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 Philadelphia City Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sanchez addresses City Council on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Accompanied by immigrant advocates, Sanchez called on the city to stop honoring immigration holds on people in police custody (Emma Jacobs/WHYY)

Philly debates ending cooperation with immigration

Advocates for immigrants appeared with Philadelphia City Council members Thursday morning to call on the city to stop honoring immigratio ...

13 years ago

 Anastasia Ratkova (center) becomes emotional as her daughter, Nicole, 14, is named first on the 9th grade waiting list at MaST Community Charter School.  (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Education

Students aching for a spot in top Philly charters sweat out lottery season

Anastasia Ratkova draped an anxious arm around her 14-year-old daughter.  That arm was wrapped in a blood-pressure monitor. I ...

13 years ago

Philly-area sports bar to pay $8M in back wages

A popular sports bar chain in the Philadelphia area will pay more than $8 million to compensate its employees for wage and tip violations ...

13 years ago

N.J. moves to ban smoking at beaches, parks

An Assembly committee has advanced legislation that would ban smoking at public parks and beaches in New Jersey. Even in outdoor a ...

13 years ago

 Republican lawmakers detail their reform proposals at Statehouse news conference (Phil Gregory/WHYY)

GOP wants to rein in ‘shadow government’ of authorities in New Jersey

Republicans in the New Jersey Assembly say there’s no reason to wait until the investigation of the George Washington Bridge scanda ...

13 years ago

 Anthony Elms, a curator with the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania.  (Photo Courtesy of Anthony Elms)
Arts & Entertainment

Curator at Penn’s Institute of Contemporary Art helps shape major Whitney exhibit

A Philadelphia art curator has been asked to assemble one of the most important events in the contemporary art world. The ...

13 years ago

 Head to Union Transfer  on Saturday morning for Philly Kids Rock Fest. (Courtesy of Union Transfer)
Philly Parenting

From exploring nature to rocking out: 6 family activities for the weekend

Here’s a look at family activities going on this weekend. ...

13 years ago

 (Aaron Moselle/WHYY, file)

Manayunk Canal boardwalk overhaul to focus on better lighting, signage

At a meeting on Wednesday night developers and community members continued an ongoing discussion about the revitalization of the Manayunk ...

13 years ago

 (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)

Fewer students dropping out in Delaware

Delaware’s annual high school dropout report shows a one percent decrease in the 2012-13 school year. The Delaware Dept. of Educ ...

13 years ago

 Jack Wagner (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Wagner jumps in, shaking up Pa. gubernatorial field

Holy smokes. Just when we thought he’d forgotten all about it, former Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner has decided he wants ...

13 years ago

Councilman wants to ban sales of e-cigs to minors in Philly

Philadelphia City Council will consider outlawing sales of electronic cigarettes to kids. Councilman William Greenlee has proposed ...

13 years ago

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National and Delaware search on as Biggs director retires

A national search for a new director of the Biggs Museum of American Art in Dover is set to begin now that Linda A.K. Danko announced her ...

13 years ago

 Philly's got a new piece of equipment that can fill a pothole in 90 seconds. It's called the 'pothole killer' (AP Photo, file)

It’s a bumpy road to spring full of potholes and black ice

Even with climbing temperatures and no new snow to shovel, the region is suffering a multitude of problems because of the weather. ...

13 years ago

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 New Jersey Gov. Chris Cristie addresses a crowd during the first town hall meeting since the 'Bridgegate' scandal on Thursday, Feb 20, 2014 (Tracey Samuelson/for NewsWorks)

At town hall, Christie again blames feds for Sandy delays

New Jersey Gov.­­ Chris Christie hosted the first town hall of his second term Thursday. The governor took questions from reside ...

13 years ago

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Bristol incinerator plan moves to back burner

Plans to build a controversial incinerator in suburban Philadelphia are on the back burner. Route 13 Bristol Partners of King of P ...

13 years ago

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