The order comes despite warnings that critical government services will be lost and hundreds of thousands of federal employees will be out of their jobs.

N.J. residents can share story ideas, ask questions and meet WHYY reporters and editors at a “pop-up” newsroom in Princeton.

The new legislation increases fines for environmental violations and directs the money to impacted communities.

Could Democrats or Republicans turn the widely unpopular Big Beautiful Bill into a political win in 2026? Plus, we’ll look at what’s holding up Pennsylvania's state budget.

Seaside sparrows at Cooks Beach have their own “dialect.” Rowan University researchers monitor their songs as a way to track salt marsh health.

Philadelphia’s largest city workers’ union is on strike. Here’s the latest AFSCME District Council 33 represents 9,000 employees ranging from sanitation workers to crossing guards. Trash pick-up, ...

Kids' health "reflects what’s happening in society at large,” said Christopher Forrest, a pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and a co-author of the study.

Gov. Josh Shapiro joins an iftar, an evening meal to break fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at Al-Aqsa Islamic Society in North Philly. (Sandra Jones/WHYY) According to Asif Hussain, ...

Missed inspections and asbestos wrapped in duct tape at Carnell Elementary Of the nearly three dozen schools mentioned in the agreement, the most extensive problems were at Laura Carnell Elementary ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! As the 2026 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race approaches, the Republican field is ...

New Jersey voters are heading to the polls Tuesday for the 2025 primary election. Voters are weighing in on their party’s nominees in the crowded race for governor. Ras Baraka, Steve Fulop, Josh ...

The course will take an Africalogical approach, examining Lamar’s life through an Afrocentric lens. It will explore the socioeconomic and cultural conditions of his hometown, Compton, California, and ...