Emily Rizzo
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One year since Ida: How the remnants of a hurricane still leave Pa. residents paying the price
It has been one year since the remnants of Hurricane Ida battered Philadelphia, Montgomery, Chester, Delaware, and Bucks counties with historic rainfall and strong winds.
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Listen 4:34A Bucks County school district just canceled over $20,000 of student lunch debt
Bristol Borough School District canceled student lunch debt after a local group brought the issue to its attention in February.
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Philadelphians push for Roosevelt Boulevard subway project revival
Community members voiced their support for the project — 100 years in the making — during a town hall hosted by State Rep. Jared Solomon.
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Bernie Sanders is rallying for workers’ rights in Philly amid new, growing labor movement
Sen. Sanders says the “time is now for working people to stand up” against corporate greed.
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As Norristown closes parks from dusk to dawn, unhoused people fear arrest
Norristown council voted to close parks from dusk to dawn. Unhoused people fear they can’t sleep in parks, retribution from police.
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Local authors fear Central Bucks School District’s new book policies will censor LGBTQ content.
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Listen 6:03Philly Reclaim, beloved Tacony salvage shop, is closing its doors on Monday
The one-of-a-kind shop was where many Philadelphians would come to drop off unwanted building scraps and to look for unexpected treasures amid piles of reclaimed materials.
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The Central Bucks policy “effectively bans human development and sex education in the schools,” one expert said.
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Norristown Borough is considering a new “dawn-to-dusk” ordinance, which would make it officially illegal to sleep overnight in the borough’s parks.
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Protestors make noise outside Sesame Place following racial bias claims
It was the second weekend of protests after a viral video sparked accusations of racism and the park faces a racial discrimination lawsuit.
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The Pennridge school board is considering a policy that would limit the “nonschool materials” students can share in school and online.
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The policy aims to keep books that a yet-to-be-determined group might deem “inappropriate” for unspecified “sexualized content” out of school libraries.
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