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Education

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.

3 years ago

File photo: Shown is the Robert Indiana sculpture ''LOVE'' in Philadelphia's Love Park. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

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.

3 years ago

Members of the Philadelphia Museum of Art union hold up signs at a protest pushing for a fair contract.
Arts & Entertainment

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.

3 years ago

Kathryn Ott Lovell, commissioner of Philadelphia’s Parks & Recreation. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

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.

3 years ago

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File photo: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev waves from the Red Square tribune during a Revolution Day celebration, in Moscow, Soviet Union, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1989.  (AP Photo/Boris Yurchenko, File)
Community

Russian 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.

3 years ago

John B. Wockenfuss, former Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies catcher, shown February 24, 1975. (AP Photo/Preston Stroup)
Community

As a local ballplayer dies, his name lives on — in one of the country’s oldest fantasy baseball leagues

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.

3 years ago

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PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Is 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%.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Police investigators work the scene of a fatal overnight shooting on South Street in Philadelphia, Sunday, June 5, 2022
Politics & Policy

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.

3 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at a Capitol news conference
Politics & Policy
WESA

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.

3 years ago

Firefighters are pictured at the scene of a fire in Philadelphia
Community
Spotlight PA

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.

3 years ago

People walk along University of Pennsylvania's campus in the spring
Politics & Policy

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.

3 years ago

Josh Shapiro speaks during a news conference
Politics & Policy

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.

3 years ago

Materials necesarry for administering naloxone are visible.
Health

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.

3 years ago

A visitor checks in at a pop-up monkeypox vaccination site in California.
Health

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.

3 years ago

Stacks of notebooks are shown in a store.
Politics & Policy

New Jersey’s 10-day sales tax holiday is now in effect

School supplies like backpacks, notebooks, index cards, and pencils are tax-free.

3 years ago

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