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Taylor Swift on stage
Arts & Entertainment

Pennsylvania is in its Taylor Swift era, her home state decides

Swift’s impact as a woman, and on young women specifically, can’t be understated, lawmakers said.

2 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall
Courts & Law
6abc

Philadelphia’s ski mask ban becomes law. Here’s what you need to know

"Safety is important, but there is no evidence to suggest ski masks cause or encourage violent crime," said Solomon Worlds, of the Philadelphia ACLU.

2 years ago

People holding up signs in City COuncil
Politics & Policy

In a 14-1 vote, Philadelphia becomes first city to deem ‘medical deportation’ unlawful

After a three-year campaign, immigrant advocates are one step closer to banning the practice of medical deportation.

2 years ago

Paulo Garcia poses for a photo at a street corner
Young, Unhoused and Unseen
Community

8% of college students are unhoused. With ‘nowhere to go,’ here’s Paulo Garcia’s story

Paulo Garcia used to sleep in the baseball dugout and empty homes. He found help and housing a year later, motivated by his 2-year-old.

2 years ago

Listen 3:57
An Eagles fan dressed in Santa Claus outfit
Community

Philly sports writers, eyewitnesses set the record straight about the Santa snowball incident 55 years ago

Eyewitnesses and Philly sports writers say that the infamous Santa snowball barrage was misrepresented in the national media.

2 years ago

Listen 3:12
A view of the Pa. House of Representatives chamber.
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania passes laws to overhaul probation system, allow courts to seal more criminal records

Both bills passed the House and Senate with large majorities Wednesday amid a flurry of end-of-year action.

2 years ago

Pennsylvania House Minority Leader Bryan Cutler, R-Lancaster
Politics & Policy

GOP lawmakers sink aid to Penn as statehouses watch how universities are handling Israel-Hamas war

The vote came four days after Penn President Liz Magill resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing.

2 years ago

Sign for Crozer Health
Courts & Law

Pa. Supreme Court to weigh in on Delaware County Memorial Hospital closure

The court intervention is the latest development amid an ongoing saga to sell the largest hospital system in Delaware County.

2 years ago

Listen 1:10
The exterior of Kenyon Lofts. (Aaron Moselle/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Adaptive reuse project breathes new life into historic Philly department store

The development sits on Germantown Avenue in the neighborhood’s central business district.

2 years ago

Listen 1:15
The Benjamin Franklin Bridge spanning the Delaware River
Science

EPA proposes new water quality standards for fish living in the Delaware River

Environmentalists have been calling for improved water quality for the endangered Atlantic Sturgeon for more than a decade.

2 years ago

Listen 1:07
Chopper 6 video of protest on Schuylkill Expressway in Center City (6abc)
Politics & Policy
6abc

32 protesters arrested for blocking traffic on I-76 in Center City

The group, with Jewish Voice for Peace, could be seen hanging banners that read "Let Gaza Live" and "Ceasefire Now."

2 years ago

Darrell Clarke speaks from a podium
Politics & Policy

A vision of past, present, and future at Philadelphia City Council’s final session of 2023

Mayor Jim Kenney says goodbye and Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker says hello in address to City Council’s final meeting of the year.

2 years ago

Listen 0:59
The state Capitol building
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania House is back to a 101-101 partisan divide with the resignation of a Democrat lawmaker

The resignation of Rep. John Galloway, a Democrat from Bucks County, on Thursday will tee up another special election to determine the chamber’s majority early next year.

2 years ago

(6abc)
Community
6abc

Loose bull spotted on train tracks near Newark Penn Station captured safely

A bull on the loose was spotted running on the New Jersey Transit train tracks in Newark on Thursday morning before it was safely captured.

2 years ago

Gov. Shapiro signing a bill at his desk
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania’s budget impasse ends as legislature agrees to boost child care tax credit, fund public defense

Pa. lawmakers did not agree to spend more money on a popular home repair program or send additional money to poor schools despite a promise to do so earlier this year.

2 years ago

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