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Efforts are underway to help beautify and protect New Jersey’s urban areas with trees
New Jersey environmental groups are working together to plant more trees in urban areas.
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WURD’s ‘Radio XALAAT’ gives Philly’s African diaspora ‘a home on the radio dial’
A weekly radio program has served Philadelphia’s African diaspora for decades. As ‘Africatown’ comes into force, Radio XALAAT’s host looks back.
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Listen 1:27“[Safety is] paramount to us. But we're not here to get taken advantage of,” said union leadership following Wednesday’s strike vote.
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Listen 1:19Schools, child care legislation advances in Pennsylvania as lawmakers try to move past budget feud
Legislation to expand child care tax credits for parents was expected to come up for a vote Wednesday night, with both chambers still in session.
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Shorter weeks, longer days? Pennsylvania poised to give schools flexibility on minimum requirements
Supporters argued the current law held schools to rigid schedules that didn’t allow for flexibility to address student needs.
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House approves impeachment inquiry into President Biden as Republicans rally behind investigation
Ahead of the vote, Johnson called it “the next necessary step" and acknowledged there are “a lot of people who are frustrated this hasn’t moved faster.“
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Pa. has seen an increase in chronic wasting disease since 2012. While the state has implemented tracking and mitigation efforts, testing is still optional for hunters.
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Supreme Court will hear a case that could undo Capitol riot charge against hundreds, including Trump
The charge refers to the disruption of Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory over Trump.
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Philadelphia poised to add automatic speed cameras to additional roadways
A bill moving through Harrisburg would expand the program to nearly a dozen more locations.
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Listen 1:01Hunter Biden defies congressional subpoena to appear privately for deposition with GOP investigators
Biden insisted outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday that he will only testify in public.
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Delaware responds to nursing shortage with ‘Tuition Incentive Program’
Delaware's 'Tuition Incentive Program' aims to alleviate nurse shortages by offering financial support for CNA training and workforce development.
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Listen 1:03Meet the paid medical actors at Jefferson Health trying to unionize amid budget tightening
There’s pressure from a new union inside Jefferson Health for higher worker wages during a period where the umbrella organization is trying to narrow its operating losses.
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Listen 1:58Andre Braugher, Emmy-winning actor who starred in ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ dies at 61
Braugher won two career Emmys from 11 nominations.
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Escaped Philadelphia inmate found dead inside city warehouse: Police
Gino Hagenkotter, 34, was an inmate at the Riverside Correctional Facility before he made his escape on Nov. 30.
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3 gun dealers sued by New Jersey attorney general, who says they violated state law
Two of the suits involve Pennsylvania-based companies and one involves a New Jersey firm.
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