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 Hong Nguyen attempted to vote on voting day but her voting booth didn’t have translator to assist with the process. (Nathaniel Hamilton/for NewsWorks)

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 ...

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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 ...

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 Democratic primary candidate for governor Rob McCord reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar to preschool students at the Children's Village Early Learning Center. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

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

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 A kit with naloxone, also known by its brand name Narcan, is displayed at the South Jersey AIDS Alliance in Atlantic City, N.J. on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

The 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 ...

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Newcomer 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

Four steps towards oligarchy: Unlimited political spending, low taxes, unlimited immigration, voter ID.

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

 Leonard Nimoy as Captain Spock in Star Trek, 1966.  (Photo by CBS)

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

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Keystone Opportunity Zones not designed to be measured

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 Pictured during a forum in Philadelphia are three of the four remaining gubernatorial candidates left in the race: U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz (center) Former Pennsylvania environmental protection secretary Katie McGinty (left) and York businessman Tom Wolf. Not pictured is PA State Treasurer, Rob McCord. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

Still 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

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Government Accountability

District Council members assign targets for affordable housing

12 years ago

 State Sen. Vincent Hughes (D-Phila.) is proposing a five percent severance tax on shale gas to help the city's struggling public schools (Katie Colaneri/WHYY)

Old debate over taxing Marcellus Shale getting new life

A Republican state representative from Bucks County has introduced legislation to create a severance tax on shale gas. Democrats r ...

12 years ago

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Clarke’s plan and why all affordable housing isn’t created equal

12 years ago

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