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(Deborah Kunselman, Daniel McCaffery, Carolyn Carluccio photos via candidate Facebook pages; Patricia McCullough photo via 2021 Campaign website).
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. primary election 2023: A complete guide to the candidates for state Supreme Court

Pennsylvania elects its Supreme Court justices in statewide partisan contests. The winners of the May 16 primary will compete during the Nov. 7 general election.

4 hours ago

Villanova players celebrate after winning a second-round college basketball game against Florida Gulf Coast in the NCAA Tournament, Monday, March 20, 2023, in Villanova, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Arts & Entertainment

Siegrist leads Villanova into Sweet 16 for 2nd time ever

The fourth-seeded Wildcats won their record 30th game and celebrated the March Madness milestone in front of another packed house at the Pavilion.

21 hours ago

The son of Flyers interim GM Danny Briere has apologized after a video posted on social media showed him pushing an empty wheelchair down a staircase
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Carson Briere, son of Flyers interim general manager, charged after pushing wheelchair down stairs

Surveillance video from a bar shows Briere tossing a woman's wheelchair down a flight of stairs.

1 day ago

Exterior of Torrance State Hosptial
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

How some police, attorneys, and jails are trying to help Pa.’s ailing system for mentally ill people

A six-month investigation found the state’s “competency” review system is so broken it often extends incarceration, which can exacerbate mental health issues.

1 day ago

A building seen from the distance on a sunny day.
Education

Central Bucks School District spent over $250,000 to defuse anti-LGBTQ criticism

The school district has spent at least a quarter of a million dollars on attorney’s fees and public relations services since May, and the full amount is likely much more.

2 days ago

Kingsley Ibeneche, performing as part of an earlier ''Multitudes'' concert at World Cafe Live, taken from a video shot by World Cafe Life
Arts & Entertainment

Musicians and poets perform new work inspired by PAFA’s American art

A concert of poets and musicians showcases new work inspired by PAFA’s exhibition “Making American Artists.”

3 days ago

A person looks out of a SEPTA Regional Rail train
Urban Planning
Billy Penn

SEPTA pulls the plug on KOP Rail, putting the $3B project ‘on pause’ after FTA concerns

Transit officials expressed disappointment. The project’s many critics are relieved.

4 days ago

The Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Politics & Policy

Philly State House delegation pushes for more funding, gun regulations from Harrisburg

Their goal is everything from drivers licenses for undocumented people to more funding for crime fighting and schools.

4 days ago

Bucks County officials announced that it has joined a class action lawsuit against several social media giants on Wednesday. (6abc)
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Bucks County joins national lawsuit against tech, social media giants

Some of the platforms targeted in the lawsuit include Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, and more.

5 days ago

A sign for Crozer Health is visible in the foreground, with buildings in the background.
Health

Crozer Health lays off 215 people as part of ‘operational restructuring plan’

The four-hospital system in Delaware County is in worsening financial shape and has been struggling to pay its bills and contractors.

6 days ago

PA Gov. Josh Shapiro’s plan would eliminate 11% in cell phone taxes. (Commonwealth Media Services)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Breaking down Shapiro’s plan to eliminate two of Pa.’s cell phone taxes

As part of his first budget proposal, Gov. Shapiro wants to eliminate both the sales and use tax and the gross receipts tax on cell phone services.

6 days ago

ATF officials announced two federal indictments of 14 individuals charged with trafficking about 500 firearms from the Southern states of Georgia and South Carolina to sell in Philadelphia, at a press conference on April 11, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
WITF

Religious leaders call for stricter gun laws in Pennsylvania

A new group — the Saving Lives: Ending Gun Violence Committee — led by Pennsylvania’s Episcopal Diocese, is calling for tougher gun laws.

1 week ago

Pa. capitol building at night
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Secrecy is too often the norm in Pennsylvania state and local governments

Some government officials find every reason to delay or deny access to public records, then use taxpayer dollars to fight the public in court. Spotlight PA is fighting back.

1 week ago

Crozer-Chester Medical Center is one of the Crozer Health's four hospitals
Health

Unpaid bills: Prospect, Crozer Health struggling to pay vendors for vital hospital services

Prospect’s inability to pay its bills has previously caused delays in vital supplies and the loss of a police officer, who was permanently stationed outside a medical center.

1 week ago

Pottstown Hospital (Tower Health)
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A Pa. hospital’s revoked property tax exemption is a ‘warning shot’ to other nonprofits, expert says

Judge Christine Fizzano Cannon found that the nonprofit Tower Health system was operating a Montco hospital with the motive of profit.

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