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A Bucks County school district just canceled over $20,000 of student lunch debt
Bristol Borough School District canceled student lunch debt after a local group brought the issue to its attention in February.
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Philly families honor lost loved ones on International Opioid Overdose Awareness Day
Families and communities in the Greater Philadelphia area will come together on Wednesday, August 31, to remember and honor loved ones lost to addiction.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art workers union authorizes strike
Twenty-two months into contract negotiations, the new art museum union has formally accused management of unfair labor practices and voted to authorize a strike.
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Philly gun violence leads to trying times for Parks & Rec Department
Kathryn Ott Lovell spoke with WHYY about park safety concerns at this month’s ribbon cutting ceremony at the newly remodeled 33rd and Wallace Playground.
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Listen 5:54Russian media: Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dead at 91
Gorbachev, as the last leader of the Soviet Union, waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that ended the Cold War.
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Delaware’s John B. Wockenfuss was beloved for his quirks. The Strat-O-Matic baseball league that bears the name of this former Phillie and Detroit Tiger is a fitting tribute.
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Listen 5:59Is your property tax bill going up? Philadelphia has finally started mailing out assessments
The figures will likely cause some sticker shock. After a three-year pause in assessments, residential property values increased by an average of 31%.
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Most of Philly’s gun violence funding doesn’t immediately address the crisis, analysis shows
An analysis finds that most of the money will be spent on long-term strategies to address root causes rather than solutions that could slow shootings in 1-3 years.
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Gov. Wolf pushes for $2,000 direct payments, without plan to bring GOP to the table
Wolf says there is more than enough money in the state’s own coffers to fund the $500 million program for more than 250,000 state residents.
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The business of volunteer fire companies has become harder to sustain. Can collaboration help?
Five volunteer fire companies are participating in a state study to determine how better collaboration among them might alleviate some cost and staffing challenges.
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Nearly a million Pennsylvanians could have their student loans wiped away under Biden’s plan
Around 1.8 million people in the Keystone State carry federal student debt, collectively owing about $65 billion.
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Shapiro breaks with Dems on COVID policies in Pa. gov race
As he runs to succeed Wolf as governor, Shapiro says he is against some of the same COVID measures that his fellow Democrat used to help manage the pandemic.
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Pennsylvania naloxone mailing program tops 10,000 doses
A new program that allows naloxone to be mailed to those who want it is being credited with helping reduce the number of fatal overdoses in the state.
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Philly reports 70 new monkeypox cases as vaccination effort inches on
Monday's update ties the previous record for most cases reported in Philadelphia during a single week.
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New Jersey’s 10-day sales tax holiday is now in effect
School supplies like backpacks, notebooks, index cards, and pencils are tax-free.
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