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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Watchdog groups maintain Philadelphia City Commissioners shouldn’t oversee some elections
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Dozens of eighth-graders hurt as Philly bus is hit, overturns in Maryland
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Philadelphia commissioners will monitor primary election after all
A Pennsylvania state judge has rejected an effort to stop the Philadelphia city commissioners from overseeing Tuesday’s primary ele ...
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Decision on whether commissioners can oversee Philly primary going down to the wire
It’s now up to a Pennsylvania state judge to decide whether the Philadelphia city commissioners can oversee Tuesday’s primary electio ...
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Interlude from tedium, toll of homelessness awaits at Broad Street Ministry dance class
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Philly controller candidates spar in Democratic debate
Alan Butkovitz and Rebecca Rhynhart, the two Democrats running for Philadelphia city controller, met Tuesday night in Center City for a w ...
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Forum focuses on challenges, possibilities former offenders encounter in Philadelphia
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$50 million raised for endowment to benefit Philadelphia’s major daily newspapers
The Lenfest Institute for Journalism, an experimental nonprofit based in Philadelphia, is now halfway to establishing a $100 million endo ...
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Fed budget bill may force officials to divulge more on polluted military sites in Montco, Bucks
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania wants the Department of Defense to do more to keep drinking water safe in communities with military b ...
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New suit aims to wrest oversight of primary election from Philly city commissioners
A pair of good-government groups have again filed a lawsuit aimed at barring the Philadelphia city commissioners from overseeing May̵ ...
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