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What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.
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No Small Endeavor

What does it mean to live a good life? What is true happiness? What are the habits and practices that lead to human flourishing? No Small Endeavor examines these questions with host Lee C. Camp.

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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.

7 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?

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 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.

7 years ago

A federal medical station is set up at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Monday, March 30, 2020, to accommodate an influx in hospital patients due to the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Gov. Wolf extends stay-at-home order to four more Pa. counties

Pennsylvania has quarantined its entire prison population of 44,600 people following the first confirmed COVID-19 case in one of the state’s correctional facilities.

7 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf. (Spotlight PA)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. schools closed indefinitely due to coronavirus

Prior to Monday’s announcement, Pennsylvania’s school-closure order extended through Monday, April 6.

7 years ago

(Courtesy of Aaron Arnold)
Health
Spotlight PA

Syringe exchanges deemed ‘life-sustaining’ during Pa. coronavirus shutdown, raising hopes for eventual legalization

After working with people with substance use disorder for nearly a decade, it’s second nature for Clayton Ruley to remind them not to share syringes for injecting drugs.

7 years ago

In this file photo, Mariner East 2 pipeline construction crews work in the backyards of homes on Lisa Drive in West Whiteland Township, Chester County, on May 2, 2018 after sinkholes opened in the area. That caused one of the ME2 project's many delays. (Marie Cusick / WITF)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

State environmental regulator cancels public hearings due to COVID-19

The state Department of Environmental Protection canceled seven public hearings

7 years ago

(Tim Tai/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pa. eases rules for health care workers as coronavirus crisis reveals ‘inflexibility’ in professional licensing

In an effort to boost the number of health care professionals on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, Pennsylvania is chipping away at the bureaucratic barriers.

7 years ago

(PA Department of Revenue)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Delay of tax deadline due to the coronavirus will cause ‘significant disruption’ to Pa.’s budget process

With the coronavirus outbreak leading to layoffs, and a record spike in unemployment claims, Pennsylvania has delayed the deadline for filing personal income tax returns.

7 years ago

Clinical staff workers conduct a drive-through COVID-19 test Wednesday, March 18, 2020, at Allegheny Health Network's Wexford Health + Wellness Pavilion in Wexford, Pa. (Steph Chambers/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP Photo)
Health

Gov. orders Delaware visitors to self-quarantine; Pa. reports first COVID-19 case in state prison

Delaware Gov. John Carney is ordering anyone coming from outside the state to self-quarantine for 14 days.

7 years ago

(Spotlight PA)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania is now streaming its daily coronavirus briefings with Spanish captions

The Wolf administration added Spanish captions to a web stream of its daily coronavirus briefing Friday.

7 years ago

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