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Pa. Republicans respond to gun violence by trying to impeach Philly’s DA

Republicans in Harrisburg are moving to impeach Philly’s DA, with little input from the city residents who re-elected him last year.

3 years ago

Benjamin Ginsberg, Washington attorney and elections lawyer, left, BJay Pak, former U.S. Attorney in Atlanta, center, and Al Schmidt, former city commissioner of Philadelphia, are sworn in to testify as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Radio Times

The Jan. 6 hearing and the ‘big lie’

The second Jan. 6 hearing showed former President Trump was told repeatedly there was no election fraud but still pushed 'the big lie' in an attempt to overturn the election

Air Date: June 14, 2022 10:00 am

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Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Facing pressure from Democrats, Pa. panel avoids considering gun bills in wake of mass shootings

By sending a slate of firearms-related bills to another committee, a GOP-controlled panel threw cold water on an effort to force a vote on the legislation.

3 years ago

The Pennsylvania Capitol is shown in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021.
Government
Pennsylvania

Wolf, lawmakers launch Pa. budget season with billions to spend

It is a particularly unusual spot for a state that has been largely mired in deficits since the Great Recession and is struggling with a shrinking workforce.

3 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks at a podium.
Economy
Employment
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Philadelphia
6abc

President Biden to visit Philadelphia on Tuesday, speaking at AFL-CIO convention

The convention brings 57 unions together to debate, vote on resolutions and chart the course for the labor movement's future.

3 years ago

From left, Republican election attorney Ben Ginsberg, former U.S. Attorney for Georgia, Bjay Pak, and Al Schmidt, the only Republican on Philadelphia's 2020 elections board, are sworn in to testify before the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee
Government Accountability
National

Jan. 6 hearing: Barr calls Trump’s election claims ‘detached from reality’; Al Schmidt testifies

Witnesses appeared before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack as the panel focused on the “big lie,” Trump's false claims of voter fraud.

3 years ago

Delaware State Capitol Building in Dover. (Paul Brady/Bigstock)
Delaware
Government
Gun Violence
Public Safety

‘We don’t want mass shootings.’ Delaware poised to enact gun control package, including assault-style weapons ban

The package of gun bills has the support of leadership in the Democrat-controlled House and Senate, and Gov. John Carney.

3 years ago

Laid out near the U.S. Capitol are 2,280 schoolbooks and broken pencils that represent the 2,280 children that have been killed by gun violence since the Senate has refused to bring a vote on background checks, during a rally in Washington, Friday, June 10, 2022.
Gun Violence
National
Public Safety

Senate bargainers announce outline of gun violence agreement

Senate bargainers have announced a bipartisan framework responding to last month’s mass shootings in New York and Texas.

3 years ago

Burlington County's Human Services Building in Westampton, N.J.
Behavioral Health
Government
New Jersey
Public Health

Council to advise Burlington Co. on how to spend J&J settlement

Burlington Co. is set to receive $13.6 million from N.J.’s share of the Johnson & Johnson opioid settlement. An advisory council will tell them how to spend it.

3 years ago

People participate in the second March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control in front of the Washington Monument, Saturday, June 11, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
Gun Violence
National
Protests

‘Enough is enough’: Thousands demand new gun safety laws

Speaker after speaker in Washington called on senators, who are seen as a major impediment to legislation, to act or face being voted out of office.

3 years ago

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, speaks during a joint press conference with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, June 11, 2022. Von der Leyen is making her second visit to Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
International
Military

Ukraine: Russia said to be using more deadly weapons in war

A regional governor accused Russia of using incendiary weapons in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk province.

3 years ago

A closeup of City Hall
PlanPhilly
Employment
Government
Philadelphia

Legislative effort to rehire retired Philly police officers is on ice

Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration could take action on its own, but it’s unclear if or when that might happen.

3 years ago

View of an empty shelf in a grocery store where usually baby formula products are available.
Economy
Government
Kids
Pennsylvania

New baby formula plant gets another $8 million from Pa.

The new funding comes amid a nationwide shortage of infant formula.

3 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall.
Elections
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Politics
Billy Penn

In Democratic ward elections full of infighting (and physical fighting!) Philly progressives make key gains

Open or closed? City Dems are battling over who gets to decide endorsements.

3 years ago

President Biden sits in a chair, with the U.S. and Brazilian flags behind him, at the Summit of the Americas.
National
Public Health
Travel

U.S. lifts COVID-19 test requirement for international travel

The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights.

3 years ago

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