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Kenny Cooper is a WHYY News multiplatform reporter covering Chester and Delaware counties. He joined WHYY in November 2020. Kenny, a Montgomery County native, graduated in 2020 from Temple University with a BA in journalism and political science.
Prior to WHYY, he covered Pennsylvania state politics through an Election SOS fellowship at the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. In early 2020, Kenny was selected to be a participant in the POLITICO Journalism Institute. He has interned at numerous news outlets, including CNN, NBC News & MSNBC, NBC Sports Philadelphia, and FOX 29.
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Montgomery County officials have yet to determine a location for their $18 million investment into emergency mental and behavioral health care.
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Listen :52Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office said it “will not entertain any requests for a taxpayer bailout of a for-profit company.”
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Listen 1:01Vacant Community Hospital in Chester to become site of new affordable housing complex
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7 months ago
Listen 1:12Pa. officials condemn political violence in the wake of shooting at Trump rally
Elected officials on both sides of the aisle strongly condemned what they are calling an act of political violence.
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