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COVID-19

Health

A $900 Covid test? Taxpayer-funded Covid testing program failing to get off the ground in PA schools

January 20, 2022January 27, 2022
Todd Shepherd

A Covid-testing program intended to help capture outbreaks early enough for schools to remain open for in-person learning has only given 97,000 swabs since the contract was initiated six months ago.
By Todd Shepherd

Government

Clarice Schillinger: Houston, we have a problem

January 19, 2022January 19, 2022
Clarice Schillinger
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Pres. Biden and Gov. Wolf have failed to be transparent with Pennsylvanians. The good news is we are Americans, we are Pennsylvanians, and we will take back our commonwealth.
By Clarice Shillinger

Health

Gina Diorio: The Covid context the Wolf administration isn’t giving

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022
Gina Diorio
2

Pennsylvanians deserve to know the full picture of Covid-19 hospitalizations. Whether the problem is opaqueness or incompetence, transparency should not be this hard.
By Gina Diorio

Education

Some Pennsylvania schools go remote despite conflicting guidance

January 11, 2022January 14, 2022
Victor Skinner

Dozens of Pennsylvania schools are returning to remote learning in response to a spike in Covid cases across the commonwealth, despite conflicting concerns about the move.
By Victor Skinner

Education

Beth Ann Rosica: “Two years to flatten the curve”

January 10, 2022January 10, 2022
Beth Ann Rosica
2

After almost two years of bad Covid policies in schools, it is time to follow the science and do what’s best for the students.
By Beth Ann Rosica, Ph.D.

Op-Ed

Richard Koenig: A New Year’s resolution: Get back to pre-Covid normal — soonest

December 31, 2021January 5, 2022
Richard Koenig

All I want for the New Year is an end to the “new normal.”
By Richard Koenig

Health

Gabe Kaminsky: Philly’s indoor dining vax mandate hurts everyone

December 29, 2021December 29, 2021
Gabe Kaminsky
5

Philadelphia’s new vaccine mandates are anti-common good and anti-science
By Gabe Kaminsky

Education

Christine Flowers: Mask-enforcers aren’t practicing what they preach

December 22, 2021December 26, 2021
Christine Flowers

Mandatory masking hurts students, especially when hypocrisy is involved. It’s time for schools to stop flaunting the same rules they want imposed on children.
By Christine Flowers

State Politics

Sen. Regan: Time to end government control on wine and spirits

December 21, 2021December 21, 2021
State Sen. Mike Regan
1

After nearly 90 years of this state-run monopoly, now is the time to end government control of the sale of wine and spirits.
By Senator Mike Regan

Education

Philly’s health department guidance results in segregating unvaccinated children at one Northeast elementary school

December 20, 2021December 27, 2021
Todd Shepherd

There is no formal policy for Philly public schools to separate vaccinated and unvaccinated children. That doesn’t mean it’s not happening.
By Todd Shepherd

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Op-Ed

Thom Nickels: The trash police

Thom Nickels: The trash police

schedule July 09 2025
ink_pen Thom Nickels

The current sanitation strike in the city got me thinking about the trash police that used to patrol the streets. […]

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