Good morning. It’s Friday, September 27th Philadelphia City Council passed legislation to protect the city’s children from being exposed to lead in rental housing. The lead safety bill was approved in a sixteen-to-nothing vote Thursday. Its passage follows an 18-month battle between landlords and child safety advocates. The new bill will require landlords to test all rental housing for lead every four years.

Good morning. It’s Thursday, September 26th. Pennsylvania’s two U.S. senators fell on opposite sides of the impeachment debate yesterday. Democrat Bob Casey said he supported the impeachment inquiry of the president, saying that Trump’s conduct was a “textbook case of abuse of power.

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, September 25th. Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced yesterday that the House of Representatives will begin a formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. The dramatic development came following reports that the president pressured Ukraine to investigate 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden and his family.

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, September 24th. The search for a missing New Jersey five-year-old is now in its second week. Dulce [DUL-say] Maria Alavez was last seen in a playground in Bridgeton’s City Park on September 16th. And there haven’t been any major breaks in the search. Authorities are still looking for a man in a red van who has been described as both a suspect and a possible witness in the girl's disappearance.

Good morning. It’s Monday, September 23rd. New Jersey Senator Cory Booker announced he is on the verge of dropping out of the race for the White House. Booker made an appeal to donors over the weekend in an effort to revitalize his presidential campaign. His campaign manager said that Booker will not continue to run without the necessary money because he does not want to pull resources that would be better focused on beating Donald Trump.

Good morning. It’s Friday, September 20. Pennsylvania State Police has quietly stopped collecting data on the race of drivers its troopers pull over … which makes it nearly impossible to detect systemic bias. An investigation by the Spotlight P.A. reporting collaborative learned that the agency made the move in 2012 without announcing it publicly. A spokesperson for the state police said the decision was made because studies found no evidence of racial profiling during stops.

Good morning. It’s Thursday, September 19th. Pennsylvania state senator Mike Folmer resigned yesterday, a day after he was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography and other crimes. Folmer is a Republican from Lebanon County, and is known as one of the Senate’s staunchest conservatives. Law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Folmer’s house and discovered two child pornography images on his phone.

Good morning. It’s Wednesday, September 18th. Former Vice President Joe Biden leaned into his long history of support for and from labor unions when he spoke in Philly yesterday. While fellow frontrunner Bernie Sanders may have gotten the warmest reception at an event where presidential candidates were able to make their cases to workers. The event was put together by the Philadelphia AFL-CIO. The group’s leader previously urged unions to keep their money out of the Democratic primary.

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, September 17th. Democratic presidential candidates will be in Philly today for a labor forum. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders will be joined by five other candidates. They will speak for 20 to 30 minutes in front of a crowd of about two thousand people. The Workers’ Presidential Summit was started by the president of the Philadelphia AFL-CIO out of a concern that unions could be too quick to support Biden.

Good morning. It’s Monday, September 16th. Experts say there are warning signs that a U.S. recession could be coming. But Philadelphia’s housing market is continuing to grow at a historic pace. Home prices in Philly have risen forty-six percent in the last seven years. And experts say the rapid growth has made housing a key part of Philly’s local economy. Would all that growth be lost if a recession hits? Not necessarily.