Catalina Jaramillo

Philly councilmembers introduced a package of six bills designed to aid renters affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Gov. Tom Wolf’s emergency shutdown orders closed garden supply stores in Pa., but there are plenty of safe ways to buy plants and learn how to grow.

The preacher who gave up life as a police officer to curb gang violence is best known for driving around in a van with a coffin on its roof.

The bag ban’s July start date is “no longer realistic,” Mayor Jim Kenney said. He made the announcement on Earth Day — poor timing, he acknowledged.

No, the Unicorn Killer did not found Earth Day. A look back at Philadelphia’s role in creating Earth Day and shaping the environmental movement.

Health experts say the new rules governing Pa. farmers markets have made the open-air grocery destinations safer than other options.

The city wants to be reimbursed for costs incurred by its hazardous materials team after June’s explosion, fire at Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ complex.

The Franklin Institute has started a nature scavenger hunt for people to engage with nature and outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic.

“We don’t feel safe, we don’t feel protected and we don’t feel appreciated by the city,” said a Streets Department employee who spoke to WHYY under the condition of anonymity.

City and state officials are weighing the risks of keeping parks open as they work to enforce social distancing rules triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.

Add trash pickup to your growing list of things disrupted by COVID-19. Philadelphia sanitation workers are calling out of work, creating service delays.

The city of Philadelphia and its nonprofit partners are distributing boxes of free food at a growing list of sites located in neighborhoods across the city.