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Courts & Law

A cannibis plant that is close to harvest grows June 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Delaware
Government
Law

Bill giving medical dispensaries first crack at recreational marijuana growing faces opposition in Del. House committee

Some opponents say the license fees are not substantial enough and the proposal could hurt the current supply of medical cannabis.

2 years ago

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Bob Menendez
Government Accountability
Law
New Jersey

Testimony at Sen. Bob Menendez’s bribery trial focuses on his wife’s New Jersey home

A lawyer testified Monday that a businessman saved the senator's then-future wife's home from foreclosure just as the senator allegedly helped him secure business with Egypt.

2 years ago

Sam Lemon, right, speaks during a news conference with Susie Williams Carter, center, and lawyer Michael Pomerantz, Monday, May 20, 2024, in Philadelphia. Carter is the sister of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania, Alexander McClay Williams, 16, and Lemon is the great-grandson of the attorney who represented him. Carter is suing the county where the Black teenager was convicted in 1931. The suit comes two years after Williams' conviction by an all-white jury was vacated. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Criminal Justice
History
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Family of Black Pa. teen wrongly executed in 1931 seeks damages after 2022 exoneration

Sixteen-year-old Alexander McClay Williams remains the youngest person the state has put to death. He was exonerated by Gov. Tom Wolf after researchers dug up new evidence.

2 years ago

inside a prison
Economy
Incarceration
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Costs for Pa. prison system are soaring despite facility closures, putting officials in the hot seat

Prison officials want $300 million in additional taxpayer money in next year’s budget despite a declining population of incarcerated people and the closure of two facilities.

2 years ago

Trump in the courtroom
Crime
Government Accountability

What we’ve learned so far in the Trump hush money trial and what to watch for as it wraps up

Here's a look at what the two sides have argued, who has been missing from the case, what to listen for in the final days and what prosecutors will have to prove.

2 years ago

Michael Cohen
Crime
Government Accountability

Heated day in Donald Trump’s hush money trial ends with defense asking judge to dismiss the case

The request came at the end of a busy Monday, which included Michael Cohen, prosecutors concluding evidence presentation and the judge admonishing a witness for his behavior.

2 years ago

The exterior of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center.
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Pa.’s judges must reveal the perks they accept, but the public won’t find those disclosures online

While disclosures filed by state officials are published online, judges’ forms aren’t. The public must ask for copies — provided they know where to go for that information.

2 years ago

Timothy Boyce being interviewed
Crime
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Former Delaware County emergency services director charged with assault, harassment

Timothy Boyce faces three misdemeanor charges of simple assault, harassment and indecent assault without consent.

2 years ago

Bob and Nadine Menendez
Crime
New Jersey
Public Health

Sen. Bob Menendez reveals his wife Nadine has breast cancer as presentation of evidence begins at his trial

Previously, lawyers for Nadine Menendez had requested her trial on charges in the case be delayed after she had been diagnosed with a serious health issue.

2 years ago

Michael Cohen
Crime
Government Accountability

Michael Cohen pressed on his crimes and lies as defense attacks key Trump hush money trial witness

The defense is trying to sow doubt in jurors’ minds about Cohen’s crucial testimony implicating the former president.

2 years ago

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., leaves the Manhattan federal court after the second day of jury selection in his trial, Tuesday, May, 14, 2024, in New York.
Government
New Jersey

Sen. Bob Menendez traded power for gold, cash, prosecutor alleges

Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz said the 70-year-old politician delivered favors for three New Jersey businessmen since 2018.

2 years ago

Bob Menendez
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Potential Menendez corruption trial jurors are told U.S. senators may be named or called as witnesses

U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham, Cory Booker, Marsha Blackburn and Chris Van Hollen were mentioned as potential witnesses.

2 years ago

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, testifies before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, in Washington.
Elections
National
Politics

Michael Cohen offers inside knowledge in Trump’s hush money trial

Cohen's reimbursements from hush money payments to Stormy Daniels form the basis of 34 felony counts charging Trump with falsifying business records.

2 years ago

Terri Spina shares a tearful hug at the opening ceremony of the Philadelphia Overdose Memorial Garden at Thomas Paine Plaza in 2022. Spina holds a photo of her daughter, Ginamarie Vicent, who died of an overdose at the age of 31. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Addiction
Law
Philadelphia

As Philly prepares to strictly enforce drug laws, some parents who lost children to overdoses push back against criminalization

A group of 400 parents and families nationally are calling for solutions that treat addiction and the opioid crisis as a public health problem.

2 years ago

Listen 1:12
The New Jersey legislature
Government
Government Accountability
New Jersey

New Jersey lawmakers pass overhaul of state’s open records law

The move came despite objections from civil rights groups, the state’s press association and The Associated Press. The legislation now heads to Gov. Phil Murphy.

2 years ago

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