Emma Jacobs

Sasha Ballen and Dee Spagnuolo (far right), the first couple to receive a marriage certificate issued to a same-sex couple in Pa., are now party to two of five lawsuits filed since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a section of DOMA back in June. Attorney, Robert C. Heim (left) is helping to represent them. (Emma Jacobs/for NewsWorks)

Why so many same-sex marriage lawsuits in Pa.?

In a traditional Jewish wedding, the groom stomps on a symbolic glass to mark the end of the ceremony. It turns out that’s harder t ...

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Confident same-sex marriage coming to Pa., but unsure when

There’s a new bill in the Pennsylvania House that would legalize same-sex marriage. State Rep. Brian Sims (D-Philadelphia), ...

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Rina Cutler, deputy mayor for transportation and utilities checks her phone in the first ever

Philly Office of Transportation celebrates five years of forward movement

The Philadelphia Mayor’s Office of Transportation and Utilities turns 5 this month. The office was created by Mayor Michael Nutter ...

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Same-sex couples hear wedding bells in N.J. — despite state move to block them

While Gov. Chris Christie’s administration has appealed the ruling of a New Jersey judge last week legalizing same-sex marriage, co ...

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Isabelle Barker (left) and Cara Palladino filed a lawsuit in federal court today, arguing that Pennsylvania should recognize their 2005 marriage in Massachusetts. (Emma Jacobs/WHYY)

Politics & Policy

Two new lawsuits press Pa. to recognize same-sex marriages

A few years ago, Cara Palladino first presented her marriage license to her employer to try to add her wife to her health insurance. She ...

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Rendell tells transportation bill supporters to lobby harder

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell told transportation advocates in Philadelphia they need to push harder to get a multi-billion dollar ...

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Temple University Main Campus. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)

Temple security cracks down early on student drinking

As of this time last year, Temple University’s campus police and Philadelphia police officers had written six tickets for drinking- ...

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Dessie Burgess, a graduate of Cheyney University's class of '66 shows her support for her alma mater. (Emma Jacobs/WHYY)

Coalition accuses Pa. of failing historically black Cheyney University

Affiliates of Cheyney University are accusing Pennsylvania of failing its obligation to support the first of the nation’s historica ...

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Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, a Democrat, announced this month that she won't defend the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

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Same-sex marriage remains a delicate political issue in Pennsylvania

Wednesday night, in what was probably a first, the register of wills & clerk of orphans court of Montgomery County appeared on the ...

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Sarra Lev (left) and Sharon Gershoni (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

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DOMA decision leaves Pa. couples with some rights, but not others

Despite the overturn of the Defense of Marriage Act provision barring same-sex married couples from federal benefits, each state will sti ...

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Money

50 years later, gender pay gap narrowed but still present

In the 1960s, Janice Bellace worked as a Bell Telephone operator while she went to college. All Bell Telephone operators were women then. ...

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Philly bakery raises the status of Passover staple

On the second day of Passover, observant Jews may be getting sick of unleavened matzo, which substitutes for bread during the weeklong co ...

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