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The Wardrobe, located at 413 N. 4th St., is a nonprofit thrift store dedicated to ending clothing insecurity. (Bradley Taylor)
PlanPhilly
Community

‘Everyone and everything has a second chance’ at this Philly thrift store

The Wardrobe is a Philly thrift store that provides communities in need with free clothing. They work with returning citizens, immigrants, and more.

3 years ago

Listen 2:11
A pedestrian carries a plastic bag in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy

Philly’s plastic bag ban is now fully in effect — enforcement included

After a six-month “awareness, education, and warning” period, the plastic bag ban now comes with financial penalties.

3 years ago

(6abc)
Community

1 officer killed, 2 others shot in Lebanon, Pa.

Police officers went to a home in the city at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday when the gunfire broke out and officers radioed in they were hit.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw and former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch
Community

A pair of firsts: Philly police commissioner Danielle Outlaw joins Obama-era AG Loretta Lynch in virtual chat

The hour-long chat marked the end of Women’s History Month.

3 years ago

Activists and supporters rallied to end segregation in New Jersey schools outside the Trenton Justice Complex on March 31, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

’Our children deserve better’: Supporters rally for desegregation of N.J. schools

A rally to support school desegregation in New Jersey is held as a judge is weighing whether the state is responsible for not doing enough to break up segregation.

3 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy
Health

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy tests positive for COVID-19

Murphy is currently asymptomatic and feeling well, and will cancel in-person events and isolate for the next five days.

3 years ago

A closeup of Philadelphia City Hall.
Politics & Policy

$5.6 billion Philly budget officially introduced in City Council

The mayor’s $5.6 billion spending plan looks like it will have fewer changes than usual this year in part because there are no tax increases proposed.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

Biden tapping oil reserve for 6 months to control gas prices

It is a bid to control energy prices that have spiked after the United States and allies imposed steep sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

3 years ago

A health worker administers a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Health

End of COVID may bring major turbulence for U.S. health care

The array of issues is tied to the coronavirus public health emergency first declared more than two years ago and periodically renewed since then.

3 years ago

This 2017 file photo shows a Chesapeake Energy natural gas well site in Bradford County, Pa. (Ralph Wilson / AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. GOP measures to boost natural gas output unlikely to succeed, analysts say

Despite Republican calls for higher gas production, IFO figures show it actually increased by 6.7 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021 compared with a year earlier.

3 years ago

A man walks with a bicycle in a street damaged by shelling in Mariupol
Community

Ukraine: Russians leaving Chernobyl after radiation exposure

Its forces seized the Chernobyl site in the opening stages of the Feb. 24 invasion, raising fears that they would cause damage or disruption that could spread radiation.

3 years ago

In this April 26, 2008 file photo, Prince performs during his headlining set on the second day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Calif. (Chris Pizzello/AP Photo)
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Delaware welcomes a Prince (tribute), blues and jazz come to Philly, and queens rule in New Jersey in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Philly Theater Week, Prince Tribute in Delaware among weekend highlights in the Delaware Valley.

3 years ago

Listen 5:14
Signs that read, ''I Buy Houses'' and ''We Buy Houses'' can be seen posted on a street pole in Philly
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

New Philly law cracks down on blockbusting ‘We Buy Houses’ solicitations

Steep penalties against unscrupulous investors aim to protect homeowners from being pressured into below-market sales.

3 years ago

Early Yoshino cherry blooms in West Fairmount Park, looking pretty good despite the frost. (Courtesy of Sandi Polyakov)
PlanPhilly
Community

After frost hits Philly’s cherry blossoms, ‘fingers crossed’ for a full bloom

Horticulturists say bloom times are creeping earlier as the climate warms — possibly putting the blossoms at greater risk of frost.

3 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney speaks at a press conference
Politics & Policy

Kenney to propose $5.6 billion Philly budget with more than $184 million to fight violence

Philadelphia’s more than $5 billion spending plan is designed to promote racial equity while also trying to make the city safer and better for all.

3 years ago

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