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A SEPTA employee  walks between two El cars lifted for repairs at the 69th Street SEPTA repair shop. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘No funding security in the future’: Why we may have to wait longer for SEPTA upgrades

SEPTA may put planned improvements to SEPTA Key and other infrastructure on hold as revenues dry up and expected funds come in late or reduced.

6 years ago

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks during a student town hall at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Monday, Sept. 17, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Education

54,000 still getting pay held over student debt, filing says

The Dept. of Education was still garnishing wages more than a month after Congress ordered an immediate suspension of the practice during the coronavirus pandemic.

6 years ago

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). (CDC via AP, File)
Health

New coronavirus test is imperfect step toward mass screening

A new type of coronavirus test offers a cheaper, quicker way to screen for infections

6 years ago

A patient room at CHOP
Health
Philadelphia Business Journal

CHOP offers families urgent care video visits during COVID-19 pandemic

The video visits are geared for non-emergency and non-life-threatening conditions such as rashes, fever, seasonal allergies and sore throats.

6 years ago

 A Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site is seen near Burlington, Pa. in Bradford County Friday, April 23, 2010. (Ralph Wilson/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Oil and gas companies asked, then received changes to Fed coronavirus stimulus program

Help with refinancing debt could help shale companies in PA

6 years ago

The marquee of the Campus Theatre in downtown Lewisburg, P.a, on Friday, May 8, 2020, tells moviegoers it hopes to reopen soon. Some of the retail shops in the town’s Market Street shopping strip reopened after about two months on Friday, with a  trickle of customers, as Union County was considered to be safe enough to begin to loosen social distancing restrictions. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
Health

Coronavirus update: Wolf threatens to withhold funds from counties that go rogue

At least six Pa. counties have said they would no longer enforce the governor’s business shutdown orders, meant to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

6 years ago

Thomas Harden rings a cowbell as he stands up through the vehicles sun roof waving a supporters during a neighborhood parade honoring 2020 student graduates from both J.J. Pearce and Richardson High Schools in Richardson, Texas, Saturday, May 9, 2020.  (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Health

Coronavirus update: Cases spike among farmworkers, N.J. curbs ‘wave parades’

The number of N.J. COVID-19 patients on ventilators dipped below 1,000 for the first time in at least a month.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence
Politics & Policy

Trump faces virus risk at home amid push to ‘reopen’ nation

Images of top administration officials taking stepped-up protective measures come as states seek to loosen economic restrictions put in place to mitigate the virus’ spread.

6 years ago

U.S. Air Force flyover
Down the Shore
Community

Jersey Shore on path of N.J. Air National Guard ‘morale boost’ flyover

The New Jersey Air National Guard will conduct a flyover Tuesday to honor COVID-19 frontline workers.

6 years ago

National Guard soldiers and airmen assist with a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site.
Health

Coronavirus update: Delaware’s positive tests, hospitalizations and other stats trending down

One key benchmark — the percentage of tests that come back positive — dropped below 10% Sunday. That figure was 42% on April 24, public health officials said.

6 years ago

Coronavirus
Health
NJ Spotlight

More than half of a South Jersey farm’s workers diagnosed with COVID-19, DOH reports

An immigrant advocacy group is calling for fast action to "ensure that a massive testing program can be put into place quickly."

6 years ago

Larry Skvir volunteers at NJ food bank
Community
NJ Spotlight

South Jersey food bank highlights growing demand from the newly unemployed

As jobless claims rise again, food banks expect the high need to persist for months.

6 years ago

This March 23, 2018 file photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed to a resident in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith)
Community

US census stirs uncertainty for those displaced by virus

The pandemic has fostered sudden, unexpected dislocation, making a typically easy question confusing for the newly displaced.

6 years ago

Angela Kearney and her family
Keystone Crossroads
Education

‘I just don’t have the bandwidth’: Parents struggle to ‘do it all’ with kids in virtual school

With kids’ classrooms replaced by the kitchen table or living room couch, many parents have been reluctantly drafted into a new role: teacher’s assistant.

6 years ago

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Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer
Health

Schumer calls on VA to explain use of unproven drug on vets

The Senate's top Democrat said the VA needs to provide Congress more information about a recent bulk order for $208,000 worth of hydroxychloroquine.

6 years ago

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