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Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams, pictured here in 2018 (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Retribution? Jewell Williams might pull sheriff sale ads from newspapers after primary defeat

The department is “reevaluating” the nearly $8 million it spends annually to advertise auctions in local newspapers — with an eye toward cancelling some ad buys.

7 years ago

Tyrone Webb stirs green paint in a small room in Suburban Station. He's painting as part of the Same Day Work program. (Michael Bryant/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Community
Broke in Philly

Philly launched a program to put homeless people to work. Here’s what happened.

The Same Day Work program — developed by Mural Arts with the Scattergood Foundation and MHP, and funded by private philanthropy — is eight weeks into a two-year pilot.

7 years ago

In this file photo, environmental groups campaign to convince legislators to ban fracking and not to accept wastewater from fracking operations in New Jersey. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Community

Environmentalists call for full fracking ban in the Delaware River watershed

A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the multistate agency that oversees the Delaware River watershed to ban fracking and related activities.

7 years ago

Raye Jones Avery of the Christina Cultural Arts Center addressed the audience, flanked by, (from left), attorney Kyle Evans Gay, community organizer Dubard McGriff and doctoral candidate Cimone Philpotts. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Community

WHYY forum on leadership draws diverse voices in Wilmington

Delaware labor secretary Cerron Cade kicked off a two-hour WHYY civic engagement event Wednesday night at the Delaware History Museum in Wilmington.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend a Polish-American reception with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday June 12, 2019. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

Trump wants to collude with foreign spies for new campaign dirt: ‘I think I’d take it’

No wonder Trump's lawyers were terrified to let their client flap his yap under oath. It's not just his serial lies, it's his instinctive lawlessness.

7 years ago

Trucks and cars move through a Pennsylvania Turnpike toll plaza in Carlisle, Pa
Courts & Law

Bucks, Montco are ground zero for turnpike toll-dodgers

Drivers in Bucks and Montgomery counties account for $2 million in unpaid Pa. Turnpike tolls. The most egregious scofflaws could face criminal charges.

7 years ago

Red dye is released from the Kent County wastewater treatment plant into The Gut, a tributary of the Murderkill River which runs into the Delaware Bay. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Science

Delaware dyes streams red to predict how a wastewater spill would pollute shellfish

Red dye was released for 12 hours during an exam of how a wastewater spill could affect shellfish in the Delaware Bay.

7 years ago

The 10th Annual Juneteenth Festival. (Courtesy Tieshka Smith for the Johnson House Historic Site)
Things To Do
Community
June 13 - 19, 2019

Juneteenth, Caribbean culture and Father’s Day

This week, our picks to celebrate Father's Day and more.

7 years ago

Listen 4:40
A sign in Cape May instructs swimmers caught in a rip current to swim parallel to the beach to escape. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Down the Shore
Community

Swimmers beware: High risk of N.J. rip currents Thursday

Anyone entering the ocean Thursday could face potentially life-threatening conditions, forecasters warn.

7 years ago

Applicants who wish to open charter schools, opponents of those plans, protesters and parents crowded the School Reform Commission meeting in 2017. The marathon session, which began at 3:30 p.m., lasted well into the night. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. House passes charter school package, but funding conundrum remains

Public school advocates argue overall, charter schools route too much money from traditional districts.  

7 years ago

On York Street in East Kensington, a rowhome towers above its neighbors. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Just one week after bay window ban advances, a duplex ban moves forward

Council President Darrell Clarke is moving forward with legislation aimed at limiting the development of apartment buildings in his North Philly district.

7 years ago

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal is mulling a suit against the IRS after it ruled that a workaround to a cap on tax deductions isn’t legal. (Mark Lennihan/AP Photo)
Money

NJ AG considers suing the IRS over charitable contributions decision

New Jersey AG Gurbir Grewal is mulling a suit against the IRS after its ruling that a workaround to a cap on tax deductions isn’t legal.

7 years ago

The Penn Museum used “glorified hoverboards” to lift its 13-ton ancient Egyptian sphinx to its new home at the entrance, where it will greet visitors. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Like ‘Back to the Future’: Penn Museum floats its ancient sphinx to a new home

The Penn Museum used “glorified hoverboards” to lift its 13-ton ancient Egyptian sphinx to its new home at the entrance, where it will greet visitors.

7 years ago

An artist's rendering of the redevelopment proposed for South Philadelphia Shopping Center at 23rd Street and Oregon Avenue. (Courtesy of Cedar Realty Trust)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Fears of displacement are fueling a fight against the redevelopment of an old strip mall

The renovation of the shopping center, part of a larger South Quarter Crossing project that will also encompass Quartermaster Plaza, is slated to break ground in early 2020.

7 years ago

SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Arts & Entertainment

SugarHouse Casino gets name change as part of $15 million makeover

The SugarHouse Casino will become Rivers Casino Philadelphia this fall.

7 years ago

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