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DEP volunteer Ernie Meshack, Stanhope, holds four of the black bear cubs that were removed from a den in Vernon Township, N.J. on March 22, 2011.  (Thomas P. Costello/The Asbury Park Press/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Bears awaken to ongoing debate about their place in N.J.

Hunters and preservationists clash on the best means for dealing with New Jersey’s bear population. And no one seems to agree with Gov. Phil Murphy’s decision to halt hunts.

8 years ago

Empty hospital bed. (arPhoenixphoto/BigStock)
Health

Delaware online reservations for substance abuse treatment finds success

A new online reservation system helps Del. residents seeking help for substance abuse find treatment. State officials say it’s similar to the dining reservation app OpenTable.

8 years ago

Kendra Brooks (right) with 215  People's Alliance criticizes Philadelphia City Councilman Allan Domb for profiting from the city's 10-year tax abatement program. She is joined by council candidate Erika Almiron (left). (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Allan ‘Condo King’ Domb targeted by critics of Philly property tax abatement

A group of activists wants Allan Domb out of City Council. They say he shouldn’t be making decisions about development policy because of his lucrative second job.

8 years ago

Marc Lamparello, 37, (center), is escorted out of a police precinct in New York, Thursday, April 18, 2019.  Police say Lamparello was arrested after entering St. Patrick's Cathedral Wednesday night in New York with two cans of gasoline, lighter fluid and butane lighters. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

St Patrick’s suspect previously arrested at N.J. cathedral

Two nights before his arrest in New York, police in Newark arrested Lamparello after he wouldn't leave the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart at closing time.

8 years ago

Mayoral candidate Alan Butkovitz says the city of Philadelphia is using its property tax assessments as a backdoor to raise money. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Mayoral candidate Butkovitz calls for revenue-neutral assessments in Philly

Former city controller is challenging incumbent Mayor Jim Kenney in the May 21 Democratic primary.

8 years ago

Salem Hope Creek nuclear generating station in Salem County. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money

N.J. approves $300 million annual subsidy for nuclear industry that threatened shutdown

‘Financially viable’ nuclear reactors to get $900 million infusion from New Jersey over three years. State regulators agreed to the payments in the face of PSE&G’s threats of

8 years ago

President Donald Trump stands during a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, April 18, 2019, in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Photo)
National Interest
Politics & Policy
National Interest

The Mueller report: ‘No person is above the law’

Does a guy who played fast and loose with our national security — and who, at the Helsinki summit, endorsed Putin's denial of election interference — deserve another term?

8 years ago

After adjusting for inflation, black workers' median weekly earnings have risen at a fraction of the pace of wages for white, Hispanic and Asian workers. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Money
Marketplace

African Americans’ wages nearly stagnant over decade

since the Great Recession, wage gains have varied significantly by race, with African Americans’ earnings nearly stagnant over the period.

8 years ago

Yvette A. Núñez, vice president of civic affairs for the Chamber of Commerce for a Greater Philadelphia speaks about the PHL Neighborhood Growth Project (Abdul Sulayman/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Philly business leaders seek to combat poverty through improving education, creating jobs

The Chamber of Commerce for a Greater Philadelphia is advocating for an inclusive neighborhood growth agenda to help address the city’s stagnant poverty rate.

8 years ago

Recycling bins on Cuthbert Street in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community
PlanPhilly

Streets Department: Philly to stop burning recyclables

At a budget meeting Wednesday, the Philadelphia Streets Department chief told City Council that all the recycling material the city collects will soo be recycled again.

8 years ago

This June 1, 2018, file photo, shows a housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa. (Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

Updated mail policy allows photo books for Pennsylvania inmates

After a drug smuggling scare, Pennsylvania officials have been sending inmate mail to Florida where it is inspected. Copies of the correspondence are then sent to prisoners.

8 years ago

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, at the Department of Justice in Washington. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

DOJ releases Mueller report on investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election

Barr said that no one outside the Justice Department has seen the unredacted Mueller report.

8 years ago

The entrance to Elmwood Park Zoo in Norristown. (Hshuvaeva via Wikimedia Commons)
Money

Norristown considers 5% tax on zoo, cultural institutions

Norristown may begin taxing concerts and events to avoid a budget shortfall.

8 years ago

(Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo, File)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

What other states are doing about plastic bags — and what might happen with Pa.’s proposed ban

If consumers switch to paper bags, their environmental impact can be mitigated by state or local laws requiring that the bags are made of post-consumer waste.

8 years ago

A makeshift memorial is seen at the scene outside the office building housing The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md., on Sunday.
Community

Group: Americas saw greatest deterioration of press freedom

The report said that never before in the United States have journalists been subjected to so many death threats or turned so often to private security companies for protection

8 years ago

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