Politics & Policy
Breaking up with the School Reform Commission will be hard to do
Those whom the gods would destroy, they first grant their wishes. Two out of three Philadelphians want to see an end to the School ...
12 years ago
ListenNutter’s executive order on ICE detainers will put more violent criminal aliens on Philly’s streets
When Arizona tried to enforce its own standards on illegal immigration, that state was told immigration is exclusively a federal matter.< ...
12 years ago
Asian American voters not getting language help at Philly polls, complaint says
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund has filed a complaint against the City Board of Commissioners over what it says ...
12 years ago
Philly police will no longer hold immigrants on behalf of ICE
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has publicly signed an executive order that the city will no longer keep immigrants in police custody a ...
12 years ago
McCord wants to nearly triple Pa. spending on early education
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob McCord stopped by a Philadelphia nursery school on Wednesday to stress Pennsylvania’s need f ...
12 years ago
Fracking dialogue has been a classic case of nobody listening
Politics are Newtonian. That is, they follow ol’ Isaac’s Third Law of Motion. To wit: For every action there is ...
12 years ago
Pa’s latest attempt at gift ban leaves capitol observer skeptical
The Pennsylvania House will take up a ban on cash gifts passed by the state senate yesterday. NewsWorks Tonight Host Dave Heller sp ...
12 years ago
ListenThe time I nearly OD’d, and the thing that saved me
Narcan is in the news. It’s a drug that counters the effects of an opiod overdose. Since it needs to be injected, it hasn ...
12 years ago
ListenNewcomer aiming to take on Rep. Fitzpatrick in Bucks County
Pennsylvania Democrats hoping to pick up a Congressional seat this year are targeting Republican Mike Fitzpatrick in Bucks County, and on ...
12 years ago
The latest 5 to 4 Supreme Court ruling lifting the overall limit on direct contributions to federal political campaigns is not the end of ...
12 years ago
Judge promises ruling soon on GOP challenger to Gov. Tom Corbett
A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court judge plans to rule “quickly” on whether Gov. Tom Corbett’s only Republican challenge ...
12 years ago
Moving day tugs at even a Vulcan heart
Last week, my wife and I moved out of the house where we raised our kids. In the busy run-up to the moment when the moving van edg ...
12 years ago
ListenStill hard to stand out in Pa. governor’s race, even with smaller field
The race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Pennsylvania is now a four-way contest. The size of the field doesn’ ...
12 years ago