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In this Dec. 29, 2015 file photo, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks with members of the media at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Wolf makes the case for keeping disaster declaration in place

“We’re missing the whole point of this,” said Wolf. “We’re trying to stay safe from a virus that is bent on infecting as many people as it can.”

6 years ago

(Yong Kim/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

The Pa. legislature approved a resolution ending Wolf’s coronavirus emergency declaration. What happens now?

The governor says he'll reject the measure, which Republicans say he doesn't have the power to do.

6 years ago

National Guard tends to COVID-19 patients
Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: Day by day, fewer patients hospitalized

The number of people getting inpatient treatment in Delaware as of Tuesday night was 108, less than half the figure of May 21.

6 years ago

The boardwalk in Ocean City, N.J.
Down the Shore
Community

‘We are running out of time,’ boardwalk business owners say to Murphy

Business owners on the Ocean City boardwalk are pleading with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to lift restrictions.

6 years ago

Lead service lines being replaced in Newark, summer 2019. The city’s replacement program is expected to be completed well ahead of schedule. A schedule for the rest of the state is up in the air. (Governor's office)
Health
NJ Spotlight

Replacement of unsafe lead service lines delayed by pandemic’s economic fallout

Murphy administration eliminates plan to spend $80 million to start replacing the lines

6 years ago

The Roots Picnic
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Indefinitely postponed: Looks like the Roots Picnic won’t happen this summer

Event organizers will offer refunds to ticketholders by Aug. 9.

6 years ago

Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

COVID-19 created a backlog of criminal cases in Philly. New budget cuts could make it hard to dig out of it.

Philly’s courts effectively shut down for COVID-19, creating a backlog of cases. Now, city prosecutors and defenders say budget cuts will make it worse.

6 years ago

North Penn High School valedictorian Tony Xu (left) joins other graduation speakers at the high school stadium in Lansdale, where they delivered their speeches for a video recording. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Education

‘Our lack of closure is our closure’: High school valedictorians share mixed emotions

This week’s high school graduations in the Philadelphia area feature student speeches grappling with an uncertain future.

6 years ago

Listen 3:48
Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley speaks with Dr. Ala Stanford, head of the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
Community

Black Doctors Consortium wins city’s first coronavirus testing bid

Tuesday’s announcement represented a change in tune from a few weeks ago, when the Kenney administration expressed hesitancy to fund the group.

6 years ago

Spc. Kim Whitbeck
Health

Del. coronavirus recovery: Grim milestones passed

Delaware’s infection rate is one of the highest in the nation, and the state has now surpassed 10,000 cases — more than 1 percent of the population.

6 years ago

Protesters block the passage of a prisoner transport bus in Philadelphia on May 30, 2020 PROVIDED BY AUTHOR
Community
Billy Penn

I’m a doctor who treated protesters tear-gassed and shot by rubber bullets

An account from the midst of Philly’s upheaval.

6 years ago

City Councilmember Helen Gym and Mayor Jim Kenney. Gym has challenged proposed cuts to city housing programs. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Making a ‘hard situation even worse’: Philadelphians ask mayor to rethink housing cuts

The city’s proposed spending plan leaves $45 million less for affordable housing programs. The cuts threaten four multifamily projects, among other programs.

6 years ago

(Dan Nott for Spotlight PA)
Health
Spotlight PA

Thousands of deaths later, Pa. finally mandates universal testing in nursing homes, but not for another month

The Wolf administration on Monday ordered facilities to test all staff and residents once by mid-summer.

6 years ago

Dalton Carter
Health

Delaware’s free saliva test for coronavirus is a snap — and nothing gets shoved up your nose

The state opened sites to offer quick, easy testing, even for those without symptoms. A WHYY reporter navigated the drive-thru gauntlet.

6 years ago

Listen 3:04
Volunteers load food boxes into cars during a food distribution by the Food Bank of South Jersey in Riverside, Burlington County on June 6. (Jon Hurdle/NJ Spotlight)
Community
NJ Spotlight

Food banks expect demand to remain high for months as N.J. starts to reopen

With unemployment at 15%, thousands will struggle to put their own food on the table, food bank officials say

6 years ago

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