Marielle Segarra

At Allentown, Pennsylvania’s Turner Street program, insight into what homeless families need

In Allentown, Pennsylvania, there’s a red brick building with a green door. Twelve families live there. They’re almost all si ...

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Pittsburgh’s Liberty Bridge reopening shows that weight limit enforcement isn’t easy

A lot of trucks now weigh too much to drive over the bridge. That hasn’t stopped drivers from doing it anyway. ...

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This weekend, Philly becomes latest Pa. city to launch an ‘Open Streets’ event

The city will close 10 miles of its major roads to car traffic from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Saturda ...

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Philadelphia is trying to make its buying process faster and cheaper

The city buys $3 billion worth of goods and services every year. Standing in a conference room in Philadelphia’s Munic ...

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The ratmobile at the Labor Day union parade in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/Newsworks)

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At Philadelphia Labor Day parade, federal and state investigations loom large [photos]

Hundreds of people gathered at Philadelphia’s Sheet Metal Workers Union on this sunny Labor Day morning to show solidarity and stre ...

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Pennsylvania to fund drug addiction treatment centers

Pennsylvania is funding health care centers that take a holistic approach to drug addiction treatment. Tr ...

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Harvard and Bloomberg team up to train city mayors

The Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative will aim to teach city leaders how to do their jobs better. ...

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How Pennsylvania’s Puerto Rican migrant population could affect the election

Nearly 95,000 Puerto Ricans moved to the state from 2008 to 2014. Pennsylvania has voted Democratic in the last six presiden ...

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For states, there may be good reason to stop cities from going bankrupt

Researchers find that states with programs that make it harder for cities to go bankrupt see several benefits, including economic stabili ...

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In Philadelphia, teaching entrepreneurship through hip-hop

This fall, a program funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will use the lessons of hip-hop entrepreneurs to teach 18- to 3 ...

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In African American neighborhoods, primary care may be harder to find

A new study finds a link between the racial makeup of Philadelphia neighborhoods and the number of primary care doctors who work there. ...

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Pennsylvania ranks second in landfill trash per capita

Only Nevada has a higher proportion of trash in its landfills. Pennsylvania has ...

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