Meir Rinde

1 day ago | billypenn.com | Meir Rinde

A district attorney candidate debate turned into an hour-long questioning of incumbent Larry Krasner after challenger Patrick Dugan declined to participate in the event Tuesday night. Dugan's decision not to attend could mean they won't face each other in an official debate before the May 20 Democratic primary. With no Republican running, the primary will effectively decide the winner in November's election of Philadelphia's top prosecutor for the next four years.

1 day ago | billypenn.com | Meir Rinde

The city plans to nearly double funding for legal defense of local residents facing deportation - but immigrant advocates are calling for a much bigger boost. Mayor Cherelle Parker has proposed increasing Philadelphia's annual contribution to the Pennsylvania ​Immigrant Family Unity Project, or PAIFUP, from $500,000 to $950,000 a year.

1 day ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Meir Rinde

The city plans to nearly double funding for legal defense of local residents facing deportation — but immigrant advocates are calling for a much bigger boost.  Mayor Cherelle Parker has proposed increasing Philadelphia’s annual contribution to the Pennsylvania ​Immigrant Family Unity Project, or PAIFUP, from $500,000 to $950,000 a year.

2 weeks ago | billypenn.com | Meir Rinde

On a June afternoon in 2023, Inspector Robert Ritchie was driving an unmarked police car on West Glenwood Avenue in North Philly when he saw someone standing in the open back of a parked U-Haul moving truck. The man, Saul Miller, was pushing a large brown sofa and a chaise off the truck and onto the sidewalk, according to a police report. When he noticed Ritchie, he quickly finished and got into the front passenger seat. A woman named Lorraine McAfee started driving the truck down the street.

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.