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An artist's rendering shows an 18-story Parkway Corp. development proposed for 2230 Market Street. (Parkway Corp./Center City District)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Center City draws $2.8B in development — and fewer parking lots

Center City District’s latest report shows a booming real estate market. For Parkway Corp., the demand for land means a move away from operating parking.

7 years ago

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

What the Pa. delegation is saying (or not) about Trump impeachment inquiry

Two moderate Pa. Democrats who have been reluctant to support impeachment proceedings have taken firmer stances in recent days.

7 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stands at a podium
Politics & Policy

Pelosi announces official impeachment inquiry: ‘No one is above the law’

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the House is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery on August 8, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Community

Philly Fire Department personnel no longer at PES refinery site 24/7

Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel said only trace amounts of dangerous hydrofluoric acid remain at the damaged Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery.

7 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to address the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. (Mary Altaffer/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Experiment

Democrats need to start the impeachment process. Their core constituents are at risk.

The Ukraine phone call crosses the line where democrats need to move forward on the impeachment process. Their core constituents are at risk if they don’t.

7 years ago

(Miguel Martinez/Billy Penn)
Courts & Law

Philly judge tosses conviction after testifying officer’s Facebook post flagged in database

A defendant convicted in a drug dealing case will receive a new trial in part because of a comment made on Facebook by a Philadelphia police officer who testified against him.

7 years ago

Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa., Monday, July 10, 2017. (Matt Rourke/ AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. House re-introduces contentious bills to reinstate mandatory minimum sentences

House Republicans are holding fast to one of their longtime, tougher-on-crime priorities.

7 years ago

New Subaru of America headquarters in Camden (Courtesy Subaru of America)
Money
NJ Spotlight

Company execs say tax subsidies cemented move to Camden

According to testimony from Subaru of America, American Water Works and others, New Jersey’s steep income and property taxes would have scared them off.

7 years ago

Cheyney University President Aaron Walton speaks at the 2019 Philadelphia UNCF Mayor’s Masked Ball. The embattled university recently received $60,000 in grants from the UNCF. (Ronald Gray/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Courts & Law
The Philadelphia Tribune

Lawsuit: Cheyney raided, misused scholarship funds as accreditation decision looms

If Cheyney loses its accreditation, it will not be allowed participate in federal aid programs, which means it will lose millions of dollars in federal funding.

7 years ago

Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Treasurer Velda Jones-Potter.
Courts & Law

‘Fracture in the relationship’ between Wilmington mayor and treasurer lands in court

Wilmington’s mayor and treasure squabbled for months about how to repay a $3.4 million bank loan. The tiff ended up in court and the judge wasn’t happy.

7 years ago

In this Feb. 9, 2015 file photo, an honor guard stands at the entrance before ribbon cutting ceremonies for the new 1st Infantry Division Headquarters at Fort Riley, Kan. Prosecutors say a U.S. Army infantry soldier stationed at Fort Riley shared bomb-making instructions online and also discussed killing activists and bombing a news network. The Justice Department says Monday, Sept. 23, 2019, that private first class Jarrett William Smith was charged with distributing information related to explosives and weapons of mass destruction. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner File)
Courts & Law

U.S. soldier arrested after discussing bomb attack, targeting left-leaning activists and a media organization

Court papers say Smith also suggested targeting a major news network with a car bomb. The news network was not identified.

7 years ago

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children is shown from across the street on an overcast day.
Health

St. Christopher’s Children’s Hospital sale can go forward, bankruptcy judge rules

STC Opco — a partnership between Reading-based Tower Health and Drexel University — bought the North Philadelphia facility for $50 million.

7 years ago

The Horsham Air Guard Station in Bucks County, Pa. where the use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam has been linked with contamination of local water supplies. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Science

Bucks, Montgomery counties will get $5 million to study health effects of PFAS

Residents in affected Bucks and Montgomery County communities will be eligible for blood testing as part of a national study on the effects of PFAS.

7 years ago

(AP Photo/USDA, File)
Down the Shore
Health

Mosquito found at Joint Base tests positive for dangerous disease

Military officials at a New Jersey base say a mosquito found at the installation tested positive for a dangerous disease. 

7 years ago

U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham (right) met with U.S. Sen. Tom Carper and members of the Delaware Complete Count Commission in Georgetown Monday morning. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

2020 Census workers trying to reach more rural immigrants, college students in Delaware

U.S. Census director Steven Dillingham got an update on Delaware's progress reaching "hard-to-count" groups ahead of the 2020 Census.

7 years ago

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