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The new Delaware DMV On-The-Go trailer.
Community

The state of Delaware goes high tech with new mobile DMV unit

The almost quarter-million-dollar trailer is designed to offer almost everything you can get at a traditional DMV location.

3 years ago

Jaye Wilson is founder of the New Jersey-based Melinated Moms.
Health

A push to close the racial gap in maternal mortality rates in N.J.

First observed in 2016, Black Maternal Health Week is recognized from April 11-17 to call “attention and action” to “improving Black maternal health,” according to the CDC.

3 years ago

Parks and Recreation commissioner Kathryn Ott Lovell (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Community

Philly increasing pay for lifeguards and offering free training to boost the ranks

Free lifeguard training is underway for 16 to 24-year-olds in Philly. Officials want to use the pools as safe havens this summer.

3 years ago

FILE - Children and their caregivers arrive for school in New York, Monday, March 7, 2022.  The Biden administration will extend for two weeks the nationwide mask requirement for public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was set to extend the order, which was to expire on April 18, by two weeks to monitor for any observable increase in severe virus outcomes as cases rise in parts of the country.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Health

Unlike Philly, no mask mandate planned in Delaware even as COVID cases, hospitalizations rise

The number of COVID infections and hospitalizations is up substantially in the last few weeks, but the numbers are a mere fraction of mid-January’s peaks.

3 years ago

Penny Martin (left) and the Rev. Michelle Simmons, founder and executive director of Why Not Prosper, hug outside of a recovery home in Philadelphia.
Health
Spotlight PA

Oversight of Pa. addiction recovery homes will begin soon, but operators slow to opt-in

Only a few dozen addiction recovery homes in Pennsylvania have applied for a license despite the licensing program being designed to bring more oversight to the industry.

3 years ago

Defender Association of Philadelphia office building
Politics & Policy

Essay: Why the mayor’s proposed budget sends the wrong message on public safety

The mayor’s proposed budget reflects a troubling imbalance in the approach to public safety, writes Keisha Hudson of the Defender Association.

3 years ago

FILE - A person wearing a face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walks in Philadelphia, Feb. 16, 2022.
Health

CDC to extend travel mask requirement for 2 weeks

The Biden administration will extend for two weeks the nationwide mask requirement for public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases.

3 years ago

View of a street in Chester, Pa.
Courts & Law

Pa. Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal of Chester Water Authority sale to Aqua

The city of Chester sees sale of the CWA as a ticket to financial recovery, but the authority and customers opposed to the sale will get another day in court.

3 years ago

New York City Police Department personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Multiple people were shot and injured Tuesday at a subway station in New York City during a morning rush hour attack that left wounded commuters bleeding on a train platform. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Community

Brooklyn subway suspect tipped off police to his location

The man accused in the shooting of 10 people on a Brooklyn subway has been arrested and charged with a federal terrorism offense.

3 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is pictured at night
Community

Fewer police stats, more community engagement sought at Philly gun violence briefings

The briefings emphasize police responses to shootings, which attendees and experts believe contributes to harmful portrayals of gun violence in the media.

3 years ago

Delaware State Capitol Building in Dover. (Paul Brady/Bigstock)
Politics & Policy

Real estate transfer taxes in Delaware rose in 2017 to plug a budget hole. Now there’s bipartisan support to roll back that increase

The tax levied on the sale of property went to 4% in 2017. That’s $12,000 on a $300,000 home. Proponents of the bill want to return the tax to 3%.

3 years ago

Delaware Water Gap. (Kim Paynter/WHYYNews)
Science

Delaware outlines plans to restore the state’s wetlands

Delaware’s Inland Bays wetlands has faced significant losses. The state’s environmental agency hopes to restore and conserve the watershed by improving land management.

3 years ago

Pedestrians carry plastic bags in Philadelphia
Community

Haverford bans plastic bags as more Main Line communities look to do the same

Months after Pennsylvania's prohibition on plastic regulations expired, more Main Line communities are moving ahead with their plans to reduce plastic waste.

3 years ago

City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson is shown from the side, profile visible, in this file photo from 2018.
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Jury deliberations to get underway in the federal bribery trial of Kenyatta Johnson

Closing arguments in the three-week trial focused on contrasting explanations of the true intent of consulting fees paid to the Council member’s wife.

3 years ago

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak at the Metal Worker’s Local Union No. 19 in Philadelphia, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Vice President Kamala Harris offers union support in Philadelphia visit

Hundreds of union workers came out to hear the Vice President talk about worker protections and the value of organized labor during a Philadelphia visit.

3 years ago

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