Philadelphia City Council declined to vote on one of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s school board nominees Friday, apparently bending to pressure from charter school advocates. KYW’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb reports the mayor is standing behind her nominee.





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Philadelphia City Council declined to vote on one of Mayor Cherelle Parker’s school board nominees Friday, apparently bending to pressure from charter school advocates. KYW’s City Hall bureau chief Pat Loeb reports the mayor is standing behind her nominee.
 
 
(Photo credit: Philadelphia Board of Education)

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Parker's school board nomination for Joyce Wilkerson blocked by council for lack of support

Legislation that would make it a crime to use tracking devices like Apple Airtags to stalk someone has passed the Pennsylvania House and is on its way to the State Senate. KYW Suburban Bureau Chief Jim Melwert reports.

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Legislation that would make it a crime to use tracking devices like Apple Airtags to stalk someone has passed the Pennsylvania House and is on its way to the State Senate. KYW Suburban Bureau Chief Jim Melwert reports.
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Pennsylvania House passes bill to prevent stalking using remote devices

City Council is firing the latest salvo in the power struggle with the mayor over how school board members are selected. We get the story from KYW education reporter Mike DeNardo.

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City Council is firing the latest salvo in the power struggle with the mayor over how school board members are selected. We get the story from KYW education reporter Mike DeNardo.
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Should Philly elect its school board? City Council to hold hearings on concept

Abducted in 2006, Shamari Taylor was found dead in a shallow grave under a charter school parking lot in 2018. Little was known since then, but now the U.S. attorney has announced federal charges against five men involved in his kidnapping and death. As KYWs Crime and Justice reporter Kristen Johanson tells us, the elaborate plot includes three other victims.

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Abducted in 2006, Shamari Taylor was found dead in a shallow grave under a charter school parking lot in 2018. Little was known since then, but now the U.S. attorney has announced federal charges against five men involved in his kidnapping and death. As KYWs Crime and Justice reporter Kristen Johanson tells us, the elaborate plot includes three other victims.
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Parker's school board nomination for Joyce Wilkerson blocked by council for lack of support

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