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Challenger Carlos Vega had one of the most sought-after rubber stamps from the Fraternal Order of Police. The fact that the union spent heavily and publicly to boost Vega “served as an emphatic marker of the rapid decline of the FOP’s political brand,” reporters Sean Collins Walsh, Julia Terruso, and Chris Brennan write.

Meanwhile in Pittsburgh, State Rep. Ed Gainey defeated Mayor Bill Peduto, who lost his bid for a third term after coming under criticism for the city’s handling of Black Lives Matter protests last year. Gainey placed racial justice front and center in his campaign and will almost certainly win the November general election and become Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor.

Now to the highest-profile judicial race on the ballot: Commonwealth Court Judge Kevin Brobson of Dauphin County defeated two GOP rivals, setting the stage for a high-stakes fight over an open seat on the state’s highest court.

Pa. voters approved two ballot questions that would curtail the governor’s use of emergency powers in what is widely seen as a referendum on the Wolf administration’s pandemic handling.

Everything you need to know about Philly’s reopening.

What are the CDC mask rules? Use our simple flowchart.

Symptoms of COVID-19, flu, common cold, and allergies can overlap. How to tell the difference.

Side effects mean your COVID-19 vaccine is working. But what if you don’t have a reaction?

Here’s our guide to safety and side effects of the vaccine for kids and teens.

You still have to wear your mask indoors in Philly for another month.

And Philly schools plan to reopen full-time, five days a week, in the fall.

Taking the lead, Penn Health System will require employees to get vaccinated.

Philly is rolling out a plan for taking vaccines to seniors and people with disabilities at home, the city announced. But, advocates are asking, what took so long?

Could Philly jails actually be forced to pay a bail fund $10,000 a day? That’s the ask in a federal lawsuit.

Internal Affairs chief DeShawn Beaufort was demoted and transferred out of the division after he became the focus of an Internal Affairs investigation.

Swarthmore College said it will investigate an allegation that its head women’s basketball coach sexually assaulted a Vassar College player while coaching that team a decade ago.

A South Philly electrical contractor and longtime ally of labor leader John J. Dougherty is going back to prison about a decade after he served a two-year sentence for similar crimes.

“Though the horrors of the pandemic will continue to haunt the city for years to come, the federal stimulus dollars provide Philadelphia with a rare chance to fight for economic growth and to resolve long-standing structural inequalities. Philadelphia should make the most of it,” The Inquirer Editorial Board, which operates independently from the newsroom, writes.

Eviction prevention is at the core of keeping families stable and keeping all children healthy and safe, write Tyra Bryant-Stephens, Center for Health Equity senior director, and Alonzo South, senior director of community engagement at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

A Philly bar owner says every customer of his will have to present their vaccine passport, PhillyMag reports.

Leslie Odom Jr. is giving you Oscar-worthy energy as he teaches Philly slang and traditions in this must-watch Vanity Fair video. Did he miss anything? Drop us a line.

Australia might not reopen until 2022, the New York Times reports.