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Are Gov. Phil Murphy, right, and Senate President Steve Sweeney on a collision course over issues in education? (Edwin J. Torres/ Governor's Office)
Education
NJ Spotlight

Classrooms and courtrooms: 2020’s flashpoints for New Jersey education?

Governor and Senate president about to kick off new year with a battle over school funding? What other testing issues are in the offing?

7 years ago

Exelon Corporation Three Mile Island nuclear generating station Unit 1 cooling towers in Londonderry Township, Dauphin County, PA. (Dan Gleiter/PennLive)
Community
PA Post

Three Mile Island wants to end siren tests, radiation monitoring as part of reduced emergency planning role

If the request is granted, the 10-mile evacuation zone surrounding TMI would cease to exist.

7 years ago

Keziah Cameron was appointed director of the office of Victim Services in November. (Abdul R. Sulayman/Philadelphia Tribune)
Community

New leader seeks to reform Philly DA’s Victim Services Unit

Keziah Cameron has a big job ahead of her. The North Philadelphia native has been tasked with reforming the Victim Services Unit of Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.

7 years ago

Workers in vests near a crashed FedEx truck after a fatal accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. (NBC Philadelphia)
Community

5 dead, 60 hospitalized in Pennsylvania Turnpike crash

Five people were killed and about 60 were injured on the Pennsylvania Turnpike early Sunday morning, when a loaded bus went out of control on a hill and rolled over.

7 years ago

The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of a 85-year-old man requiring medical assistance on a cruise ship heading to port in New Jersey Friday night. (U.S. Air National Guard photo)
Down the Shore
Community

Coast Guard hoists ailing man from cruise ship en route to N.J.

The U.S. Coast Guard came to the rescue of a 85-year-old man requiring medical assistance on a cruise ship heading to port in New Jersey Friday night. 

7 years ago

A sign describes the governor's
Health

Governor Wolf promises action on mental health, but doesn’t say how it will be funded

The governor's office says the plan is "aimed at expanding resources" as well as fighting stigma, but said it's too early to talk funding or structure.

7 years ago

New Jersey officials are seeking to dredge nine navigation channels in the Barnegat Bay. (Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps)
Down the Shore
Community

N.J. seeks to dredge 9 channels in the Barnegat Bay

New Jersey officials are seeking to dredge nine navigation channels in the Barnegat Bay.

7 years ago

In November, Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order more than doubling the state’s original goal for offshore wind. (David Will/Pixabay)
Politics & Policy

What matters in 2020 as N.J. state tries to shift to clean energy? Money, for a start

Murphy administration has ambitions to switch New Jersey from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources, but fundamental questions about the effects of that switch remain

7 years ago

Nozzles pump gas into vehicles at a BP gas station. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Down the Shore
Money

Jersey Shore gas prices edge up

Gas prices have edged up in New Jersey and around the nation, with analysts citing rising crude oil prices and the year-end spike in holiday travel.

7 years ago

Firefighters jumped into the chilly back bay to rescue a dog on New Year's Eve, officials say. (Public domain image)
Down the Shore
Community

Firefighter rescues dog trapped under bay dock

Firefighters jumped into the chilly back bay to rescue a dog on New Year's Eve, officials say.

7 years ago

The site of an explosion of the Energy Transfer Partners Revolution Pipeline, Center Township, Beaver County. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

State levels record $30M fine against pipeline company responsible for Beaver County blast

Agreement lifts permit freeze for Energy Transfer's Mariner East

7 years ago

In one year, vaping has increased nearly 80% among high school students and almost 50% among middle schoolers. (Nery Zarate/Unsplash)
Health

Vaping and vaccines to forefront in 2019 healthcare debates

Enduring opioid epidemic, rising cost of prescription drugs and of health care overall are set to remain big issues for patients, providers and state officials.

7 years ago

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address for the 2019-20 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Courts & Law
PA Post

Despite GOP’s attempts to compromise, Wolf says he’s not abandoning overtime plan

The governor wants to require that time-and-a-half be paid to anyone who makes $45,000 or less and works more than 40 hours in a week.

7 years ago

A pedestrian crosses Roosevelt Boulevard at Rising Sun Avenue.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

After speeding driver causes deadly Roosevelt Blvd. crash, PPA says cameras on the way

The speed cameras will be installed at eight locations on Roosevelt Boulevard in North and Northeast Philadelphia.

7 years ago

New Castle County Republican Party Chairman Chris Rowe (NBC10)
Politics & Policy

Delaware GOP leader reverses course, says homophobic slur was ‘a mistake’

Chris Rowe will step down as New Castle GOP County chair after using the word ‘’faggots’’ in a Facebook post. He apologized in WHYY interview.

7 years ago

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