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Guthrie Conygham, manger of ACCT’s off-site adoption unit, holds Missy, an adoptable kitten, at City Hall. (Kyrie Greenberg for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

New Philly coalition aims to end euthanization of pets at shelter

Last year, 18,000 animals were surrendered to the Philadelphia shelter.

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf announcing his declaration of a 'State of Emergency' to deal with the opioid epidemic
Politics & Policy

Gov. Tom Wolf declares ‘state of emergency’ in Pa. opioid epidemic

There will be a command center at the state's emergency management headquarters in Harrisburg and provide wider access to the prescription drug monitoring program.

8 years ago

Listen 5:38
Charles Howard is shown in Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
Speak Easy
Community

Continuing King’s fight, with love in the age of hate

This year, we as a nation should not celebrate King Day. It’s not that Dr. King does not deserve this national holiday. It is America that does not deserve to celebrate him.

8 years ago

Waliyyuddin Abdullah drops off daughter Florrie, a first grader, at Powel School in West Philadelphia. Abdullah chose Powel over his neighborhood school in North Philadelphia.
Education

The Philly school choice system no one is talking about

Every year, thousands of Philadelphia families choose a traditional public school outside their neighborhood. So is that a good thing, a bad thing or something else?

8 years ago

Listen 5:42
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie waves to lawmakers before delivering his final state of the state address at the Statehouse in Trenton Tuesday. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Video of Governor Chris Christie's final State of the State address

Outgoing Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that New Jersey needed “tough and plain-spoken leadership” when he took office e ...

8 years ago

Listen 5:32
Philadelphia's new poet laureate Raquel Salas Rivera.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia names new poet laureate

Raquel Salas Rivera, a gender-fluid, Puerto Rican writer, has been named Philadelphia's new city poet laureate.

8 years ago

Listen 2:24
New Jersey State Prison in Trenton.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

New Jersey lifts prison ban on ‘The New Jim Crow,’ a popular book on mass incarceration

The New Jersey Department of Corrections has lifted a ban on the book “The New Jim Crow” at two of its prisons, following a complaint from the state chapter of the ACLU.

8 years ago

Listen 2:10
Ed Zaleski, pictured with his sons in a family photo, was found dead in his jail cell at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility hours after he was arrested.
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Family demands answers after Philly man addicted to heroin dies hours after incarceration

Three-quarters of Philly's prison inmates have a history of substance addiction. Is the system equipped to help them?

8 years ago

Listen 4:42
Homeless men crowd into the dining room of the Sunday Breakfast Association, where a prayer service was being held.
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Bitter cold sparks continuing Philly efforts to shelter homeless

Through Monday morning, the warming center at Cione Recreation will be open 24 hours a day —.and no ID is necessary to come inside.

8 years ago

Listen 1:36
In the most recent Gallup polling, 74 percent of Americans rated the U.S. Postal Service as excellent. Overall, those polled approve of federal agencies, but not the U.S. government.  (Matt Rourke/AP, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Majority like U.S. agencies — but not government, Gallup poll finds

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

8 years ago

Listen 6:53
Spring Garden School is one of several schools whose outdated heating system would cost more to repair than to replace.
Education

Heating problems in Philly schools rise as temperatures plunge

Philadelphia School District facilities workers have been on the job since Christmas to fix faulty heating units. It's a $70M problem.

8 years ago

The U.S. Capitol building at dusk in Washington (Evan Vucci/AP, file)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Area U.S. lawmakers seeking common congressional ground for 2018

Infrastructure, foreign policy, improving Affordable Care Act among priorities for federal legislators in 2018.

8 years ago

Listen 4:50
A six-year-old Chinese immersion program in Delaware elementary schools now has more than 1,000 students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Next year the initiative will expand to middle school. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
First
Education

Mandarin magic in Delaware K-5 classrooms

Foreign language has been a staple of high school education for years, but in Delaware, more than 1,000 Delaware elementary students spend half their day learning in Chinese.

8 years ago

Listen 5:09
Thousands of used needles litter the ground at a heroin encampment in Kensington. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

‘Safe-injection site’ more likely for Philly, but big hurdles to clear

According to sources close to the talks, the controversial proposal aimed at addressing the city’s deadly opioid crisis must first overcome resistance from some key players.

8 years ago

Listen 4:33
Former N.J. Gov. Brendan Byrne waves as the audience sings him Happy Birthday, as his wife Ruthi Zinn Byrne applauds, for his 90th birthday during the N.J. State Chamber of Commerce annual Congressional Dinner in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Former New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne dies at 93

A New Jersey governor who mobsters said was too ethical to be bribed and who authorized the law permitting gambling in Atlantic City has died. Brendan Byrne was 93.

8 years ago

Listen 3:16
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