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(Dan Gleiter/The Patriot News)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Gov. Tom Wolf will veto bill to reopen more Pa. businesses, as top health official warns legislation puts ‘more lives at risk’

Republicans say they can safely reopen parts of the economy, while Democrats say the effort is premature.

6 years ago

Ranvir Singh, a registered nurse in the  intensive care unit at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, New Jersey, tends to a patient March 19. 2020. (Jeff Rhode/Holy Name Medical Center.)
Health

Coronavirus update: COVID-19 in nearly all N.J. long-term care facilities

The state reported a total of 6,815 coronavirus cases associated with long-term care facilities.

6 years ago

(Commonwealth Media Services)
Education
Spotlight PA

Pa.’s state universities facing immediate hit of up to $100 million as lawmaker floats closures as worst-case scenario

The losses are the result of a system-wide shutdown in response to the coronavirus outbreak and primarily account for refunded room and board payments.

6 years ago

Delaware National Guard Private Kyeremen sets up a station for packaged food pick-up on Wednesday, April 8, 2020, at Frederick Lodge Manufactured Home Community in Townsend, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Fewer hospitalized in Delaware as number of new cases is lowest in 10 days

Through Wednesday, more than half of the Delawareans who died lived in nursing homes. WHYY found that residents comprise 5% of the state’s cases.

6 years ago

Kris Jaeger with Broad Street Ministry distributes food as part of a new initiative called Step Up to the Plate, during a rainstorm outside of City Hall in Philadelphia, Monday, April 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Coronavirus update: Free baby supplies, food for elderly in Philadelphia

Ten sites around Philadelphia are now providing free food, diapers and other supplies for babies.

6 years ago

FILE- In this Feb. 7, 2020 file photo, Democratic presidential candidates former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., shake hands on stage before the start of a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC News, Apple News, and WMUR-TV at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. Warren has endorsed Joe Biden, becoming the last of the former vice president’s major Democratic presidential rivals to formally back him.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Politics & Policy

Warren becomes latest ex-presidential rival to back Biden

Elizabeth Warren endorsed Joe Biden on Wednesday and became the latest of the former vice president’s onetime White House rivals to back him

6 years ago

The Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility on State Road in Philadelphia
Courts & Law

Philly judge denies all emergency motions to release prisoners during coronavirus pandemic

The Defenders Association has withdrawn all cases before Judge Anne Marie Coyle, citing her denial of every motion for emergency release.

6 years ago

David Cabello is the owner of Black and Mobile, a delivery business focused on connecting Black restaurant owners to customers. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Money
Broke in Philly

This 24-year-old entrepreneur is helping Black-owned restaurants survive coronavirus

Black and Mobile is an online delivery service that caters to Black-owned restaurants. The coronavirus shutdown has increased demand for its service.

6 years ago

Philly skyline
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Home desks won’t replace Philly’s high-rise office towers anytime soon, analysts say

Philadelphia’s office market might fare better post-coronavirus than those of other U.S. cities, CBRE analysts said in a new report.

6 years ago

An ambulance pulls out of the emergency entrance at Temple University Hospital.
Keystone Crossroads
Health

Frontline health care workers seek immunity from malpractice during COVID-19

The Pennsylvania Medical Society is asking Governor Tom Wolf to grant temporary immunity from malpractice claims to healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

Evelyn Coates stands on the porch of her home in West Oak Lane on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Broke in Philly

Pandemic could lead to foreclosure surge but in Philly, help is just a call away

As job losses soar, Philadelphia homeowners risk foreclosure, but the city’s free housing assistance hotline can help them get mortgage relief.

6 years ago

Reading-based poet Anthony Orozco reads poems at the GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. (Courtesy of Natalie Kolb)
Keystone Crossroads
Arts & Entertainment

‘Life beaming through uncertainty and fear’: Pa. poets create community amid pandemic

With the coronavirus pandemic in full swing and a state shutdown in place, poets are turning to the internet to stay connected.

6 years ago

Listen 4:20
Playground designer Meghan Talarowski took this picture of her post-pandemic workspace, shared with her husband and two children (Meghan Talarowski)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Designing at a distance: Coronavirus is changing how Philly architects work

In Philadelphia, designers are responding to the coronavirus pandemic with new ideas — and urgent questions about engaging with community while public life is on hold.

6 years ago

Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton, New Jersey (Google Maps https://goo.gl/maps/QBnmSjENV1r)
Courts & Law

Sex abuse at N.J. women’s prison ‘an open secret,’ DOJ report says

Investigators slammed New Jersey for failing to curb rampant sexual abuse at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women.

6 years ago

Powerback Rehabilitation in Center City Philadelphia. (Google Maps)
Health

Despite risk, Philly facility housing seniors will take COVID patients from hospitals

The elderly are among the most susceptible to coronavirus. So why are long-term care centers admitting COVID-19-positive patients?

6 years ago

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