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Pa. bill would end for-profit ownership of health care systems in effort to protect local hospitals

Bill Package Crozer Health

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Pa. House passes bill decriminalizing fentanyl test strips in effort to reduce overdose deaths

Government

New ordinance requires School District of Philadelphia to install water fountains with lead filtration by 2025

Philly schools lead water

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Philly kids and teens can get free meals at these food sites this summer

Free Meal Sites

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Wolf pushes $2,000 checks for some Pennsylvanians amid rising inflation

Government

Plan to restore commuter rail in West Chester could lower SEPTA's original price tag

West Chester Rail

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Pa. bill to study of psilocybin – the drug in magic mushrooms – as mental health treatment languishes in Harrisburg

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Gov. Murphy faces Democratic roadblocks to passing new abortion-rights protections in New Jersey

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Benjamin Franklin Parkway redesign project seeks public input

Ben Franklin parkway Redesign

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Pennsylvania bill would limit discussions of gender identity, sexual orientation in elementary schools

Transparency Bill

Crime

Veterans for Trump co-founder Joshua Macias could face jail over meeting with Proud Boys

Transportation

Philadelphia employers will soon be required to offer commuter benefits to workers

SEPTA Commuter Benefits

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Philly lawmaker seeks to revise curfew for minors during summer in response to gun violence

Curfew bill

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Gov. Wolf to Pennsylvania Republicans: 'Leave trans kids alone'

PA Trans Sports Ban

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Philadelphia was growing prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that's no longer the case

PA Census Data

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Republican-backed bill would expand poll watcher eligibility in Pennsylvania

Government

Philadelphia expands protections for residents as water shutoffs are set to return

Water Department Shutoffs

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New Jersey bill would provide free school meals to students from working class families

Food Insecurity NJ Bill Package

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New Jersey to stop arresting people for low-level bench warrants

NJ Bench Warrants

Weather

Summer hurricanes, wildfires and storms loom as FEMA faces pressure to step up

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Bill to legalize fentanyl test strips passes Pennsylvania House committee

Government

City Council pushes buyback plan to protect community gardens from sheriff's sales

City Council Community Gardens

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Emergency baby formula shipment to arrive in Pennsylvania amid nationwide shortage

Government

Radnor Township prepares to protect abortion rights if Roe v. Wade is overturned

Government

Pa. lawmakers are among the hundreds of state legislators in U.S. who have joined far-right Facebook groups

Government

Gov. Murphy pushes to create licensing program for New Jersey police officers

New Jersey Police

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New Jersey takes actions to prevent price gouging of baby formula

Government

New Jersey to use $10 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds for firefighter safety equipment

Environment

Philadelphia would impose fees on developers who don't replace trees they cut down in effort to improve city canopy

Tree Canopy Bill City Council

Government

New Jersey bill would provide menstrual products to all students in middle and high schools

New Jersey Menstrual Equity

2022 Election

Among Pa. GOP governor candidates, McSwain tops latest fundraising list with $5 million from one source

Bill McSwain

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New Jersey will seek changes to transgender inmate policy

Government

Gov. Murphy pushes to expand abortion rights in New Jersey following leaked Supreme Court draft opinion

Government

Philadelphia could impose heavier fines for illegal dumping as lawmakers push for more spending

Trash Dumping

Politics

Sen. Mastriano wrote paper justifying civilian casualties in 2002, and it's raising eyebrows among war scholars now

Sen. Doug Mastriano

Government

Could number of out-of-state women seeking abortions in Pennsylvania multiply if Roe v. Wade is overturned?

Government

New Jersey’s ban on single-use plastic and paper bags goes into effect

Government

With Supreme Court poised to overrule Roe v. Wade, what would happen to abortion laws in Pa., N.J., Del.

Supreme Court Roe v Wade

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New Jersey state officials make $10 million investment to curb spike in car thefts

Government

Philadelphia to build 1,000 affordable houses as part of new homeownership program

Neighborhood Preservation

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Pennsylvania lawmakers say a system for tracking untested rape kits could help empower survivors

Government

Founder of Black Doctors Consortium appointed regional director of U.S. Health and Human Services by Biden