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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Energy
Environment
Philadelphia
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Energy Solutions extends pay for refinery workers

PES said it was continuing its efforts “to secure the facility” in anticipation of a possible sale and restart after an explosion and fire in late June.

7 years ago

In this file photo, a woman shouts while marching with service workers asking for $15 minimum wage pay during a rally at Newark Liberty International Airport, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Newark, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Income Inequality
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

N.J.’s minimum wage rises to $10 today in first step toward $15

The law increasing New Jersey’s minimum wage from the current $8.85 bears first fruit today

7 years ago

In this June 27, 2019 photo, a clerk takes a bet from a gambler at the new sportsbook at Bally's casino in Atlantic City, N.J. New Jersey surpassed Nevada in terms of sports betting volume in May, taking the national lead for the first time. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Economy
New Jersey
Sports

New Jersey tops Nevada in sports betting volume in May

Here's all you need to know about how fast sports betting is growing in New Jersey: the East Coast state took in more sports bets last month than Nevada did to lead the nation

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signs the main appropriations bill in a $34 billion budget package that passed the Legislature this week at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Friday, June 28, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Politics

After a week of ‘passions,’ Pennsylvania’s budget is finished

Governor Wolf has now committed to signing all the components immediately, except one.

7 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart (Lindsay Lazarski/WHY)
Government Accountability
Philadelphia

Philly Controller: City has worst accounting controls of 10 largest U.S. cities

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart called Philadelphia’s internal accounting practices a “red flag” that indicates vulnerabilities to corruption and waste.

7 years ago

Cheyney University President Dr. Aaron Walton speaks at the 2019 Philadelphia UNCF Mayor’s Masked Ball. (Ronald Gray/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Higher Education
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

Cheyney, Lincoln universities receive awards from UNCF

The United Negro College Fund recently announced that it has awarded Cheyney University and Lincoln University, two of the nation’s oldest historically black universities.

7 years ago

Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. on the Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Politics
PA Post

Winners and losers in Pa.’s $34 billion state budget package

Below is a look at who stands to win and lose from the budget package, if it gets back on track.

7 years ago

Kris Singh, center, the founder, president and CEO of Holtec International. The company was granted the second-largest tax break in state history, but officials placed a hold on the break following our reporting. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Taxes
ProPublica

A huge tax break went to a politically connected company in New Jersey despite red flags

Holtec told N.J. regulators that Ohio was competing for its new headquarters. Officials there stripped the firm of past tax awards for failing to create the jobs it promised.

7 years ago

Immigration activists rally outside the Supreme Court as justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

Funding for census outreach is unnecessary, GOP tells Wolf

The money would help track hard-to-count people: for instance, elderly residents who might have a hard time with the census's new online form, or people don't speak English.

7 years ago

Holtec International building
Business
Government Accountability
New Jersey

N.J. agency asks tax break recipients for more information after allegations of abuse

The N.J. Economic Development Authority has the power to reduce, suspend, or terminate tax breaks if companies misled regulators on their applications.

7 years ago

(Scott LaMar/WITF)
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Groups criticize Pa. budget shifting $10 million from environmental fund

Sixteen environmental groups sent a letter to Wolf and legislators Tuesday decrying the transfer of $10 million out of the state’s Environmental Stewardship Fund.

7 years ago

House Minority Leader Frank Dermody said it is
Pennsylvania
Politics

Don’t discuss minimum wage, GOP speaker tells Dems during Pa. budget debate

The state House passed the main spending bill for its proposed budget Tuesday afternoon — a major step toward getting a plan finalized by the June 30 deadline.

7 years ago

Gov. John Carney signed Delaware’s $4.45 billion budget Tuesday afternoon in his Dover office. (Courtesy of Carney staff)
Delaware
Politics

Delaware approves $4.45 billion budget to better support education for low-income kids

The Delaware General Assembly approved Gov. John Carney’s $4.45 billion operating budget that includes new spending on education, social services and state workers.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. lawmakers cosign $34 billion budget, but negotiations aren’t over

Pennsylvania House Republicans have started moving the main spending bill for next year's state budget, and it seems likely the Senate and Governor Tom Wolf will support it.

7 years ago

Gur Kimchi, vice president of Prime Air, talks about Amazon's drone delivery service. Federal officials recently approved a patent for the company to explore allowing its drones to provide
NPR
Business
Technology

Amazon explores having its drones provide ‘home surveillance’ for customers

The tech giant is moving closer to a future in which customers order drones to hover around a home and scan for things like a garage door left open or a broken window.

7 years ago

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