Delaware County is looking for an estimated 700 volunteers to help operate a medical site, built inside the shuttered Glen Mills Schools, for those not suffering from COVID-19 — to lighten the load on hospitals during a potential regional surge of coronavirus patients. Last week, a bipartisan group of local members of Congress — led […]

Chester County Democrats predict they will surpass Republicans in the total number of registered voters sometime in April, reversing a decades-long advantage the GOP has held there. Should it happen, the event would mark another significant shift in Pennsylvania’s politics at a time when suburban and exurban voters have become highly coveted in elections, from […]

Small businesses everywhere are struggling with the impact of coronavirus shutdowns, but those in college towns will be particularly hard hit as thousands of students have gone home and won’t be returning this school year — even after shutdown orders are lifted. State College, Pennsylvania, home to Penn State University, emptied out on March 6 […]

Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation Friday postponing the state’s presidential primary elections from April 28 to June 2, amid ongoing concerns over public gatherings and the spread of the coronavirus. The legislation was passed unanimously by the Pennsylvania state House and Senate earlier this week, with many legislators casting their votes remotely due to social-distancing concerns. “Delaying […]

New social distancing requirements for gun stores means the long lines seen outside businesses over the past week will disappear. But the retailers themselves will remain open after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf ended days of confusion over whether his order for non-essential businesses to close applied to gun stores and ammunition retailers. Tuesday afternoon, Wolf […]

With daily life upended — schools, restaurants and workplaces closed while shelter-at-home orders keep people homebound — getting the right information can be twice as difficult. As a consequence, Philadelphia residents are placing twice the usual number of calls to Philly311, the hotline dedicated to answering questions on city services. Yet the service has been […]

The Pennsylvania Department of State is making it easier for retired healthcare professionals to join the fight against the coronavirus by suspending some licensing requirements, fees and renewals, the department announced Wednesday morning. “These new regulation suspensions increase the number of available and qualified healthcare practitioners in Pennsylvania by allowing retired practitioners to re-enter their […]

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has teamed with the district attorney from Bucks County to crack down on over 709,000 toll violations at turnpike interchanges in Bucks and Montgomery counties. Montgomery County also deputized an investigator and district attorney at the request of Bucks County to join in the effort. The cost to the turnpike of […]