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SEPTA’s Battery Powered Buses Need a Major Jolt to Keep Up With Expectations
Nearly a year and a half after SEPTA rolled out its fleet of battery powered buses — each costing nearly a million dollars — most…
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Central Bucks School District Parents Face Off Over September’s Mask Requirements
Considering recent differences of opinion, when Central Bucks School District teaches Shakespeare this fall, Hamlet’s famous quote might well be reframed as “To mask or…
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Yes, ‘All Politics Is Local’; But Pennsylvania Takes the Notion to the Extreme
Pennsylvania is among the top three states in the nation for its number of local governments. Only Texas and Illinois are ahead of us, writes…
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Pennsylvania System for Distributing State Education Aid Among the Most Regressive in Nation
Pennsylvania state spending on K-12 public education is among the lowest in the nation. Worse, its distribution has been ranked one of the most regressive,…
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Chew on This: Despite Its Dental Benefits, Support for Fluoridated Water Supplies Is Going Down the Drain
While Philadelphia fluoridates its drinking water, many of its surrounding suburban towns do not. How this public service got scaled back was explained by Kenny…
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Conwell-Egan High School Principal Assesses COVID-Tinged School Year in Virtual Educational Roundtable
Matthew Fischer, Conwell-Egan Catholic (CEC) High School principal, looked relieved on camera. As part of a virtual roundtable discussion on the 2020-2021 school year across Philadelphia and its suburbs, he…
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As High School Graduates Process, One Doylestown Student Marches to the Beat of the Social Justice Drum
Sarah Zhang, Central Bucks East High School class of 2021, has made a name for herself already. At 18, she’s a standout, leadership voice in the struggle for area social justice, reports…
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Despite Impending Summer Break, Discontent About Bucks County School Mask Policies Linger
Bucks County parents’ differing opinions on school masking policies has been simmering for months. Now, as restrictions and the school year ebb, tempers are still at the boiling point, reports Emily Rizzo for WHYY. …
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Being Out of Work May Be Difficult, But the Task of Filing Pa. Unemployment Claims Is Getting Easier
Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry is readying a solution that should help soothe the frayed nerves of people out of work in the Commonwealth.…
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Bucks County Playhouse Puts Sex (in the City) Onstage
Candace Bushnell, writer-producer behind Sex in the City, is appearing in a one-woman show this summer at the Bucks County Playhouse, reports Peter Crimmins for WHYY. …
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Pipersville Cardiac Patient Undergoes Clinical Trial of Heart Device
On March 21, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave thumbs up to a nonsurgical heart valve that ensures the proper direction of blood flow. This boon to babies…
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