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Recording artist Meek Mill, right, speaks about his incarceration along with Philadelphia 76ers co-owner and Fanatics executive chairman Michael Rubin at the launch of REFORM Alliance, a partnership among entertainment moguls, entrepreneurs, recording artists, and business and sports leaders who hope to transform the American criminal justice system, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019, in New York. (Kathy Willens/AP Photo)

Meek Mill, Jay-Z and sports owners back justice reforms

The Reform Alliance will be led by Van Jones, a CNN host and activist who at one point served as an adviser to former President Barack Obama.

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Left: Rep. Tom Malinowski, D-N.J., (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Right: Sen. Pat Toomey R-Pa. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo, File)

Politics & Policy

Philly region members of Congress losing patience with shutdown

President Trump’s offer on Saturday doesn’t appear to be helping break the budget impasse that shut much of the federal government.

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Politics & Policy

For the poor, the safety net in a shutdown doesn’t feel safe

Most major aid programs haven't dried up yet. But each day the stalemate in Washington drags on, the U.S. inches closer to what advocates call a looming emergency.

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A Transportation Security Administration official works at the entrance to a gate at the Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Politics & Policy

TSA screener sick-outs hit 10 percent over holiday weekend

The workers who screen passengers and their bags face missing another paycheck if the shutdown doesn't end early this week.

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Mayor Jim Kenney (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)

Money

Philadelphia to offer bill payment flexibility amid shutdown

The mayor of Philadelphia says city departments and agencies will be offering flexibility in bill payments to federal workers affected by the partial government shutdown.

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Community

Government shutdown cancels annual Liberty Bell MLK ceremony

Sponsored by the Philadelphia Martin Luther King Jr. Association for Nonviolence, the symbolic bell ringing usually attracts up to 500 people.

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In this Jan. 18, 2019, file photo passengers wait in line at a security checkpoint at Miami International Airport in Miami. While security screeners and air traffic controllers have been told to keep working, Federal Aviation Administration safety inspectors weren’t, until the agency began recalling some Jan. 12. About 2,200 of the more than 3,000 inspectors are now back on the job, overseeing work done by airlines, aircraft manufacturers and repair shops. The government says they’re doing critical work but forgoing such tasks as issuing new pilot certificates. (Lynne Sladky, AP)

Politics & Policy

Americans take stock of shutdown’s everyday effects

The budget standoff between President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats is rippling into some unexpected places.

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Some Pennsylvanians who work for the federal government are turning to food banks for support. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)

Keystone Crossroads

Community

Central Pa. Food Bank feeding hundreds of furloughed federal workers

Hundreds of furloughed federal workers are turning to the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank to help make ends meet as the partial federal government shutdown drags on.

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In this Jan. 15, 2019, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives to speak to reporters following a weekly policy meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

Politics & Policy

McConnell’s maneuvers take backseat to Trump in shutdown

McConnell said the "solution to the problem" is for the president, who he reminds is the only one who can sign a bill into law, to reach an agreement with Democratic leaders.

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Marshal Granor of the Hebrew Free Loan Association writes a check for $1,250 to Latashah Sharp, a federal employee who has fallen behind on her rent since the government shutdown began. An employee of the Transportation Security Administration at Philadelphia airport, Sharp has continued working without pay. An anonymous $500,000 donation made the interest free loans to federal employees possible. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Money

Federal workers in Philly offered free, no-interest loans during shutdown

An anonymous donor is distributing $500,000 in interest-free loans to unpaid government workers during the shutdown.

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A Philadelphia judge purchased this row home at 1514 N. Hollywood Street and the two adjacent vacant lots from the city. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

PlanPhilly

Politics & Policy

PlanPhilly

Philly judge makes $135,000 gaming city land sales

A judge played the city’s land sale process to flip a publicly owned lot for a windfall, again calling into question city’s process for appraising and selling its land.

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Health

NJ Spotlight

Where are N.J.’s new chemical rules? Environmentalists accuse DEP of more foot-dragging on PFAS

The DEP denies tomorrow’s stakeholder meeting will mean further delay in setting health limits on two toxic chemicals.

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In this Dec. 13, 2018, file photo, teen migrants walk in line inside the Tornillo detention camp in Tornillo, Texas. Government investigators say many more migrant children may have been separated from their parents than the Trump administration has acknowledged. (Andres Leighton/AP)

Courts & Law

Watchdog: Many more migrant families may have been separated

Investigators concluded that the true number of migrant children separated from their parents is unknown and could be much higher than the 2,700 reported.

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