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Community

‘We’re seeing the need’: Chesco reminds residents to apply for rent assistance as eviction moratorium nears expiration

Chester County received close to $35 million from the Emergency Rental Assistance Program and has already helped about 1,000 families.

4 years ago

This June 1, 2018, file photo shows a housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)
Courts & Law

‘More harm than good’: Most Pa. prisoners are vaxxed, but isolating COVID rules remain

More than 75% of the people incarcerated in Pennsylvania prisons are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but only 22% of corrections staff have gotten the shots.

4 years ago

From left, Philly Teen Vaxx student ambassadors Nina Dilworth and Carmen Sackie. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Health

Pa.’s first lady and acting physician general hold COVID-19 panel for youth

Pennsylvania’s first lady and acting physician general held a virtual panel with young leaders to educate and encourage young people to get vaccinated.

4 years ago

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Courts & Law
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Hearing on Mariner East 2 reroute shows public rifts persist over pipeline project

Sunoco’s defenders say the plan will help complete the work, while opponents urge DEP to deny the permits.

4 years ago

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Health
Spotlight PA

Fired Pa. contractor seeks to secure contact tracing data after learning personal info still online

After Spotlight PA found that Insight Global, the company handling Pa. contact tracing., had not secured its data issues, the company called on ex and current staff for help.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Equity in marijuana legalization must prioritize inclusion, expungement, and diverting revenues from police

In the context of marijuana legalization, equity encompasses many issues, such as seeking to remedy the societal damages from the War on Drugs.

4 years ago

Former Gov. Tom Ridge before Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf takes the oath of office for his second term, on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019, at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Aide says former Pa. Governor Tom Ridge had stroke

Ridge was taken by ambulance from the home in Bethesda, Maryland, to a hospital for treatment, Ridge spokesman Steve Aaron said.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

GOP’s major election overhaul advances in Pa. House as Democrats call it a ‘farce’

The bill — dubbed the Voting Rights Protection Act — includes stricter voter ID, signature verification requirements, and limits on drop boxes.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Wolf, Pa. Democrats again push for passage of LGBTQ discrimination protections

Similar legislation has failed to move out of Republican-controlled committees, and it's unclear if this year will be any different.

4 years ago

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Community
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Fuel spill in Brookhaven, Pa. forces school to go virtual for last week of classes

Some students in Delaware County will be finishing the school year virtually as the cleanup of a major fuel spill continues.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy

A West Philly Dem is going tough on crime. Progressives say his bill is ‘terrifyingly awful’

State Rep. Amen Brown, who took office in January, is pushing legislation that would make sweeping criminal justice changes in two areas.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania Republicans eye referendums to get past vetoes

The lesson, it seems, was in last month's primary, when voters approved two GOP-penned proposals to expand the power of lawmakers over a governor's disaster declarations.

4 years ago

EMS and elected officials monitor the site of an oil spill in Delco
Community

Delco gasoline spill could take ‘weeks, maybe longer’ to clean up

An estimated 4,700 gallons of fuel leaked into a local tributary in Brookhaven late Friday night, killing some aquatic life.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy

‘No more excuses’: Pa. Dems want to use stimulus to fix crumbling schools

Pa. is expected to have a $3 billion budget surplus and more than $7 billion from the American Rescue Plan. Democrats want to use that money to repair schools.

4 years ago

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Community

Louder than a lawn mower, not big on social distancing, cicadas hit Central Pa.

Juniata County is one of the places Brood X cicadas emerged this year, after spending 17 years underground feeding on tree roots.

4 years ago

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