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Former Bucks County Solicitor Joe Khan announced Wednesday his bid to become Pennsylvania’s Attorney General in the 2024 election. WHYY’s Emily Rizzo spoke with Khan in an exclusive interview.
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New Jersey officials have launched a new system that aims to increase and improve access to support for violent crime victims. WHYY’s Kenneth Burns reports.
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A new report says it’s possible that police departments across New Jersey are failing to meet updated mandates from the Attorney General's Office regarding making police complaint forms accessible. WHYY's Kenneth Burns reports.
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A nationwide uptick in strep throat infections is the latest unintended consequence of lifted pandemic precautions, according to experts.
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Ten years ago, the Camden County Police Department began patrolling the streets of the City of Camden, taking over for the dissolved city-controlled law enforcement agency, which lost half of its officers due to a budget crisis.
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Philadelphia’s Holocaust Memorial Plaza, in Center City, is looking to update the way it remembers the atrocity suffered by Jews during World War II. WHYY’s Peter Crimmins reports on a new mural project meant to make the Holocaust more relevant to contemporary audiences.
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wants to renew a federal funding initiative for hundreds of fire departments across the state. From the New Jersey Desk, WHYY's Tennyson Donyea reports.
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It's legal now in Delaware for adults 21 and over to have, use, transport and share marijuana. Retail stores to buy weed won't open for more than a year, however.
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The Greater Philadelphia Region gets a failing grade when it comes to air quality. WHYY's Tom MacDonald reports.
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A plan to transport liquified natural gas along the Delaware River has hit another roadblock. WHYY's Zoe Read reports a federal agency has denied an extension for a permit to transport LNG by rail from western Pennsylvania to Gibbstown, New Jersey, where it would then be shipped overseas.
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A bill that would require fingerprinting, training and a permit to buy handguns has been resurrected in Delaware. WHYY's Cris Barrish reports on the measure that lawmakers left behind last year when other gun control steps became law.
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A White House official recently met with addiction medicine experts in Philadelphia this week to look for ways to address the threat of xylazine, an animal sedative that is appearing in a record number of drug overdose deaths – locally and nationally.