Heather Chin
Deputy Editor at Billy Penn
deputy editor @billy_penn @whyy | @aajafreelance co-director + @aajaphilly nat'l board rep | @switchboardnyc | Always curious, often hungry | RT/like=🤔🤣🤗🔖
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2 weeks ago |
billypenn.com | Heather Chin
A surge in illegal dumping during the pandemic led City Council to pass laws in 2022 toughening penalties. Then-councilmember Cherelle Parker spearheaded a change that sharply boosted fines to $5,000 per dumped object, for each person involved. That allows massive fines to stack up. Fort instance, the biggest penalty the city has pursued in court, $963,000, followed the involved the dumping of used tires in Fairmount Park in May 2023.
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2 weeks ago |
billypenn.com | Heather Chin
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health lost three COVID-era federal grants in what leadership described as a "fluid situation," internal emails show. The loss of up to $50 million in funding for research into infectious diseases, children's health and vaccines is putting hundreds of people's jobs at risk. Continue reading... Dine Latino Restaurant week is back again with an eclectic mix of participating restaurants from now through Saturday, April 12.
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2 weeks ago |
asianamericans.einnews.com | Heather Chin |Natalia Sánchez Loayza |Meir Rinde |Violet Comber-Wilen
The Philadelphia Department of Public Health lost three COVID-era federal grants in what leadership described as a “fluid situation,” internal emails show. The loss of up to $50 million in funding for research into infectious diseases, children’s health and vaccines is putting hundreds of people’s jobs at risk. Continue reading…Dine Latino Restaurant week is back again with an eclectic mix of participating restaurants from now through Saturday, April 12.
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2 weeks ago |
billypenn.com | Heather Chin
Thousands of demonstrators chanting slogans and waving signs against President Donald Trump and his policies, marched from City Hall to Independence Mall on Saturday for the "Hands Off!" protest. Messages written on signs voiced concerns about cuts to social services, immigration policies, science, health care, civil rights, voting rights, and human rights. The action was part of a nationwide movement organized by the 50501 Movement in collaboration with various advocacy groups.
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3 weeks ago |
billypenn.com | Heather Chin
Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey joined 20 other states and Washington, D.C. in filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration in an effort to stop/prevent the termination of $11 billion in grant funding to public health departments and programs.
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