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A bulldozer reshapes a sand dune
Community

What will it take to stop Jersey Shore town from bulldozing its beach? $12M in fines hasn’t done it

DEP Commissioner Shawn LaTourette warns that the city’s conduct jeopardizes funding for future beach protection projects.

2 years ago

The University City Townhomes at 40th and Market streets in Philadelphia in summer, 2023.
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Urban Planning

Residents left at UC Townhomes will participate in city’s eviction diversion program

The affordable housing complex in West Philly is nearly empty roughly two years after owners announced its closure.

2 years ago

Philadelphia School District headquarters (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

School District of Philadelphia names new deputy superintendent of academic services

Dawson currently serves as the chief academic and accountability officer for city schools in Birmingham, Ala.

2 years ago

Display from Art All Night
Arts & Entertainment

Art All Night canceled in Trenton, again

The popular 24-hour art festival has been hit by a series of tragedies and snags since 2018. Organizers are determined to keep it going.

2 years ago

Majority Leader Melissa Minor-Brown, Speaker Valerie Longhurst and Majority Whip Kerri Evelyn Harris
Politics & Policy

Women running the House: Glass ceiling ‘shattered’ in Delaware General Assembly

Valerie Longhurst is Delaware’s first female speaker of the House. Two Black women — Melissa Minor-Brown and Kerri Evelyn Harris — hold the other top posts.

2 years ago

Several office buildings in Philly.
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Money

Philly-area job recovery outpaces New York City, D.C., and Baltimore

Even leisure and hospitality, which has been slower to recover since the pandemic began, has seen a full recovery.

2 years ago

Jonathan Fink speaks at a podium.
Arts & Entertainment

Upstart Pops orchestra to play in former home of Philly POPS

The No Name Pops, formed by former musicians of the Philly POPS, will play on the same stage the POPS was evicted from.

2 years ago

View of the Mt. Alverno Bridge.
Community

Mt. Alverno Road Bridge reopens in Delco, reconnecting Aston and Middletown

More than 12% of state and local bridges in Delaware County remain in poor condition, twice the national average.

2 years ago

File photo: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference following the collapse of an elevated section of Interstate 95 after a tanker truck caught fire, June 11, 2023, in Philadelphia.
Politics & Policy

Gov. Shapiro calls on divided Legislature to finalize budget past deadline

On Thursday, Shapiro disputed Republican’s accusations that he went back on his word on the $45 billion spending plan.

2 years ago

SEPTA will close trolley tunnels on nights and weekends starting Friday for maintenance and cleaning. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

SEPTA to shutter Market Street trolley tunnel for deep clean

The transit agency will close the Market Street tunnel for trolleys for several weeks to clean up and spruce up service in time for back to school.

2 years ago

Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers displays a two-year budget authored by the Republicans controlled Legislature that he signed, Wednesday, July 5, 2023, in Madison, Wis. Evers used his partial veto power to remove tax cuts for the state's wealthiest taxpayers and protect 180 diversity, equity and inclusion jobs Republicans wanted to cut at the University of Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Harm Venhuizen)
Politics & Policy

Wisconsin governor’s 400-year veto angers opponents in state with long history of creative cuts

Wisconsin governors have the most powerful partial veto power in the country because, unlike in other states, they can strike nearly any part of a budget bill.

2 years ago

University of Delaware's campus (U Del.)
Courts & Law

Conservative groups lose bid to see Delaware university’s records involving Biden Senate papers

A conservative media outlet and an activist group won’t be allowed access to records related to President Joe Biden’s gift of his Senate papers to the University of Delaware.

2 years ago

Elizabeth Tsurkov
Community

Princeton doctoral student held captive in Iraq

Elizabeth Tsurkov was conducting research in Iraq when she was kidnapped in March by a group with ties to Iran.

2 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signs a bill in Paulsboro, N.J., Thursday, July 6, 2023, granting a tax break to offshore wind energy developer Orsted
Politics & Policy

New Jersey governor signs tax break for Orsted’s offshore wind farm

The bill allows Orsted to keep federal tax credits that it otherwise would have been required to pass along to New Jersey utility ratepayers.

2 years ago

This Friday, April 21, 2006 file photo shows cargo containers stacked on the deck of a ship as a crane lifts another container at Port Newark in Newark, N.J.
Community

2 New Jersey firefighters died battling a blaze deep in a ship carrying 5,000 cars

Five other firefighters were injured but were expected to recover.

2 years ago

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