Coronavirus Pandemic

The taxpayer money will be spent on city payroll and operating testing sites as well as other emergency operations.

When schools shuttered suddenly, teachers faced a question: What do I do now? Many of them got creative to stay in-sync with students.

The stimulus program also includes increased unemployment benefits — even for gig workers.

The numbers on a national level are equally sobering: a record 3.3 million Americans filed for the unemployment benefits in a single week.

Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate has risen the fourth most in the country. At least 649,967 people have filed for compensation in under two weeks.

Superintendent Hite will ask for Board of Education approval to buy 50,000 devices for Philly families that lack computers.

We talk about the $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill the Senate passed on Wednesday, the details of the package, and how it might impact individuals and the economy.

Long before the coronavirus pandemic reached Philadelphia, advocates were on the front lines of another crisis: gun violence.

Delaware, along with other states, is taking measures to decrease its prison population as part of the nationwide effort to flatten the curve of coronavirus.

Delaware has more than 1,000 child care facilities. They are reeling, but many remain open with reduced enrollment as coronavirus infects more across the state.

The legislation includes direct payments to Americans, an aggressive expansion of unemployment insurance and billions of dollars in aid to large and small businesses.

Indoor air is often worse than outdoor air due to trapped toxins, household appliance emissions and allergens from pets and dust mites.

Many people have become interested in growing their own vegetables during this pandemic, to try and feed themselves and those around them.

Good urban design helped Philadelphia stop 19th-century disease outbreaks. It can also lessen the impact of COVID-19 and future epidemics.

Deed recordings must now be done online in Philly and outlying counties. But some suburban and rural jurisdictions aren’t set up for the shift.