Bill Hangley

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Camden’s success with gunfire surveillance has Philly officials looking at audio program

A new form of audio surveillance in Camden is credited with helping cut gunfire by almost half over the last year — and some city o ...

8 years ago

Camden Superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard talks to parents Charlie and Milagros Marrero in Camden's Lanning Square neighborhood. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Camden school officials introducing charter plans to residents [photos]

Camden school officials have launched an outreach campaign for their new Renaissance charter schools, promising that the privately run ch ...

8 years ago

Sydney Michaels, 4, looks up at her dad, Paul, in January at Pennsylvania's Capitol Building where they were pushing for legalization of medical marijuana. Sydney's mother, Julie, says her daughter, who suffers from seizures, might benefit from oil extracted from marijuana. (Marc Levy/AP Photo, file)

Politics & Policy

Experts recommend additional marijuana studies that feds prohibit

Marijuana is illegal because it has no known medical use. But researchers say they can’t study its medical uses because it’s ...

9 years ago

Education

Duncan visits Philly to press for Gov. Wolf’s education plan

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan was in Philadelphia today to stump for Governor Tom Wolf’s education budget, which he says ...

9 years ago

Pennsylvania state Sen. Vincent Hughes talks about legislation to boost voter registration during a press conference at the National Constitution Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Politics & Policy

Philly Democrat proposes automatic Pa. voter registration

Inspired by a civil rights anniversary and a new law in the Pacific Northwest, a Philadelphia Democrat is pushing to make voter registrat ...

9 years ago

Education

As NJ students refuse to take PARCC exams, school leaders argue against ‘opting out’

New Jersey education officials are pushing back against a growing wave of opposition to its new standardized tests, telling lawmakers tha ...

9 years ago

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U.S. Sen. Cory Booker unveiled a bipartisan bill Tuesday that would end the federal prohibition on medical marijuana. (AP file photo)

Garden State medical marijuana advocates hope for boost from Booker bill

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker unveiled a bipartisan bill Tuesday that would end the federal prohibition on medical marijuana. “Our f ...

9 years ago

Politics & Policy

Toomey defends decision to sign Iran letter

U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, the Delaware Valley’s only Republican senator, is defending his decision to sign a controversial letter sent ...

9 years ago

John B. Stetson School in Kensington is run by charter operator ASPIRA INC. (<a href=

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Philly School District vs. ASPIRA: Second warning for charter

The Philadelphia School District is telling one its largest charter school operators to shape up — or risk losing one of its school ...

9 years ago

NJ Dems pushing to override Christie on agency overhaul in wake of Bridgegate

New Jersey Democrats are renewing their fight to overhaul operations at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. But to get ...

9 years ago

Third go-round may be the charm for Philly plastic bag fee

In a bid to reduce litter and encourage sustainable living, a coalition of environmental groups and businesses wants Philadelphia to atta ...

9 years ago

Money

Looming challenges may delay ‘net neutrality’ impact on Comcast

Thursday’s FCC ruling on net neutrality could have a big impact on the entire telecom industry, including one of the region’s ...

9 years ago

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