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Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz bags up food that was ordered ahead of time for pick up on April 3, 2020, at Mi Casa Su Casa cafe in Reading, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘I have to keep it strong’: Pa.’s business owners, self-employed fight to weather the coronavirus shutdown

The unprecedented closure has forced owners and contractors to begin tapping deep emotional reserves, and seek out new financial options, to stay afloat.

6 years ago

Listen 4:38
The DEP wants a new environmental impact statement for both phases of the project. (Creative Commons)
Community
NJ Spotlight

N.J., DRBC call on FERC for new environmental review of PennEast

PennEast’s decision to build pipeline in two phases has reignited objections to project, rekindled concerns that have been seething for years

6 years ago

Bottles of hand sanitizer made at the Eight Oaks Farm Distillery sit in a display box at the distillery in New Tripoli, Pa., Monday, March 16, 2020. (Matt Rourke / AP Photo)
Health
PA Post

Pa. establishes helpline for companies that can produce critical medical supplies needed for COVID-19 response

"This portal will help facilitate the connections businesses need to get critical COVID-19-related products to market or retrofit their operations."

6 years ago

US Steel's Clairton Coke Works, near Pittsburgh. (Reid R. Frazier/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Can air pollution make coronavirus worse? Scientists say yes — possibly in both cases and severity

A few years ago, Karen Clay and two other scientists studied the death rates for the 1918 flu pandemic in the U.S.

6 years ago

(Spotlight PA)
Health
Spotlight PA

Coronavirus will accelerate EMS crisis in Pa.’s small towns and rural areas, experts say

When an EMT fell ill with the coronavirus in Upper Merion Township, the department saw its ranks suddenly dwindle. In all, 22 emergency personnel, including the fire chief.

6 years ago

In this Thursday July 19, 2001 file photo, U.S. fugitive Ira Einhorn is taken away by French police in Champagne-Mouton, central France to be extradited to the United States. (Bob Edme/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Ex-guru Ira Einhorn dies in prison at 79, fled after slaying

A former hippie guru who lived the high life in Europe for years after murdering his ex-girlfriend in Philadelphia in the 1970s has died in prison.

6 years ago

(Jessica Griffin/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. needs another 1,000 to 1,400 ventilators, governor says. Here’s how the state is trying to find them.

As of Thursday, 130 COVID-19 patients in Pennsylvania had required treatment with a ventilator, though that number is expected to rise as cases increase.

6 years ago

Ron Fox brings some tomato plants to a customer at his farm stand in Pittsgrove, N.J. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money

With underemployed goats and closed restaurants, farmers brace for coronavirus losses

N.J. and Pa. farmers are bracing themselves as business drops and commodity prices fall while the COVID-19 pandemic rages. They see little help on the way.

6 years ago

Listen 3:09
A mural created by artist Nile Livingston was installed at 17th and Vine streets along with a public hand washing station meant for people who are living with housing instability. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Coronavirus update: Pa. receives less than half of emergency supplies requested from federal government

In one of the quickest meetings in Philadelphia City Council history, members approved $85.4 million in emergency funding to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

6 years ago

A view of a closed Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Cerritos, California. (Kirby Lee via AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Money

Cheesecake Factory is getting a COVID-19 pass on rent. Should Pa. help all renters?

Many businesses in Pa. aren't paying April rent thanks to a provision common in commercial leases. Should the same protection apply to everyone?

6 years ago

The rural Milton Area School District has been distributing technology to families that need it. (Courtesy of Milton Area School District)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Coronavirus shutdown reveals inequity of student internet access across Pa.

Forced to shift learning online due to school closures, districts in rural Pennsylvania have to get creative to get students connected.

6 years ago

Listen 3:56
Love Park is empty during the coronavirus lockdown. (Mark Henninger/Imagic Digital)
Health

Wolf extends stay-at-home orders across Pa.; Worker at Limerick nuclear power plant tests positive

Gov. Tom Wolf extended his stay-at-home order to all 12.8 million people in the state.

6 years ago

Some Pennsylvania short-term rental owners are advertising their spaces as respite from coronavirus. Officials in the Poconos want to shut down the market. (screenshot)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

‘Corona discount’: Gov. Wolf to ban Airbnb after Poconos become per-capita COVID leader

As of Wednesday morning, Monroe County had 236 confirmed cases, the most per capita in Pa., leading the five-county Philadelphia area.

6 years ago

The Delaware County Courthouse and Government Center
The Why
Health

Delco faces COVID-19 without its own health department

The coronavirus has exposed gaps across America’s health care system. One that's been much debated in the Philly region: Delaware County's lack of a health department.

Air Date: March 31, 2020

Listen 14:20
More than 830,000 Pennsylvanians have abruptly found themselves without a job or income following the statewide shutdown of schools and all but “life-sustaining” businesses — decisions intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Community
PA Post

Laid off workers battle outages, jammed phone lines as Pa. unemployment system buckles from coronavirus surge

Some of the dysfunction stems from a 2016 political spat that led to major layoffs in the division that handles unemployment claims, staffing levels never fully recovered.

6 years ago

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