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Criminal Justice
Delaware

Delaware proposal would direct courts to send text reminders to defendants about hearings

Automatic text messages could reduce missed court appearances and the need for judges to issue bench warrants.

2 months ago

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Side by side photos of Matt Meyer and Colm F. Connolly
Business
Delaware
Government Accountability
Immigration

‘Fight federal overreach’: Delaware appeals federal judge’s order to surrender wage records for 15 businesses to ICE investigators

Federal authorities say they have received tips that the businesses are illegally hiring undocumented immigrants.

2 months ago

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Philadelphia’s Family Court building
Home & Family
Law
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Fostering conflict: Navigating the often frustrating proceedings in Philadelphia’s Family Court

For decades, child welfare reformers have sought ways to create a less adversarial system. But parents with dependency cases still need one thing above all else.

2 months ago

Protesters are seen through the glass of an ICE office in Philadelphia
Government
Law
Pennsylvania

ACLU of Pa. sues ICE over ‘unmasking’ subpoenas sent to Montgomery County residents

Earlier this year, DHS dropped two administrative subpoenas seeking the personal data of Montgomery County residents who were critical of ICE.

2 months ago

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A man drives through the Philadelphia 2nd District police building
Crime
Philadelphia
Policing

Man charged with deliberately crashing into Philadelphia police building

Six people were inside the lobby when the crash occurred. None of them suffered serious injuries.

2 months ago

Philadelphians board 32 bus
Crime
Philadelphia
Policing
Transportation

Reported crime on SEPTA continues to drop in 2026 after decade lows last year

“Since peaking during the pandemic, crime across the system has consistently declined,” SEPTA General Manager Scott Sauer said in a release.

2 months ago

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cannabis in a jar on a table
Business
Delaware
Economic Development

‘You’re screwed’: Consultants targeted Delaware’s social equity cannabis applicants in scheme to obtain their conditional licenses

An Arizona consulting firm is connected to at least 19 applicants using a state social equity program. They have since had their conditional marijuana licenses denied.

2 months ago

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The exterior of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center, home to the Commonwealth Court in Harrisburg, Pa., is pictured on Nov. 6, 2020
Government Accountability
Health Care
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court strikes down ban on Medicaid for abortion

A majority of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania found that the law violates the state’s Equal Rights Amendment.

2 months ago

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Surveillance photo of protesters blocking an entire sidewalk and one person in the middle of the street.
Pennsylvania
Policing
Protests

Bucks County police chiefs say Quakertown officers’ actions during anti-ICE student protest were ‘justified and within police policy’

Quakertown Borough requested the review in March. An investigation by the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office is ongoing.

2 months ago

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side-by-side photos of Matt Meyer and Judge Colm F. Connolly
Delaware
Employment
Immigration
Policing

‘They will be exposed’: Delaware must surrender wage records for 15 businesses targeted by ICE investigation, federal judge rules

Feds say they are conducting a criminal probe after receiving tips that the companies are illegally employing undocumented immigrants.

2 months ago

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En la parte superior izquierda, dos paquetes de pastillas
Addiction
Crime
Delaware

‘Están traficando veneno’: las autoridades de Delaware intensifican la ofensiva contra los traficantes de fentanilo.

La administración Trump declaró al ultrapotente opioide “arma de destrucción masiva” en diciembre. Delaware está procesando numerosos casos.

2 months ago

Michael Rapino walking
Law
Music
National

Jury finds that Ticketmaster and Live Nation had an anticompetitive monopoly over big concert venues

They jury in New York decided Wednesday on claims from dozens of U.S. states that the entertainment ticketing behemoth was a monopoly that cost concertgoers and sports fans.

2 months ago

Students walking on Penn's campus
Higher Education
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Penn appeals a federal court ruling requiring the university to turn over information related to Jewish staff

The university requested a stay of the court order to release the records, arguing that doing so would cause "irreparable harm.”

2 months ago

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outside the Plummer Community Corrections Center
Delaware
Incarceration

‘We are not perfect’: DOC defends closure of Wilmington work-release program to state lawmakers

Delaware families of offenders say strict rules at the new work-release site are hurting chances for reentry success.

2 months ago

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Un vehículo policial de Delmar, Delaware
Crime
Delaware
Policing

“Nadie está por encima de la ley”: revelan en documentos judiciales la presunta conducta sexual inapropiada de un policía de Delaware con dos mujeres, un hecho que dejó a su jefe “sin palabras”

El oficial de policía de Delmar, Darrell T. Powell Jr., está acusado de contacto sexual ilícito tras haber investigado casos de hurto en las tiendas.

2 months ago

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