Stephen Stirling

3 weeks ago | mahoningmatters.com | Stephen Stirling

Pennsylvania and New Jersey have been targeted with more than $1 billion in grant terminations as of Tuesday as President Donald Trump's administration pushes to slash government spending. The Philadelphia Inquirer is tracking the impact locally in an effort to help readers better understand how government funding is being cut or threatened.

3 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Stephen Stirling

Pennsylvania and New Jersey have been targeted with more than $1 billion in grant terminations as of Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administrationpushes to slash government spending. The Philadelphia Inquirer is tracking the impact locally in an effort to help readers better understand how government funding is being cut or threatened.

1 month ago | inquirer.com | Anthony R. Wood |Stephen Stirling

Barring something that defies history — and no computer model is suggesting that will happen — Philadelphia’s snow total is going to finish at less than half the long-term average for the fourth consecutive season. The forecasts are suggesting a near 100% chance that March is going to be annoying, with spring teases alternating with cold shots.

2 months ago | inquirer.com | Anthony R. Wood |Stephen Stirling

It has been a wintry slog, but Philly finally has caught the Super Bowl city in the 2024-25 snow derby. With the official 3.1 inches measured at Philadelphia International Airport Wednesday morning, the seasonal total jumped to 8.0, matching the New Orleans’ total, all of which fell in one historic day last month. Elsewhere in the city, totals were right around 3 inches, which was about what the National Weather Service had forecast.

Jan 20, 2025 | inquirer.com | Anthony R. Wood |Stephen Stirling

Snow totals from Sunday’s storm varied across the region, with radical differences in some places only a few miles apart, according to the spotter reports posted by the National Weather Service. Generally, however, they ranged from 3 to 6 inches in the suburban counties to the north and west of the city, and 2 to 3 in Philadelphia and South Jersey.