms, anti-vaxxers and plenty of anger at Gov. Tom Wolf

6 years ago

Legislative Hall in Dover. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware revenue forecast drops nearly $700 million

Delaware’s revenue estimate for the current fiscal year dropped by $416 million on Monday. That’s roughly 10% of the budget Carney introduced in January.

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf (Commonwealth Media Services)
Health

Coronavirus update: Pa. unemployment portal opens for self-employed workers

Pennsylvania’s new application for self-employed and gig workers saw 50,000 applications over the weekend.

6 years ago

People fishing
Science

It’s how you know the water is safe: the Schuylkill Rivercast turns 15

Pa. officials encourage fishing and boating close to home, with social distancing and no equipment sharing. The Rivercast predicts the water’s quality.

6 years ago

Listen 1:27
Formerly incarcerated women are sharing their strategies for surviving the isolation and confinement of the COVID-19 epidemic (clockwise from top left) Aesha, Faith Bartley,  Kitty, Latyra, Kerri, and Lisa. (Photos provided)
Community

Lessons from prison for dealing with scarcity and loneliness

Fellows at the People’s Paper Co-op in Philadelphia, a collective that helps advocate for incarcerated women, are writing tips to fight isolation blues.

6 years ago

Listen 3:01
Maegen Wagner and her daughter, Elizabeth. (Photo provided)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Special education during coronavirus: What should parents tolerate, demand?

Advocates worry that school districts will begin offering limited support to special education students. They’re especially worried about families waiving their rights.

6 years ago

Listen 3:19
A worker in the Proctor & Gamble Mehoopany plant (Courtesy P&G)
Keystone Crossroads
Health

‘Flow to the work’: Toilet paper manufacturers in Pa. flush with demand

Toilet paper manufacturers in Pa. say they’re rushing to keep supply from wiping out — and are still surprised by their turn in the spotlight.

6 years ago

(Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration)
Science
StateImpact Pennsylvania

A website about the U.S. electricity grid offers a mesmerizing way to pass the time productively

While millions of Americans hunker down, work from home, and try to stay busy and entertained amid a pandemic, much of our infrastructure hums along as normal, unseen and unap

6 years ago

“This is one of the most senseless acts of violence in our province’s history,” said Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil. (Jon Donathan for NPR)
Community

Police: At least 10 killed in shooting rampage in Canada

A 51-year-old man went on a shooting rampage across the northern part of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia Sunday, killing at least 10 people, including a policewoman.

6 years ago

Appoquinimink School District social worker Jackee Wade at the Fredrick Lodge Manufactured Home Community in Townsend, Del. on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Pa. sees highest daily increase in deaths as state investigates older cases

Officials said the majority of these deaths did not occur within the past 24 hours, and that the increase is due to the state reconciling data from several sources.

6 years ago

Wine and Spirits store in Philadelphia
Community

Some Pa. wine and spirits stores to offer curbside pickup Monday

Pa. residents will have one more way to buy wine and liquor starting Monday. Here’s how to do it and a list of the new curbside pickup locations.

6 years ago

(Kalim A. Bhatti/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Community
Spotlight PA

The backlash against the quarantine has begun in Pennsylvania, with anti-shutdown rally Monday in Harrisburg

Everyone wants life to get back to normal, to have their hair cut or get a sunburn at a baseball game, to go to work, and walk shoulder-to-shoulder in a park.

6 years ago

A Barnegat Bay scene from 2012. (Courtesy of Jennifer Husar)
Down the Shore
Community

N.J. marinas can operate only with ‘strict social distancing, sanitization’

As boating season nears in New Jersey, marinas, boatyards, and marine manufactures will be allowed to operate amid the ongoing pandemic.

6 years ago

The correctional complex on State Road in Philadelphia.
Health

‘Scared for their lives’: Inside the coronavirus outbreak in Philadelphia’s jails

People inside tell of dangerously cramped conditions, lack of cleaning supplies and lots of infighting.

6 years ago

No work, no service at this restaurant. (Credit: Daniel Case via Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0)
Community
NJ Spotlight

Last week’s 140,000 unemployment claims ‘mercifully’ low, but total exceeds 700,000 since mid-March

New filings ramping up faster than even during Great Depression, as residents in all but a few industries stay at home as directed

6 years ago

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