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Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Should Philly install a new cabinet-level public safety director? This ballot question survived a mayoral veto

One of four questions on the May 16 primary ballot in Philadelphia would change city charter to create a new Office of the Chief Public Safety Director.

3 years ago

Police officers watch as protesters gather in the Broadway-Lafayette subway station to protest the death of Jordan Neely, Wednesday, May 3, 2023 in New York. Four people were arrested, police said. Neely, a man who was suffering an apparent mental health episode aboard a New York City subway, died this week after being placed in a headlock by a fellow rider on Monday, May 1, according to police officials and video of the encounter. 
(AP Photo/Jake Offenhartz)
NPR
Homelessness
Protests

After Jordan Neely’s death, homeless advocates blame NYC’s ‘dehumanizing’ policies

Advocates for the homeless are calling for accountability in the death of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man who died this week on a New York City subway train.

3 years ago

Mayoral candidates, from left to right, Jeff Brown, Helen Gym, Rebecca Rhynhart, Cherelle Parker, state Rep. Amen Brown and Allan Domb take part in a Democratic primary debate at the WPVI-TV studio in Philadelphia on April 25, 2023. In Philadelphia's first mayoral race since crime spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, the crowded Democratic field is trying to make public safety a campaign cornerstone, advocating approaches that range from mental health interventions and cleaner streets to echoes of “tough-on-crime” Republican rhetoric. 
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics

Philadelphia mayoral race hones in on crime policies

Candidates are advocating approaches that range from mental health interventions and cleaner streets to echoes of “tough-on-crime” Republican rhetoric.

3 years ago

Polling place on election day
Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Procrastinator’s Guide to the 2023 primary election in Philly

Your cheat sheet for Election Day.

3 years ago

Flags from different countries blow in the wind as City Hall is visible in the background.
Elections
Immigration
Philadelphia

What would Philadelphia’s immigrant communities like to see from the next mayor?

Expanding language access resources, strengthening protective policies, and investing in small businesses are among the priorities.

3 years ago

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Government Accountability
Housing
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Proposal to update ailing Pa. rent, property tax rebate program would reverse decade of decline

The number of rebates paid out has declined every year since 2009, according to the state Department of Revenue, a drop of almost 27%.

3 years ago

Workers haul away the carcass of a dead whale on the beach in Seaside Park N.J.
Energy
Environment
New Jersey
Outdoors

N.J. GOP seeks wind projects halt to see if whales benefit

Four state senators hosted a online hearing about offshore wind energy generation and whale deaths on Wednesday.

3 years ago

Fentanyl is flooding U.S. communities. In statehouses around the country there's a
NPR
Government
Health Care
Medicine
Public Health

As fentanyl deaths surge, some state lawmakers push back against ‘harm reduction’

The Biden administration is embracing health care efforts, but many state legislatures are resisting the "harm reduction" approach.

3 years ago

Mohamed Khairullah, the mayor of Prospect Park, N.J.
NPR
Community Events
Government Accountability
New Jersey
Religion

Why a New Jersey mayor was uninvited from a White House celebration

Mohamed Khairullah, the mayor of Prospect Park, N.J., was blocked from a recent White House Eid celebration. NPR's Leila Fadel asks him why.

3 years ago

The Capital Building in Harrisburg, Pa.
Government
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Taxes

Pennsylvania Senate backs bill to narrow Philly commuter tax

It likely faces a chilly reception in the state House of Representatives, where Democrats have a one-seat slim majority.

3 years ago

The Capital Building in Harrisburg, Pa
Employment
Government
Pennsylvania

Democrats move pro-union amendment out of divided Pa. House

The bill would add constitutional language that state workers have “the fundamental right to organize and bargain collectively” and that no state law can interfere with it.

3 years ago

Portraits of former mayors line the walls of City Hall chambers. A podium and the U.S. flag and the Philadelphia flag are in the center of the photo. Chairs are lined up against the wall.
Elections
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Visual Arts

Philly mayoral candidates were asked to respond to the arts sector. Only 2 did

"We think that everybody wants to work together," said Jacque Liu, "but they're just not quite sure how."

3 years ago

This photo shows the Facebook's Messenger Kids application on an iPhone in New York,
Government
Kids
Technology

FTC: Facebook misled parents, failed to guard kids’ privacy

The Federal Trade Commission says Facebook misrepresented the access it provided to app developers to private user data.

3 years ago

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington
NPR
Business
Economy
Government
National

The Fed raises interest rates again in what could be its final attack on inflation

It was the tenth rate hike in 14 months, and possibly the last for a while.

3 years ago

A sculpture by artist Donald Lipski made of 1,400 Philadelphia police badges in the lobby of police HQ in the Philadelphia Public Safety Building, called ''Let Love Endure.''
Government Accountability
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

A member of the police LGBTQ+ liaison committee resigned in protest. The PPD agrees it has to do better

“The committee needs to be abolished and redone right, with greater community representation,” a former member said.

3 years ago

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