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WHYY wins Mid-Atlantic Emmy awards for Arts and Interview programs
Programs featuring cellist Yo-Yo Ma and dancer Angel Corella earned top industry honors.
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State Sen. John Burzichelli says public TV in New Jersey could possibly morph into something like C-SPAN to cover activity at the State House.
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Listen 0:57Uncertainty looms over New Castle County property tax bills, pending outcome of lawsuit over rates
New Castle County landlords claim a new law allowing school districts to raise tax rates on commercial properties will cause them irreparable harm.
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Listen 1:00Districts around the U.S. are mulling school closures as student enrollment falls
Major school systems including Philadelphia, Boston, Houston and Norfolk, Virginia, are considering shuttering schools.
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1 detainee killed and 2 others critically injured in Dallas ICE facility, Homeland Security says
Authorities say the shooter opened fire from a roof. The man killed one detainee and wounded two others in a transport van before taking his own life.
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Prosecutors say Ramiro Caal Jolomna coerced the teenage girls to work 16-hour days, seven days a week, under threat of deportation or punishment.
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Listen 0:44WHYY debuts ‘Ask Gov. Meyer’ radio show featuring questions from Delaware residents
Delaware residents can submit questions online ahead of time or call in during the program.
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The measure, now moving through Philadelphia City Council, would exclude certain subsidized rental developments.
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The new law creates a statewide process that school boards and communities must follow when someone wants books taken off library shelves.
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Listen 2:10After June 30, 2026, a NJ PBS nightly news program will only air on digital platforms, and on THIRTEEN, the public television channel in New York.
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Philadelphia police launch campaign to stop ‘high-tech’ carjackings
Police say more criminals are targeting vehicles using keyless entry or key fobs.
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Listen 0:46Pa. House Dems advance firearm reforms in wake of recent acts of gun violence
Democrats’ one-vote House majority could derail the bills before they could be sent to the Senate, given the voting record of one comparatively conservative Democrat.
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Pa.’s next move in food-stamp dispute with Trump administration unclear
Late Thursday, a federal judge in California, Maxine Chesney, temporarily blocked the USDA from forcing plaintiff states to comply with the demand.
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Cheltenham residents urge officials to adopt immigrant welcoming policy
A growing number of communities in Montgomery County have turned to welcoming policies to prevent local law enforcement from assisting ICE.
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What to know after Trump classifies decentralized antifa movement as a domestic terror organization
Antifa, short for “anti-fascists,” is an umbrella term for far-left-leaning militant groups and is not a singular entity.
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