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A heat health emergency is declared when temperatures are high enough that vulnerable people, like elderly or homeless residents, are at a higher risk of becoming sick or dying from heat.
Cristian Custodio-Aquino, 28, of Portland, will spend 30 years in a state prison in exchange for his plea, prosecutors said.
Chief Defender Keisha Hudson said services in specialty courts and emergency bail hearings would be affected July 1 if more money is not allocated.
An order from the party to rerun the ward leader election would be a notable rebuke for Bass, a vice chair of the Democratic City Committee.
52 Philly schools will dismiss early on the last day of classes for the 2025-26 school year, with extreme heat in the weather forecast.
FloatLab reaches Southwest Philly after a lengthy trip up the East Coast.
Prosecutors accused some of their colleagues of filing documents that were "not supported by the record" and said the conviction should actually stand.
The move is an about-face from last week, when the superintendent told Council and the mayor that the system couldn't restore the positions “without a commitment to recurring and predictable funding."
Superintendent Russell Johnston said the district's expenses are projected to rise next year at double the rate of revenues, even after a reorganization that eliminated 20 positions.
Nonrenewal proceedings against a charter school that has sued the city were halted by a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge.
