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HomeAuthorsMarissa Howe

Articles by Marissa Howe

City Hall

City Hall: 911 Dispatchers Voice Concerns About Understaffing, Disaster Response

April 30, 2020 Marissa Howe

Dispatchers spoke about challenges they face on the job that could impact public safety

Center City

City Hall: Police Commissioner, Survivors of Gun Violence Testify Before City Council

March 16, 2020 Marissa Howe

The committee focused on the accounts of survivors of gun violence and the loved ones of homicide victims.

Every other chair in the audience section of city council is blocked with a piece of paper that reads, “by request of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, please do not sit in this chair, social distancing is to reduce exposure to COVID-19 coronavirus”
City Hall

City Hall: Philadelphia City Council Responds to COVID-19

March 13, 2020 Marissa Howe

Councilmembers proposed legislation in response to the spread of the new coronavirus

Center City

City Hall: Mayor, City Officials Announce First COVID-19 Case In Philadelphia

March 11, 2020 Marissa Howe

An adult resident of Philadelphia is being quarantined and treated at home.

Several hundred people sit in the pews in a church. Two people are seated at a table in the front of the church, and one of them is speaking into a microphone.
Government

Mill Creek: City Council Public Safety Committee Hears Testimony On Gun Violence

February 25, 2020 Marissa Howe

Community organizers testified about gun violence prevention programs

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