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A total of 46 trees were planted along 6 different blocks. (Jay Watson/ New Jersey Conservation Foundation)
Community

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.

2 years ago

Elhadji Ndiaye at the studio.
Community

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.

2 years ago

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A SEPTA police officer stands on the platform of the Somerset stop
Community

‘This is on them’: SEPTA transit police to walk the picket line Thursday as contract negotiations stall

“[Safety is] paramount to us. But we're not here to get taken advantage of,” said union leadership following Wednesday’s strike vote.

2 years ago

Listen 1:19
A view from below of the dome of the State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa., with blue sky in the background.
Politics & Policy

Schools, 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.

2 years ago

The Pa. Capitol building
Education

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.

2 years ago

File photo: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 29, 2023. The House is pushing toward a vote to authorize the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden formally. This comes as Republicans rally behind the charged process despite lingering concerns among some in the party that the investigation has yet to produce evidence of misconduct by the president.
Politics & Policy

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.“

2 years ago

A deer in the woods
Science
Spotlight PA

Pa. introduces new rules for hunters to limit the spread of ‘zombie deer disease.’ Here’s what to know

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.

2 years ago

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen, Nov. 15, 2023, in Washington.
Courts & Law

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.

2 years ago

A pedestrian crosses at the westbound side of Roosevelt Boulevard on at the Banks Way crosswalk
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

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.

2 years ago

Listen 1:01
Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. Hunter Biden lashed out at Republican investigators who have been digging into his business dealings, insisting outside the Capitol he will only testify before a congressional committee in public. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Courts & Law

Hunter 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.

2 years ago

A health care worker peers into a COVID-19 patient's room. (Will Stone/NPR)
Health

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.

2 years ago

Listen 1:03
Wil Durant, a standardized patient, after work at Jefferson University. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Meet 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.

2 years ago

Listen 1:58
Andre Braugher holds the award for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a movie for his work on
Arts & Entertainment

Andre Braugher, Emmy-winning actor who starred in ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ dies at 61

Braugher won two career Emmys from 11 nominations.

2 years ago

The exterior of Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility as seen through a fence
Community
6abc

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.

2 years ago

New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin points to a photo he says shows guns stored near a ground-floor window at a gun shop, contrary to state law, on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Trenton, N.J. The shop was one of three gun dealers Platkin sued on Tuesday. The suits were the first brought by his office under a 2022 law aimed at holding gun dealers accountable by allowing the attorney general to sue under New Jersey's public nuisance laws. (AP Photo/Mike Catalini)
Courts & Law

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.

2 years ago

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