Hour 1 of The Dawn Stensland Show:
- Local News Headlines/News Rundown
- In an email late Thursday night, Mayor Jim Kenney’s office announced Philadelphia’s city-wide mask mandate would be repealed. Earlier in the day, Kenney appeared on a Washington Post podcast in which he vigorously defended reinstatement of the mandate—even labeling those who disagreed with the mandate as “selfish.”
- During his interview with the Washington’s Post Paige Winfield Cunningham, Mayor Kenney denied that crime overall is rising in Philadelphia and blamed the city’s uptick in violent crime on Pennsylvania’s relaxed gun laws—claiming it’s harder to get a driver’s license than a gun.
- Yeadon City Council announced they will begin searching for a new police chief. Former police Chief Anthony Paparo is currently suing the county for wrongful termination, alleging he was terminated because of his skin color.
- On Thursday, Congressman Dwight Evans announced a $51 billion plan to stem gun violence in the nation’s largest cities. In order to fund the proposed legislation, the U.S. Congress and Senate would need to pass both the VICTIM Act and Build Back Better.
- On Thursday, the recreational sale of marijuana became legal throughout the state of New Jersey.
