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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Pa. coronavirus recovery: New suit seeks additional SNAP benefits for lowest-income Pa. residents
Currently, the lowest-income SNAP recipients are ineligible for the emergency allotments that other SNAP recipients have been receiving during the pandemic.
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Philly families live with crushing heartbreak as COVID-19, gun violence crises collide
The number of murders has risen to record levels in Philly, especially in neighborhoods also hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Listen 4:31Philly civil rights groups demand that the mayor end stop-and-frisk
While Mayor Jim Kenney has said he supports ending unconstitutional stop-and-frisks, a new coalition in Philadelphia is urging him to end the policing tactic.
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Pa. coronavirus recovery: Face masks will be required inside all Pa. schools
Students and staff will be required to wear face masks when they return to school, according to new guidelines from the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
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Pa. coronavirus recovery: Philly experiencing ‘second wave’ of coronavirus
Daily case counts were on the decline, but have stopped dropping over the last two weeks.
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Gratitude mixes with regret for Philly man awarded $6M for wrongful murder conviction
Terrance Lewis’ legal victory comes just over one year after a Philly judge overturned his conviction. He was freed from prison after 21 years.
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Getting professional licenses is about to get easier for Pa. residents with criminal records
Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to sign a bill this week advocates say will help people with criminal records get better jobs by obtaining professional licenses.
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Philly puts prosecutors in police divisions to help tackle gun-violence
Members of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office and the Philadelphia Police Department are teaming up with hopes of solving more homicides and non-fatal shootings.
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Philadelphia man arrested for allegedly assaulting WHYY producer in Fishtown
A Philly man has been arrested more than three weeks after allegedly assaulting a WHYY producer as part of a vigilante-style mob in Fishtown.
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Will Philly’s new police reforms work? Experts say the evidence is ‘mixed’
Philadelphia City Council is expected to pass items in a fast-tracked police reform package. Advocates and experts have reservations about if they’ll work.
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Listen 3:38Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dipped to 13.1% in May, but remains more than double the rate recorded in March, according to state data released Friday.
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Pa. coronavirus recovery: Philly preparing to move into ‘green’ phase of reopening
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said Thursday the city could move into the “green” phase of the state’s reopening plan as early as July 3.
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