Joe Yerardi
Data Reporter and News Developer at The Philadelphia Inquirer
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2 days ago |
inquirer.com | Joseph N. DiStefano |Joe Yerardi
Philadelphia car owners are used to paying more for insurance than suburban residents— a fact “anybody in the city of Philadelphia knows,” State Rep. Jordan Harris of West Philly pointed out last year at a Harrisburg hearing. “The average Philadelphia driver needs to have answers: ‘Why is my car insurance so damn high?’” Harris told the state insurance commissioner.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Joe Yerardi
Saturday was a birthday to remember for Fatoumata Sacko. The Community College of Philadelphia mathematics major rang in her 22nd trip around the sun on the stage of Temple University’s Liacouras Center, where she delivered the college’s commencement address to 1,800 fellow members of the school’s 2025 graduating class.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Joe Yerardi |Chris Williams |Lizzie Mulvey
President Donald Trump signed more than 135 executive orders in his first 100 days in office, the primary force delivering a whirlwind of new policies that have upended the federal government. The impacts of these on Philadelphia and Pennsylvania have varied, with some immediately apparent and others yet to appear. Here are four areas data show early effects on the region.
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3 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Joe Yerardi |Ariana Perez-Castells
While state employment numbers have yet to see the full impact of President Donald Trump’s cuts to the federal workforce, new data released Friday show a greater impact on Pennsylvania than the national average, for a second consecutive month. Pennsylvania’s federal workforce shrunk by 400 from February to March, according to preliminary data released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That left the state with 103,200 federal workers, a decline of 0.4%.
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1 month ago |
inquirer.com | Anna Orso |Joe Yerardi
Former Philadelphia Judge Patrick Dugan is far outpacing District Attorney Larry Krasner in fundraising — bringing in twice as much cash — as he tries to unseat the city’s progressive top prosecutor, according to campaign finance reports filed this week. Dugan has a bevy of unions to thank for that, most notably the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council, a juggernaut political power in the city that is backing his underdog campaign against Krasner, a two-term incumbent.
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"Why is my car insurance so damn high?" is a question on the lips of many Philly drivers. Data show the average premium has risen twice as fast in the city as in its suburbs over the past decade. @PhillyJoeD and I took a stab at answering the question https://t.co/Px2FNH1gmo
RT @latguild: Statement from the leadership of the @latguild, the union for @latimes journalists, on today's layoffs: https://t.co/GgvBao6d…
RT @daveweigel: Incredible anon-flation here. My old boss is amazing, please don’t tell anyone I said that.
