Aaron Moselle covers housing and community development for WHYY’s PlanPhilly, filing stories for both radio and web. He’s a native of the city and calls South Philadelphia home.
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Philly agrees to $125K fine for not giving incarcerated people enough out-of-cell time
Under the settlement agreement, the money will go to a pair of organizations that raise money to bail out incarcerated people who are locked up pre-trial.
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Philly nonprofit hopes to open a new all-girls high school to replace Hallahan
Hallahan closed in June due to declining enrollment and financial woes. The Center City Girls’ Academy could replace it as early as September.
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Philly anti-violence activists are hopeful about new funding for prevention efforts
Philadelphia is set to spend $155M on anti-violence efforts in the next fiscal year. It’s not all new funding, still the total is a sizable increase.
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Supreme Court sides with Catholic agency in Philly that denied same-sex foster parents
Catholic Social Services is affiliated with the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The agency has said that its beliefs prevent it from certifying same-sex couples as fosters.
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Philly DA turns to residents for solutions to city’s gun violence epidemic
The office is hosting four town halls to crowdsource solutions to the city’s gun violence epidemic. The first one was held Monday in West Philly.
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Pandemic restrictions left many people sitting in jails waiting for their days in court. Their loved ones and attorneys want the wheels of justice moving again.
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Future of Philly’s fight to enact local gun laws is now in the hands of state court
State law prevents Philadelphia from enacting its own gun control measures. A new lawsuit against the General Assembly aims to change that.
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Philadelphia gun control lawsuit: City and state to clash in court hearing
The city is asking the court to invalidate a Pa. rule that makes it illegal for municipalities to pass their own measures aimed at curbing gun violence.
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Council to Kenney: $100 million needed to combat historic surge in gun violence
A letter sent Friday calls for investments designed to help neighborhoods most impacted by Philadelphia’s gun violence epidemic.
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Police experimenting with less ‘stop and frisk’ policing in Northwest Philadelphia
A federal judge has ordered the PPD to test what happens when officers change how they handle quality of life offenses like littering, panhandling, and carrying open liquor co
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JBS plant in Montco fully operational after weekend cyberattack
The cyberattack shut down the Souderton facility on Tuesday. It partially reopened on Wednesday.
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‘We have no time to waste’: City lawmakers call for more funding for anti-violence efforts
A group of city lawmakers is asking the Kenney administration to spend at least $50 million on anti-violence efforts designed to keep young people safe from gun violence.
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