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A Lyft logo is installed on a Lyft driver's car next to an Uber sticker
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Revamping N.J. labor law to protect workers in ‘gig economy,’ boost state taxes

Senate President Steve Sweeney is behind a bill that’s ‘all about protecting the rights of workers,’ but business interests have misgivings.

7 years ago

Jessica Scarane
Politics & Policy

Democrat Jessica Scarane challenging U.S. Sen. Chris Coons from the left

Democratic candidate Jessica Scarane says Sen. Chris Coons works too well with Republicans. She’s launched a 2020 primary campaign to unseat him.

7 years ago

Jerome Dillard poses in Milwaukee. Dillard, a former inmate who is now the state director of Milwaukee-based advocacy group Ex-incarcerated People Organizing, supports ending prison gerrymandering. (Morry Gash/AP Photo)
Community

Census counting of prisoners becomes partisan battleground

When the U.S. Census Bureau counts residents of Milwaukee’s poorest neighborhoods next year, a significant portion of their population will be missing: prisoners.

7 years ago

Justin Gabor runs up for a kick during practice at Neshaminy High School. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Community

Bucks football team gives special needs athletes ‘a chance to play’ with friends to help

The Bucks County Challenger Flag Football program has paired young people with special needs with local high school athletes for 13 seasons.

7 years ago

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A bill introduced this fall by Speaker of the House Mike Turzai, R-Allegheny, would add a new branch to Pennsylvania’s school-choice tree — school vouchers. (AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

GOP leaders want to pilot private school vouchers in Harrisburg

The law itself would only apply to parents in Harrisburg. But one of Pa.’s most powerful legislators calls it a “pilot” program for school vouchers.

7 years ago

In this illustration, angry settlers approach a Conestoga village, where they murder all the inhabitants. (Weshoyot Alvitre)
Arts & Entertainment

Native American comic artists tell story of 1763 massacre of Conestoga tribe in Lancaster, Pa.

“Ghost River,” commissioned by the Library Company of Philadelphia, tells the story of the 1763 slaughter of Conestoga from the perspective of the tribe.

7 years ago

In this May 7, 2019, photo released by Cannabis Removal on Public Lands (CROP) Project, a group including U.S. Forest Service rangers, scientists and conservationists work to reclaim a so-called trespass grow site where nearly 9,000 cannabis plants were illegally cultivated. (Jackee Riccio/CROP via AP Photo)
Community

Illegal pot farms on public land create environmental hazard

Two months after two men were arrested at an illicit marijuana farm on public land deep in the Northern California wilderness, authorities are assessing its impact.

7 years ago

A vigil for missing 5-year-old Dulce Maria Alavez is held outside a home in Bridgeton, N.J. on Saturday, November 16, 2019. (Miguel Martinez for WHYY)
Community

‘We still have the faith’: 2 months after Dulce vanished, community still searching for answers

About 30 people gathered at a backyard Saturday to keep the 5-year-old who vanished from a city park in the community’s thoughts.

7 years ago

In this Feb. 16, 2017 file photo, surgeons perform a non-emergency angioplasty at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.  (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
Health

Big study casts doubt on need for many heart procedures

People with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain but it won’t cut their risk of having a heart attack after the procedure is done.

7 years ago

Representative Patty Kim speaks at a September 17 rally for a higher minimum wage. Advocates have been using the likenesses of Kim and her co-sponsor, Representative Chris Rabb, in their lobbying effort. (Katie Meyer / WITF)
Politics & Policy

Is Pa. heading toward a $9.50 an hour minimum wage? Tune in next week when lawmakers return to Harrisburg

"Our priority remains finding pathways for Pennsylvanians to earn far beyond the minimum.”

7 years ago

Family members hold up the new street sign named after their patriarch Rev. Dr. Leon H. Sullivan. North Broad Street, between Oxford Street and Girard Avenue, has been renamed Sullivan Way. (P. Kenneth Burns/WHYY)
Community

The Sullivan Way is celebrated and dedicated in North Philly

Dozens brave the cold to bring warm memories of the Opportunities Industrialization Center founder, whose name now designates a stretch of North Broad.

7 years ago

Low milk prices have made the past few years tough for Pennsylvania’s dairy farmers. (Carrie Antlfinger/AP Photo)
Education

Series of webinars aims to give Pa. dairy producers more tools for success

Low milk prices have made the past few years tough for Pennsylvania’s dairy farmers.

7 years ago

File photo of minor tidal flooding in Seaside Park. (Courtesy of Dominick Solazzo)
Down the Shore
Community

Widespread tidal flooding of Shore roadways possible Sunday, Monday

Widespread moderate tidal flooding is possible along the Jersey Shore Sunday and Monday, forecasters say.

7 years ago

Migrating sea turtles at risk of washing ashore on New Jersey beaches as either “cold-stunned” or dead, wildlife experts say. (Public domain)
Down the Shore
Community

Marine mammal experts rescue ‘cold-stunned’ sea turtles near Long Beach Island

The ongoing unseasonable cold snap is putting migrating sea turtles at risk of washing ashore on New Jersey beaches as either “cold-stunned” or dead, wildlife experts say.

7 years ago

Costumes portraying Queen Elizabeth’s coronation garments are on display at Winterthur Museum in Delaware. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Costumes from Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ boost attendance at Winterthur Museum

Winterthur Museum is the only place in North America you can see award-winning costumes from Netflix’s "The Crown."

7 years ago

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