✨Some news ✨. Today is my first day as Data Editor at @PhillyInquirer! I started my career learning from Inquirer reporters and it’s a real thrill to join a news organization I’ve admired for so long. So excited!. Send me your data — sstirling (at) inquirer (dot) com.

“You feel like a French fry under a heat lamp." . Data show that Philadelphia if off to the 3rd muggiest start of summer since the 40s. W/ the great Tony Wood. Story:

Millions in terminated NIH grants are being restored to researchers in the Philly region. via @LizzieMulvey and Aubrey Whelan

Proposed SNAP changes could cost PA millions. Via Mackenzie Kerneckel .

ICE Detentions soar in NJ with opening of Delaney Hall; at 15 year highs across region. Via @JoeYerardi .

At @PhillyInquirer , we've been tracking the impact of federal cuts to Philly's scientific research community for months. We found $47M in claimed cuts. We spoke to confused and angry researchers, some who don't understand why their grants were axed.

"Young people, aged 18 to 35, make up the bulk of Pa.'s deportation cases since June last year. Single men are particularly 'easy targets,' Rodriguez says, since 'there won’t be such a big public outcry.'" . Children make up 19% of Pa. cases. More:

Thousands of people from PA and NJ have been removed from the US since January. Thousands more have had new deportation cases filed against them. Per data from TRAC, only 27 percent of new cases have had attorney representation. More:

HHS marked $9.6 million in NIH grants for termination in PA and NJ this week. We're tracking here:

Truly fascinating day for democracy in New Jersey. Here's what we're watching .

Details on the PA teacher discipline system via @maddiehanna @LizzieMulvey & @enactdev .

An Inquirer review of PA's disciplinary actions against Philly-area educators found at least a dozen instances in which the state took more than a year to act on the licenses of teachers charged with crimes that the law says warrant immediate suspension.

Details via @PhillyInquirer's @SarahGantz & @LizzieMulvey.

Delaware County hospitals, already under strain from previous closures, are bracing for more patients after the closure of Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital.

Reporters @JoeYerardi and @sbcmw dig in to the data: .

Do local endorsements actually make a difference in Philly elections? The DA's race gave us an opportunity to take a look.

This is the clarion call of the most basic people on the planet. I find engaging new art and culture in this world every day, generated by every generation alive. If this is all you see, widen your fucking view.

Tom and Wayne gone. I smile every time I think about the literal hordes of investigative reporters these two old friends trained. RIP Tom Robbins.

RT @rw_briggs: RIP to a real one. Courtesy of Senior Inquirer Boat Bureau Chief @XimenaReports

The death of a medium is sad! But shoutout to the hardworking staff at @njdotcom who carry the torch for legacy the SL.