SEPTA Restores Service, Cameras Will Catch You Speeding & Voting on Judges
It’s the Friday News Roundup. Host Trenae Nuri and executive producer Matt Katz talk about this week's headlines, including: SEPTA cuts getting reversed (thank goodness – but what are the consequences of how it all went down?), speed cameras on Broad Street (is 25 mph too slow?), and the judicial retention election this fall (we explain what that means). Plus, our spit-take on Philly sports.
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- Philly board of health approves city-wide permitting rules for mobile services
- PA Supreme Court justices talk retention elections, court operations at Philadelphia forum
- National money starts flowing into critical Pa. Supreme Court retention races
- SEPTA service restoration is a short-term win | Editorial
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