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Auditor General report recommends Temple improves on employee background checks, sexual harassment training

29 April 2021 Fallon Roth

The audit provides 20 recommendations in total to the university.

Pennsylvania SNAP benefits include new student eligibility

02 March 2021 Lawrence Ukenye and Emma Padner

Temple students eligible for work study or those with family contributions of $0 can apply for SNAP.

Pennsylvania eases out-of-state travel restrictions

01 March 2021 Amelia Winger

Philadelphia will follow Pennsylvania in expanding the occupancy capacity for indoor and outdoor events.

Pennsylvania tightens COVID-19 restrictions as cases rise

17 November 2020 Lawrence Ukenye

Colleges and universities will be required to test students returning to campus after fall and winter breaks.

Trump campaign sues Pennsylvania over ballot counting process

04 November 2020 Amelia Winger

The campaign filed lawsuits in Pennsylvania and Michigan demanding Republican poll workers be given better access to locations where ballots are processed and counted.

City, state approve Temple’s campus return plan

28 July 2020 Colin Evans

The university plans to bring some students back to Main Campus for in-person classes this fall.

Pennsylvania, other states sue Trump administration over international student rule

13 July 2020 Pavlína Černá

The lawsuit challenges a rule that would force international students taking only online classes to leave the country.

Abortion access is essential, even amid COVID-19

06 May 2020 Christina Mitchell

Eight states have temporarily restricted, suspended or prohibited abortion access in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Social distancing and stay-at-home orders are necessary

21 April 2020 Editorial Board

The Editorial Board responds to a protest against Gov. Tom Wolf’s stay-at-home order amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tracking confirmed cases and COVID-19 related deaths in Pennsylvania

17 March 2020 Pavlína Černá and Colin Evans

Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed 88,074 cases of COVID-19 so far, 6,712 people died.