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Municipal Government

Philly trash collection floundering from pandemic on, controller’s report says

November 11, 2021November 17, 2021
Rick Rickman

For ten years, the city averaged slightly more than 513,000 tons annually. In the wake of the pandemic, the total skyrocketed to over 617,000 tons. To top it off, sanitation workers are not immune to Covid-19. Mayor Jim Kenney said over the summer many trash collectors have been unable to work.
By Rick Rickman

Transportation

Jerry Wesner: The “New Normal” at PHL — will the airport economy lot ever reopen?

November 9, 2021November 9, 2021
Jerry Wesner
5

The economy lot of the Philadelphia Airport remains closed, and what is being done to address this problem remains a mystery.
By Jerry Wesner

Health

Gina Diorio: More Covid data deception from the Wolf administration

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021
Gina Diorio

The Wolf administration presented irrelevant data on the proportion of Covid deaths, hospitalizations, and cases among the vaccinated versus the unvaccinated.
By Gina Diorio

Election

Former Sec. of State Boockvar and Gov. Wolf staffer helped selectively invite counties for election grants

October 19, 2021November 2, 2021
Todd Shepherd
6

Emails show that former Sec. of State Boockvar and a Wolf staffer participated in selectively inviting counties to apply for election grants — grants that would skew heavily towards Democratic-tilting counties.
By Todd Shepherd

Education

Kevin Mooney: Bucks Co. education officials chose lawyer over health director for Covid policies

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021
Kevin Mooney
1

The parents who spoke up to try and reassert the authority of the public in public education, well, they just seem to exist to pay the taxes.
By Kevin Mooney

Education

Pennsylvania school directors sever ties with national group after letter likening parents actions’ to ‘domestic terrorism’

October 15, 2021October 17, 2021
Christen Smith
1

The Pennsylvania School Boards Association voted this week to sever ties with its national parent organization over the latter likening some parents’ behavior to “domestic terrorism.”
By Christen Smith

Education

Elizabeth Stelle: Covid didn’t “break” parents

October 10, 2021October 10, 2021
Elizabeth Stelle

Few things are more sickening than the realization that something you disagree with will happen to your child and there is nothing you can do about it. Parents get this, are speaking up, and are ready for big change.
By Elizabeth Stelle

Health

Dispute between Wolf admin and feds delayed vaccine distribution to elderly

October 4, 2021October 7, 2021
Todd Shepherd
1

“Could we please get additional clarification on how this date of December 28 was decided?”…”Were there constraints identified that led DOH to determine it could not start vaccination before the 28th?”
By Todd Shepherd

State Politics

Pennsylvania taxpayer burden unchanged after infusion of federal pandemic aid

September 29, 2021September 28, 2021
Christen Smith

Pennsylvania’s ledger has fallen short by $78.5 billion, a new report shows, leaving taxpayers on the hook for around $18,000 each.
By Christen Smith

Health

Ben Mannes: Did controversy over Covid-19 treatments reveal the FDA’s “Vaccine Bias”?

September 22, 2021September 27, 2021
A. Benjamin Mannes
3

While FDA approvals for potentially breakthrough treatments for Covid-19 languish, many wonder if recent plans from the Biden administration to control the distribution of monoclonal antibodies are a plan to hold back Covid-19 treatments in order to force Americans to get vaccinated.
A. Benjamin Mannes

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Op-Ed

Thom Nickels: Judge not? Crime and punishment over the years.

Thom Nickels: Judge not? Crime and punishment over the years.

schedule December 12 2025
ink_pen Thom Nickels

Recently I received an email from the son of former Pennsylvania state senator, Vincent J. Fumo about my book, Death […]

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