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Twenty internet providers, including companies like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, have committed to the the Affordable Connectivity Program, which will provide plans for no more than $30 for low-income Americans. (boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images)
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The Biden administration is capping the cost of internet for low-income Americans

The Affordable Connectivity Program will provide plans of at least 100 Megabits per second of speed for no more than $30. An estimated 48 million Americans will qualify.

4 years ago

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Community

Few eligible families have sought federal payment of COVID funeral expenses

FEMA has funds set aside to reimburse burial costs — even retroactively — to families of COVID victims. But clerical challenges and slow outreach have stymied the process.

4 years ago

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Billy Penn

Procrastinator’s Guide to the May 2022 primary election in Philadelphia

Your cheat sheet for being informed on Election Day.

4 years ago

The United World College of the American West sits empty of students but unharmed, while trees can be seen behind it scorched from Las Vegas, N.M., on Saturday, May 7, 2022. School officials were able to visit the grounds earlier this week after winds and fires waned. Students at the boarding school most of whom are from overseas, have been moved to a summer camp outside Santa Fe, N.M.
Community

Dangerous winds, wildfire conditions returning to New Mexico

Dangerous gusts are picking up again, hampering efforts to battle a wildfire in northeast New Mexico that has burned an area twice as large as the city of Philadelphia.

4 years ago

French President Emmanuel Macron is seen from behind, seated at a table, participating in a video conference with leaders of the other G7 countries.
Politics & Policy

G-7 leaders mark VE Day stressing unity, support for Ukraine

Leaders from the G7 developed democracies have pledged to phasing out or banning the import of Russian oil, as they met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

4 years ago

File photo: President Donald Trump looks at his phone during a roundtable with governors on the reopening of America's small businesses, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, June 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
Courts & Law

Judge rejects Trump lawsuit challenging ban from Twitter

The judge says the challenges failed in part because free speech rights don't apply to private companies and Trump failed to show it was working as a state actor.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall.
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After scathing report on Philly’s child welfare system, DHS head describes efforts to improve

Friday’s hearing came weeks after a City Council committee report accused Philly’s child welfare system of separating families without cause.

4 years ago

First lady Jill Biden meets U.S. troops during a visit to the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base in Romania, Friday, May 6, 2022.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)
Politics & Policy

Jill Biden brings thanks, ketchup to U.S. troops in Romania

Biden on Friday opened a four-day trip to Europe to learn about the refugee crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

4 years ago

State Rep. Dave Wilson has eyes closed, appears to be sleeping in a late-night legislative session.
Politics & Policy

Late-night Delaware legislative tradition could soon be a thing of the past

Lawmakers will consider a constitutional amendment to end the need to continue working after midnight on the final day of the legislative session.

4 years ago

Smoke rises from the steel plant in Mariupol where heavy fighting is taking place.
Community

United Nations races to rescue civilians from Mariupol plant

The effort comes even as fighters holed up at the sprawling complex made their last stand to prevent Moscow’s complete takeover of the strategic port.

4 years ago

FILE - Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address for the 2022-23 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Two months after a contentious, once-a-decade process overhauled the shape of their districts, Pennsylvania state lawmakers and hundreds of candidates hoping to unseat them are bracing for a primary election that will greatly narrow the field. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Lawmakers navigate Pennsylvania primary with unfamiliar maps

Going before voters in the May 17 primary election will be candidates for all 203 House and 25 of 50 Senate seats.

4 years ago

White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre takes a question from a reporter during the press briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Politics & Policy

Karine Jean-Pierre to be next White House press secretary

She will be the first Black woman and the first openly LGBTQ person to serve in the role.

4 years ago

Marijuana buds are seen in a glass jar
Politics & Policy

‘Historic’ vote in Delaware: House approves marijuana legalization

The legalization measure is a companion piece to another bill that would create a tax and regulatory structure for vendors to grow and sell weed.

4 years ago

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Philadelphia City Hall is visible in a view of the Philadelphia skyline.
Politics & Policy

Overtime for Philly workers continues to rise

Overtime for city workers continues to be a problem, according to a new report from the authority tasked with keeping watch on the city’s finances.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf speaking at a press conference on  abortion rights outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia on May 4, 2022. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Abortion rights advocates rally outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia

Governor Tom Wolf vowed to veto any abortion ban in Pennsylvania, while others say pregnant people could become second class citizens if Roe v. Wade is upended.

4 years ago

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