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Urban Planning

Drone photographer Matt Satell wants to create the go-to site for aerial images of Philly

12 years ago

Lawmakers, industry groups confer on drumming up business in N.J.

Some Republican lawmakers met with business leaders at the Statehouse in Trenton Thursday to map out strategies for making New Jersey mor ...

12 years ago

 Volunteer Layal Rabat from the Phoenix Restoration Project brings water, food and diapers to Central American women and their children dropped off at the Greyhound bus station in Phoenix in May. (Valeria Fernández/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Immigration agencies seek Philly attorneys to help represent kids from Central America

Ninety percent of unaccompanied minors in immigration court without a lawyer are ordered deported. With an attorney, more than 40 percent ...

12 years ago

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 The Barn at Springbrook Farm in West Chester, which provides a camp for children with disabilities, is threatened with closure. The driveway is one of the 33 contested zoning and usage points. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Use restrictions may force closure of Chester County farm center for kids with disabilities

A zoning dispute threatens to close the Barn at Spring Brook Farm, an animal-assisted therapeutic facility for children with disabilities ...

12 years ago

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 Ann Marie Jones says she escaped from human trafficking after she was arrested for prostitution. (Elizabeth Fiedler/WHYY)

Human trafficking hides in the corners of everyday Philly-area life

Recent legal cases in Philadelphia have brought attention to the crime of  “human trafficking.” A Philadelphia ma ...

12 years ago

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Breaking down proposed insurance premium changes in Del. next year

The application deadline has passed for insurance companies wishing to offer health coverage through the federally run Affordable Care Ac ...

12 years ago

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Panel pointing fingers over lapses in identifying Pa. suspects

In Pennsylvania, most arrests should be followed up by getting the suspect’s fingerprints on file.     ...

12 years ago

 In May, Delaware River Port Authority CEO John Hanson, hands information cards to drivers in Camden at the toll lanes of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge between Camden and Philadelphia. The second phase of the PATCO train track replacement project over the bridge is set to begin this week. (AP Photo, file)

PATCO seeking volunteers for advisory committee

The Delaware River Port Authority and PATCO are seeking some feedback from customers on how the agencies are are doing.  Many ...

12 years ago

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 Surveillance video showing ambulance workers entering a residence without equipment. (Video provided by attorney Royce Smith)

City of Philadelphia sued over paramedics’ handling of pregnant woman

Philadelphia is being sued because two paramedics failed to follow procedures when responding to a call from a pregnant woman with a hist ...

12 years ago

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 Fourth grader Charlene Brown raises her hand during a summer reading class at West Philadelphia High School. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Reading program hopes to help Philly kids give ‘summer slide’ the slip

Education experts have long advocated for parents to keep their kids engaged in learning over the summer – when skills picked up during ...

12 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads

With new tools to fight blight, communities look to arm themselves to reclaim neighborhoods

With the heavily boarded up community of Homestead as a backdrop, the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania released a toolkit to fight blight ...

12 years ago

 On July 29, 1974, 11 women were ordained as Episcopal priest at he Church of the Advocate in North Philadelphia. It was an 'act of tender defiance' of Episcopal law.
Arts & Entertainment

‘Philadelphia 11’ blazed trail for female priests in the Episcopal Church

Forty years ago, women were ordained for the first time as Episcopal priests at the Church of the Advocate in North Philadelphia. It was ...

12 years ago

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Money

Morgan Stanley paying $275M to settle SEC charges

Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $275 million to settle U.S. civil charges that it misled investors about risky mortgage bonds it sold ah ...

12 years ago

Groups tell lawmakers to overhaul bail system

Several advocacy groups are telling New Jersey lawmakers that they should move ahead with a constitutional amendment to eliminate the rig ...

12 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Corbett gambles on pension issue to turn race around

Seeing Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett drawing a line in the sand this summer over public employee pension reform reminds me a little of Pa ...

12 years ago

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