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Mariner East 2 pipeline construction in Delaware County. The project spans multiple counties, including neighboring Chester and Berks. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sunoco agrees to settlement, safety inspections after Mariner East 1 leak

Sunoco will pay a $200,000 fine and conduct more frequent and rigorous safety inspections of the ageing Mariner East 1 pipeline after a leak in 2017.

8 years ago

In this April 2012 photo, three teens participate in beach sweeps sponsored by the Clean Ocean Action environmental group, removing thousands of items that were either left behind by beachgoers, or that washed up with the tides after being discarded elsewhere. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo, file)
Down the Shore
Community

‘Sweep’ volunteers removed 454,365 pieces of debris from N.J. beaches in 2018

More than 133,390 volunteers have removed nearly seven million pieces of litter over more than three decades.

8 years ago

Commuity College of Philadelphia (GoogleMaps/https://goo.gl/maps/JbcwLPKxGeB2)
Education

Strike averted at Community College of Philadelphia, but bigger funding battle continues

The trouble at CCP reflects larger education funding issues that go beyond Philadelphia and the community-college sector.

8 years ago

In this photo made on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, a worker walks on top of a container of chemicals used in the making of a brine water that is then pumped below the surface in a hydraulic fracturing process to release natural gas from shale deposits at a gas well site in Zelienople, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Judge says Grant Township must pay $100,000 in legal bills after injection well dispute

This is a new setback to the Indiana County municipality in efforts to control oil and gas development in the region.

8 years ago

More states are legalizing marijuana, and Pennsylvania already allows the drug for medical use.  (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Why legalize weed? F&M poll respondents say it’s a sign of the times.

F&M’s pollsters said it’s not every day they see public opinion on recreational marijuana morph — or skyrocket 30 percent — so rapidly.

8 years ago

Hahnemann University Hospital  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money
Philadelphia Business Journal

Financially ailing Hahnemann to cut 175 jobs

The Center City medical center, under new ownership since the start of last year, struggles with monthly losses in excess of $3 million.

8 years ago

After selling his art fair empire in 2015, Rick Friedman is back in business, bringing his concept of upscale regional luxury fine art fairs to the 23rd Street Armory in Philadelphia.
Arts & Entertainment

Philly no longer an ‘antiques town’: City gets its first shot at contemporary art fair

High-end art fairs have become the backbone of the global contemporary art market. Now, a producer is trying it out on Philly.

8 years ago

Listen 2:00
Council at-large candidate Vinny Black stands and responds to a question from a representative speaker. Twenty candidates for city council attended a candidates forum at Congregation Rodeph Shalom on March 24, 2019. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

30 Democrats scramble for five Philly Council nominations

Trump-driven activism drives a surge in Philly Council candidates. It's the highest number since 1979, which was in response to Frank Rizzo.

8 years ago

A group of immigrants detained at the Berks County Residential Center in Leesport, Pennsylvania, respond to a protest of the detention center occurring across the street from the facility on the afternoon of July 15. On the left, a man holds a handmade drawing of the Honduran flag. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

In Pennsylvania, a border ‘meltdown’ looks like empty beds at Berks Center

ICE officials said they are no longer sending immigrant families from the border to the Berks Family Residential Center. Now, only nine of its 96 beds are filled.

8 years ago

Listen 2:13
Rainbow kites
Things To Do
Community
April 4 - 10, 2019

High-flying kites for all ages, fine art for everyone and Bollywood in N.J.

Revisit one of rock’s most enduring bands, browse an eclectic array of art or get out in the great outdoors to fly a kite this weekend.

8 years ago

Listen 3:54
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., arrives for a Democratic Caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington. Neal, whose committee has jurisdiction over all tax issues, has formally requested President Donald Trump's tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

House chairman asks IRS for 6 years of Trump’s tax returns

The request for President Donald Trump's tax returns is the first such demand for a sitting president's tax information in 45 years.

8 years ago

In this Tuesday, July 7, 2015, file photo, a sign advertising a bail bonds business is displayed near a jail and courthouse complex (Kathy Willens/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

After virtually eliminating cash bail, N.J. courts seek funds to cover extra expenses

The New Jersey court system is asking for funds to cover the expenses associated with the state’s new pretrial protocol that’s virtually eliminated cash bail.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams speaks at the Hero Thrill Show, an annual event raising money for children of fallen first responders, September 22, 2018. (Michael Candelori/Sipa via AP Images)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Philly Democrats yank backing of Philly Sheriff Jewell Williams amid sexual harassment claims

Philadelphia Democratic leaders have withdrawn their re-election backing of Sheriff Jewell Williams, who has been accused of sexual harassment by three women.

8 years ago

This rendering from Princetel, a fiberoptic rotary joint manufacturer, shows redevelopment of the Roebling factory in Trenton, N.J. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Plan to redevelop historic Trenton site hits snag, endangering fiber optics project

Plans to redevelop a historic Trenton building into a high-tech manufacturing site were derailed this week as the city council voted against advancing a proposal.

8 years ago

Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection facilityyt, provides people with clean injection supplies. Photo by Elana Gordon, WHYY
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Is Philly’s supervised injection site legal? Backers make ‘moral and religious’ defense

Among their arguments: shutting down the proposed injection sites would violate the group’s Judeo-Christian convictions.

8 years ago

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