Jim Melwert
Suburban Bureau Chief at KYW-AM (Philadelphia, PA)
KYW Newsradio suburban bureau chief; Kidney donor; Ironman; Gamecock
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1 week ago |
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) - The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed a bill that would legalize adult-use marijuana. House members debated the bill for nearly two and a half hours, but few minds were changed as it ended with a party line vote. The bill passed 102-101 with all Democrats in favor and all Republicans opposed, meaning its future is at best uncertain as it now has to pass the Republican-controlled State Senate.
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1 week ago |
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) - The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is prepared to vote on Gov. Josh Shapiro's plan to shift hundreds of millions of dollars to public transit - including SEPTA. While the bill is expected to pass the House, it's the same as legislation that didn't see the light of day in the state Senate last year. The vote could come as soon as Wednesday.
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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - The Pennsylvania legislature is once again considering bills that would open a window for victims of child sexual abuse to sue their abusers if the statutes of limitations have expired. Concerns from both sides of the issue were presented Monday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing. Pennsylvania changed its law in 2019 to allow current victims of child sexual abuse until their 55th birthday to sue their abusers.
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2 weeks ago |
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PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) - The man who admitted to attacking a pregnant woman who is carrying his child outside her Hatfield apartment last week is back behind bars after a Montgomery County judge increased his bail. Raymond Bautista, 35, of Allentown, is in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility after Judge William Carpenter increased his bail to $500,000 cash and ordered no contact with the woman he is accused of attacking.
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2 weeks ago |
audacy.com | Jim Melwert
BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) - On the heels of a 73-page report from an independent investigation into abuse allegations in a Central Bucks special needs classroom, a Bucks County commissioner says she has taken steps she hopes will get the case assigned to Bucks County's Office of Children and Youth.
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