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Philadelphia
Taxes

Three former Philly revenue dept. employees facing bribery charges

Philadelphia residents Jarredd McQueen, Demarys Natal and Nicole Mixon are being charged with allegedly soliciting and accepting bribes totaling an estimated $57,900.

6 years ago

Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference
Elections
Politics

Trump’s election lawsuits plagued by elementary errors

“The sloppiness just serves to underscore the lack of seriousness with which these claims are being brought."

6 years ago

Zhanon Morales, 30, of Philadelphia, raises her fist as demonstrators call for all votes be counted during a rally outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Elections
Philadelphia

Pa. high court takes up Trump challenge to 8K Philly votes

The case involves 8,329 absentee and mail-in ballots where the voter signed their ballot’s outer envelope, but didn't handwrite their name, their address or a date on it.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Local 98 bribery case: Philly Democrats are fundraising to pay Councilmember Henon’s legal fees

Indicted by the feds alongside union chief John Dougherty, the three-term lawmaker is heading for a January trial.

6 years ago

The United States Courthouse is seen, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020, in Williamsport, Pa. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo)
Elections
Pennsylvania

In court, Giuliani argues to block Biden win in Pennsylvania

The court case is over the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit seeking to prevent Pennsylvania officials from certifying the vote results.

6 years ago

The White House
Business
Government Accountability

U.S. judge blocks Trump Administration rule inhibiting unions

The rule would have harmed the bargaining rights of more than 500,000 home healthcare workers in California and several hundred thousand additional workers across the nation.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump arrives to speak at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
The Why
Pennsylvania

Why Trump’s lawyers keep targeting Pa.

The Trump campaign has filed numerous lawsuits aiming to stop Pa. from certifying its votes. WHYY reporter Ryan Briggs explains the suits and where they are going.

Air Date: November 17, 2020

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Diana Cortes
Law
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

Philadelphia appoints first-ever Latina city solicitor

Cortes will succeed Marcel Pratt in overseeing the city's 330-employee law department. She currently chairs its litigation group.

6 years ago

Anthony Voci speaks at a podium.
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

Philly’s chief homicide prosecutor demoted as murders reach three-decade high

DA Larry Krasner’s decision regarding veteran prosecutor Anthony Voci reportedly came down Monday.

6 years ago

A sign hangs in front of an American flag, as a handful of supporters of President Donald Trump continue to protest outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center, in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Elections
National
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

A cheat sheet for the Trump election lawsuits still alive in Pa.

Two weeks after Election Day, President Donald Trump’s campaign is still engaged in bitter litigation over several lawsuits contesting Pennsylvania’s results.

6 years ago

Hate crimes rose to their highest numbers in a decade, with a record-breaking 51 fatal attacks, according to the FBI's annual hate crimes report for 2019, released Monday. (ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

FBI report: Bias-motivated killings at record high amid nationwide rise in hate crime

Hate crimes rose to their highest numbers in a decade, with a record-breaking 51 fatal attacks, according to an FBI count released Monday.

6 years ago

Elise Schiller holds a photo of her daughter Giana Natali
Philadelphia
Public Health
Public Safety

Safehouse debate in appeals court centers on two sentences in ‘crackhouse statute’

The question of whether the Philadelphia nonprofit can open a supervised injection site comes down to language in the U.S. Controlled Substances Act.

6 years ago

Deborah Howland lost her daughter to opioids in May of 2018
Philadelphia
Public Health

US prosecutors take second swing at Philly supervised injection site in federal appeals court

A refresher on the twists and turns of the case against the Philadelphia nonprofit, Safehouse, as it moves to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.

6 years ago

Department of Homeland Security acting Secretary Chad Wolf makes an opening statement at his confirmation hearing
Immigration
National
Politics

Judge: DHS head didn’t have authority to suspend DACA

About 650,000 people are part of DACA, which allows young immigrants who were brought to the country as children to legally work and shields them from deportation.

6 years ago

Marijuana buds are seen in a prescription bottle
Economy
Health Care
Law
New Jersey
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

N.J. weed bill on hold as social justice advocates push for ‘justice’

All that was left was to set up the marketplace for recreational marijuana. Many say they were dismayed by lawmakers’ first try at enabling legislation.

6 years ago

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