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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.
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Fresh Air Weekend

Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Taylor Swift on stage
Politics & Policy

New Jersey governor spent $12K on stadium events, including a Taylor Swift concert

A Murphy spokesperson said the Democratic State Committee was expected to cover the stadium costs.

2 years ago

WHYY News Business Breakfast
Politics & Policy

Philly business leaders say the next mayor needs to tackle public safety, jobs, and social equity

Philadelphia will soon have a new mayor. Here’s what local business leaders say they want the next leader to prioritize.

2 years ago

Listen 1:36
Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy holds up the trophy after Game 5 of the baseball World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Phoenix. The Rangers won 5-0 to win the series 4-1.
Community

Texas Rangers win first World Series title with 5-0 victory over Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 5

In his first season with Texas, manager Bruce Bochy won his fourth World Series title 13 years to the day after his first.

2 years ago

Food trucks lined up on the street.
Community

Philly food trucks are still giving out plastic bags despite ban, advocates say

Unpredictable sales and tight margins make it hard for food trucks to source anything but the cheapest bags, a former food truck operator said.

2 years ago

Listen 1:17
Abdul Matin Malikzadah throws bowls on his potters wheel at the Contemporary Craft Show
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

‘Macbeth’ remixed, Oysterfest, ‘Wicked,’ and Tailsgate at the Linc in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

Nov. 2 - 5: Anthony Hamilton & Friends at the Met Philadelphia, “Curious Incident of the Dog in Nighttime’’ in N.J., and “The Moth” in Del. are among the weekend’s highlights.

2 years ago

Listen 5:35
A Wilmington police car
Courts & Law

‘All standards fly out the window’: NAACP accuses Wilmington police of unconstitutional searches, traffic stops

The lawsuit claims city cops bend the rules to search for evidence, especially with probationers, but Mayor Purzycki calls the allegations “offensive.”

2 years ago

Listen 1:43
Left to right, headshots of Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell, Eric Roe, and Dave Sommers.
Politics & Policy

Race to watch: Chester County GOP tests Democrats’ first-ever majority on Board of Commissioners

The four candidates honed in on housing affordability, land preservation, government spending, and public safety as the big ticket issues.

2 years ago

Listen 1:57
New Jersey voter casts ballot
Politics & Policy

Abortion, parental rights, and offshore wind are big issues in the New Jersey election this year

Although experts predict a low turnout at the polls, New Jersey candidates and voters are focused on several key issues this November.

2 years ago

Listen 1:16
Philadelphia's skyline
Politics & Policy

Philly’s next mayor will oversee preparations for the pivotal year 2026

The major events landing in Philly in 2026 could be transformative. It all happens on the next mayor’s watch.

2 years ago

Listen 3:07
an empty lot filled with grass
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

‘Sometimes you just get tired’: City releases RFP to redevelop troubled Logan Triangle

A developer walked away from the project after spending nearly a decade trying to breathe new life into the site.

2 years ago

Many SEPTA riders said they’d continue to wear a mask without a mandate in place in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
6abc

SEPTA to stop accepting tokens for payment on January 1, 2024

The sale of tokens ended in 2018, however, SEPTA has continued to accept tokens on buses and trolleys, and via fare kiosks at stations and bus loops.

2 years ago

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.
Money

Federal Reserve leaves its key rate unchanged but keeps open possibility of a future hike

Since launching the most aggressive series of rate hikes in four decades in March 2022 to fight inflation, it has pulled back and has now raised rates only once since May.

2 years ago

Ben Nachum posing for a photo in front of his pharmacy.
Community

This North Philly street has more than 50 small businesses, but zero banks in sight

For some small business owners in Philadelphia, public safety issues have changed the commercial corridor in the worst way.

2 years ago

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Illustration of a person approaching a polling place
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania’s voting law is filled with obsolete provisions, troublesome conflicts

Pennsylvania’s voting law has not had a comprehensive overhaul since 1937. That’s had consequences for election officials.

2 years ago

A sign for the prison on the outside of the building.
Courts & Law

Philly prison break review finds major security problems led to May escape

District Attorney Larry Krasner presented part of his extensive review into what led to the escape. He would not make it totally public due to security issues.

2 years ago

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