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Sussex County Sheriff Robert Lee, right, hands the election results to Georgetown Town Crier Kirk Lawson as Sussex County Return Day in 2018. (Delaware State News / Chuck Snyder)
Delaware
Elections
Politics

Delaware post-election show of unity in jeopardy: Will Return Day fall victim to political polarization?

The Return Day tradition is in danger of being swept up – at least in part – in the polarization that has become commonplace in our nation’s discourse.

3 years ago

Vehicles are under water during flooding
Elections
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Environmental groups up their election spending in Pa., citing ‘existential issues’

Environmental groups spend big in Pennsylvania’s midterm elections citing “existential crises” over climate and environmental protection.

3 years ago

An election worker holds a mail ballot.
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Politics

‘We plan to count until the count is done’: How Philly and its suburbs will tally votes on Election Day

Results may not be known on election night for many local and statewide races. Here's how the Philly area vote-counting process will work for the 2022 general election.

3 years ago

Pa. state Rep. Martina White and Pa. state Rep. Craig Staats.
Elections
Government
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Election deniers are on the Pa. ballot in 2022. Some are faring much better than expected

For some candidates in the greater Philadelphia region seeking re-election, their role in the election lies have been largely absent on the campaign trail.

3 years ago

Listen 1:24
City Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson. (Courtesy of Gilmore Richardson's office)
Elections
Employment
Government
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

This Philadelphia ballot question could help solve the workforce crisis in city government

A councilmember and union president make the case for the new civil service credit.

3 years ago

Evans Chebet, of Kenya, crosses the finish line first in the men's division of the New York City Marathon, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
National
Sports

Chebet and Lokedi of Kenya win NYC Marathon races in debuts

Chebet finished in 2 hours, 8 minutes and 41 seconds, which was 13 seconds. Lokedi was running her first-ever marathon and finished in 2:23:23.

3 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at a Capitol news conference
Government
Pennsylvania

Wolf signs bills, including to decriminalize fentanyl strips

With his signatures Thursday, he approved 66 bills.

3 years ago

Philadelphia's 2020 mail ballots in a secure area at the Pa. Convention Center. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Explainers
Government
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Why Philly had such a big drop in mail ballot requests this year

“What kid likes to fill in bubbles, like a standardized test?” one youth vote organizer said.

3 years ago

Three people smile and pose with
PlanPhilly
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Politics

When I was 18, I voted to get Trump out of office. Now I vote to make Pa. a better place to live

Voting isn’t just about being motivated to get somebody out of office, writes Kamryn Davis from PA Youth Vote. It’s about the determination to make change in your community.

3 years ago

Shapiro, Obama, Biden, and Fetterman hold hands in front of a cheering crowd.
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Politics

Obama pumps up Fetterman at raucous North Philly rally with Biden and Shapiro

Thousands waited in line for hours to get into the event, where the former and current presidents stressed the importance of Pennsylvania's neck-and-neck U.S. Senate race.

3 years ago

A person's legs are visible as they stand behind a voting booth.
NPR
Elections
National
Politics

Here are 5 key questions to prep you for the coming days of the 2022 election season

The election is likely to extend beyond Tuesday — for days, if not weeks. Here, five questions to help you think about this next phase of the 2022 election season.

3 years ago

Former President Barrack Obama, left, finishes his remarks and welcomes Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, to the stage during a campaign rally in Pittsburgh, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022.
Elections
National
Pennsylvania
Politics

Biden, Obama, Trump make final midterm push in Pennsylvania

Swing-state Pennsylvania is the stage for a clash of presidents on Saturday as each party’s biggest stars work to energize voters just days before voting concludes.

3 years ago

(Author Imani Perry / Ecco)
Radio Times
Government
Infrastructure
Race & Ethnicity
Travel

Bonus Interview: Imani Perry Travels ‘South to America’

In her book, Imani Perry journeys south, below the Mason-Dixon, to explain the painful history of what she calls "the soul of a nation."

Air Date: November 5, 2022 8:00 am

Listen 49:14
Close-up of election workers' hands handling ballots.
Elections
Explainers
Government
Pennsylvania

What to expect in Pennsylvania on election night

AP does not make projections and will only declare a winner when it’s determined there is no scenario that would allow the trailing candidates to close the gap.

3 years ago

Former President Donald Trump is pictured at a rally on Oct. 22 in Robstown, Texas. Trump was subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in October, ordering him to turnover documents and testify before the panel. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability
National

The deadline for Trump to deliver subpoenaed documents has arrived. What now?

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., vice chair of the House select investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, said Trump is legally obligated to comply with the subpoena, but there's a chanc

3 years ago

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