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Archives: Articles

Mitch Shellenberger loads harvested hemp plants into a small trailer so helpers can then line them up to dry on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. (Rachel McDevitt/WITF)
Community

Pa.’s first-time hemp growers had high hopes, but it could take years to see if the crop is worth it

This year, the state Agriculture Department issued 324 growing permits, compared to 37 issued just for research last year.

7 days ago

A mural of the Neshaminy High School mascot. (Eugene Sonn/WHYY)
Education

Neshaminy to appeal state ruling on controversial nickname

The district argues the Pa. Human Relations Commission doesn’t have the authority to dictate how it educates its students or spends its money.

7 days ago

In this 2015 photo, several brands of cigarettes are on display at a Smoker Friendly shop in Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania restricted tobacco sales. Some tobacco control groups are still uneasy.

The law includes a carve-out that lets members of the military buy tobacco when they’re 18.

1 week ago

Construction on the Mariner East 2 pipeline has faced myriad problems, including damaged water supplies and sinkholes in a residential neighborhood in Chester County. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Chesco DA charges Energy Transfer security manager, others in scheme for Mariner East pipeline security

Those charged include employees from the international security firm Tiger Swan.

1 week ago

North 29th Street (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Study: 41% of Philly area renters live in houses that need repair

A new study from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve finds major home repair needs in the region with impacts particularly significant for low-income renters.

1 week ago

More and more school districts are adding propane buses to their fleets and switching from diesel. They cite financial and environmental benefits. (Dana Bate/WHYY)
Community

Suburban Pa. school districts see green in propane buses

More and more school districts are adding propane buses to their fleets and switching from diesel. They cite financial and environmental benefits.

1 week ago

Franklin Park’s Matt Ferriolo recruited a slate of fracking skeptics to run in local elections this fall. (Chris Potter / WESA)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Natural gas drilling fractures political alliances in small western Pa. community

Franklin Park is both rustic and upscale, graced with million-dollar homes, state game lands and even the occasional large flightless bird.

1 week ago

As Patty Fortney-Julius, left, offers support, her sister Lara Fortney McKeever cries as she speaks to reporters during a news conference in Newark, N.J., Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. The two sisters from Pennsylvania are suing the Archdiocese of Newark and the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They allege clergy in Newark knew a priest had sexually abused children before he moved to Harrisburg and abused them and their sisters for years. Lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy are taking center stage in New Jersey as the state's relaxation of statute of limitations rules takes effect. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Courts & Law

N.J. sex abuse survivors take aim at Catholic Church, others as lawsuit window opens

Victims who were previously barred from suing because they didn’t act during the allotted time period now have a two-year window to file claims.

1 week ago

WHYY visited the top of the landfill in June. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Urban Planning

Owner of Del. landfill agrees to drop lawsuit against New Castle County

Delaware Recyclable Products, Inc. has reached a settlement with New Castle County, agreeing to cap its Minquadale landfill at 140 feet.

1 week ago

Defender Association of Philadelphia office building
Courts & Law

Philly’s public defenders move to unionize with UAW

Attorneys at the Defender Association of Philadelphia say unionization will help them better serve clients in criminal court.

1 week ago

Cory Booker
Politics & Policy

Booker extends 2020 campaign outreach to black men in South

Booker held roundtable in South Carolina with roughly three dozen black male voters.

1 week ago

In this Nov. 21, 2019, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, right, walks around a table meeting with an assembly of Southern black mayors including Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and Virginia Mayor Levar Stoney, left, in Atlanta. Biden is leading the most diverse presidential field in history among black voters. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)

‘I know Joe’s heart’: Why black voters are backing Joe Biden

It’s a pragmatic calculation among many African Americans, especially older ones, who believe Biden will appeal to white voters and can defeat Trump next year.

1 week ago

52nd Street in West Philadelphia is one of the few corridors in the city with a high rate of black business ownership. (Jessica Griffen/Philadelphia Media Network)
Community
The Philadelphia Tribune

Black-owned firms make up larger share of Philadelphia’s businesses than previously reported

The head of this city’s largest organization for Black-owned businesses believes African-American owned companies are doing better than previously reported.

1 week ago

Buses from Chester Upland School District await dismissal from Chester High School. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa.’s largest charter school wants to take over grades K-8 in Chester Upland

In what would be a first in Pennsylvania, Chester Community Charter School is pushing to take over all traditional K-8 education in its home district in Delaware County.

1 week ago

Kathleen Connolly’s autistic daughter Olivia fled her elementary school without supervision in 2014. Olivia was found safe that day, but her mother used the potential tragedy to fight for systemic changes to special-ed in Philadelphia (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

How this mom turned near-tragedy into a win for Philly’s most vulnerable kids

Five years ago, Philadelphia police found a girl nearly naked in a snowy, abandoned lot. That dark day led to a brighter future for special needs kids.

1 week ago

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  • City Council will vote Thursday on whether to ban food trucks near Drexel University's campus. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
    PlanPhilly

    Drexel wants to evict food trucks from a busy block of Market Street

  • From left House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal and Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Adam Schiff, D-Calif., unveil articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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    House Democrats unveil articles of impeachment Tuesday

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    Philly neighborhoods need more trees. A new city initiative takes on the problem.

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