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Politics & Policy

Pete Byron
New Jersey
6abc

Wildwood, New Jersey Mayor Pete Byron resigns

Last month, Byron was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine in a federal tax fraud case.

4 days ago

Carl Day posing for a photo
NPR
Elections
Philadelphia

Philly’s ‘pastor of the hood’ Carl Day weighs in on the 2024 election

Philadelphia pastor Carl Day says he'll vote to reelect President Joe Biden in 2024 if it means keeping former President Donald Trump out of office.

5 days ago

Attorney General Merrick Garland appears before a House Judiciary Committee hearing, Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington
Government Accountability
Law
National

House Republicans clash with Attorney General Garland, accusing him of favoring Hunter Biden

Garland's appearance comes at an unprecedented moment in the Justice Department’s history.

5 days ago

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Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pennsylvania’s Senate wants an earlier 2024 presidential primary, partly to have a say on nominees

Lawmakers touted the move as a way to avoid a conflict with the Jewish holiday of Passover and to give voters more of a say in deciding presidential nominees.

5 days ago

Pa. State capitol building at night
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

A bipartisan bill seeks to crack down on Harrisburg’s ‘revolving door’ of lobbyists

Lawmakers and public officials can start lobbying their ex-colleagues within a year. A new bill would add another year to that ban.

5 days ago

President Biden promised to create the Climate Corps during his first week in office. It's a program meant to appeal to young climate activists.
NPR
Environment
Government
National
Sustainability

Biden is unveiling the American Climate Corps, a program with echoes of the New Deal

The White House says the program will provide paid training to 20,000 Americans in its first year.

5 days ago

Centro Judicial de Pensilvania.
Elections
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Elecciones Pa. 2023: Una guía completa de los candidatos a la Commonwealth y las Cortes Superiores

Vea quién se presenta para 2 escaños en la Corte Superior de Pensilvania y 1 en la Corte de la Commonwealth, dos poderosos tribunales de apelación de Pensilvania.

5 days ago

A headshot of Lindsay Powell
Elections
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Democrats again secure one-vote Pa. House majority after Powell wins special election

The vacancy was created when progressive state Rep. Sara Innamorato resigned to focus on her run for Allegheny County executive.

5 days ago

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., plans to hold the first hearing on the impeachment into President Biden next week.
NPR
Government Accountability
National

House Republicans to hold first impeachment hearing next week

White House spokesman Ian Sams dismissed the hearing as a distraction from ongoing divisions among House Republicans.

6 days ago

President Joe Biden addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023

Biden exhorts world leaders at the UN to stand up to Russia, warns not to let Ukraine ‘be carved up’

Biden is scheduled to host talks Thursday at the White House with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

6 days ago

Centro Judicial de Pensilvania.
Elections
Spotlight PA

Elecciones Pa. 2023: Una guía completa de los candidatos a la Corte Suprema del estado

En las elecciones del 7 de noviembre, el demócrata Daniel McCaffery y la republicana Carolyn Carluccio competirán para ocupar un asiento vacante en la Corte Suprema de Pa.

6 days ago

A closeup of Philadelphia Mayor Kenney
Addiction
Government
Philadelphia
Public Health

To veto or not? Philly Mayor Jim Kenney unhappy with City Council injection site ban

Kenney wouldn’t commit to vetoing legislation that would ban the sites in most of Philadelphia. It passed with a veto-proof margin.

6 days ago

Close-up of Gov. Shapiro speaking
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has made it easier to register to vote when drivers get or renew a license

Twenty-three other states and Washington, D.C., already have varying models of what is called “automatic voter registration.”

6 days ago

A headshot of Lindsay Powell
Elections
Pennsylvania

Control of the Pa. House will again hinge on result of a special election

A win for Connolly Autenreith would give the House back to Republicans, and the party would control both the House and the Senate.

6 days ago

A flier sent out by For A Better Philadelphia and received by a voter has the word LEGAL superimposed on it
Elections
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

What the decision against the Philly Ethics Board means for big money in local politics

Was Jeff Brown’s coordination with a super PAC “subverting the law” or business as usual?

6 days ago

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