Courtney DuChene

1 month ago | riskandinsurance.com | Courtney DuChene

Topics: Financial Services | June 2015 Issue | Managed Care | May/Jun. 2025 Issue | Return to Work | Workers' Comp | Workers' Comp Forum Over the past few years, there’s been “an explosion of technology,” in workers’ comp according to Dr. Robert Hall, corporate medical director of Optum workers’ comp and auto no-fault. The industry, which had long hesitated to adopt new tech, has rushed to adopt new safety tools and technologies that help ease the burden of adjusters.

1 month ago | greenphl.com | Courtney DuChene

| Philly will get a ton of benefits if its first-ever Tree Plan succeeds. Right now, our trees store 99,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year. That number will increase as the canopy grows. Our hottest neighborhoods — currently 22 degrees warmer than those with more tree coverage – could cool down, making it easier for residents to enjoy summer, lower utility costs and save $20 million per year due to the environmental benefits. The plan would create 1,000 jobs.

1 month ago | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Courtney DuChene

May. 12, 2025 Philly will get a ton of benefits if its first-ever Tree Plan succeeds. Right now, our trees store 99,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year. That number will increase as the canopy grows. Our hottest neighborhoods — currently 22 degrees warmer than those with more tree coverage — could cool down, making it easier for residents to enjoy summer, lower utility costs and save $20 million per year due to the environmental benefits.

1 month ago | metrophiladelphia.com | Courtney DuChene

This article was originally published by Green Philly and the Philadelphia Citizen as part of a project series for the Philadelphia Journalism Collaborative. “SAVE MY TREE!”That’s what Nicole Fakhoury heard her two-year-old son crying and begging over the phone, over the sounds of a chainsaw. Fakhoury was at work last January when her babysitter called in a panic.

1 month ago | thephiladelphiacitizen.org | Courtney DuChene

Just a few weeks ago, Charlene Samuels, Constituent Services Representative for City Council Minority Leader Kendra Brooks, got a desperate call from a woman who was about to become homeless. Samuels had been living in the same apartment for a few years when her landlord told her he had sold it, and that she’d have to move out by April 30. The woman, who has three young children, didn’t know how she would find an apartment so quickly. She also knew, however, that isn’t how Philly’s laws work.