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Tony Morano, 38 (left), and Anne Douglass, 60, set up tents along the bike path in Norristown. (Courtesy of Mark Boorse)
Homelessness
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Pennsylvania

Advocates say there’s ‘no place’ for unhoused people in Norristown, where it may soon be illegal to stay in parks past dusk

Norristown Borough is considering a new “dawn-to-dusk” ordinance, which would make it officially illegal to sleep overnight in the borough’s parks.

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File photo: President Joe Biden gestures toward reporters as he departs Marine One and walks to the Oval Office on the South Lawn of the White House on July 20. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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President Biden has tested negative for COVID again but will remain in isolation

President Biden is negative for COVID-19 after a rebound case but will remain in isolation pending a second negative test, the White House announced on Saturday.

4 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at left by Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., speaks to reporters after a closed-door policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Medicine
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Senate parliamentarian OKs most of Dems’ drug price controls

It's an important win for Democrats as they prepare to start moving their sprawling economic bill through the chamber.

4 years ago

Abortion-rights protesters fill Indiana Statehouse corridors and cheer outside legislative chambers, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, as lawmakers vote to concur on a near-total abortion ban, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Arleigh Rodgers)
Health Care
National
Public Health

Indiana becomes 1st state to approve abortion ban post Roe

Indiana lawmakers approved the near-total abortion ban with some exceptions, including in cases of rape, incest, and to protect the life and physical health of the mother.

4 years ago

A closeup of a marijuana plant
Business
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New Jersey

N.J. commission proposes licensing requirements for weed delivery

Commissioners also set forth proposed guidelines for distribution and wholesale companies.

4 years ago

Mark Dinglasan smiles into the camera.
Government
Income Inequality
New Jersey

Gov. Murphy picks North Jersey aid leader to direct Food Security Advocate office

Mark Dinglasan, who leads a food bank in Passaic County, has been picked to run a newly created state office that will tackle food insecurity.

4 years ago

Climate activists held a celebration of the proposed Inflation Reduction Act and protest for more government action on climate change outside Sen. Bob Casey's office in Philadelphia on Aug. 5, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Pennsylvania
Sustainability

‘We’ll take the win’: Pa. advocates celebrate progress on Senate Democrats’ climate bill

In party hats, activists pushing for action on climate change rallied at Sen. Bob Casey’s office to support the Inflation Reduction Act.

4 years ago

Two election employees check the tabulations made by voting equipment.
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Elections
Government
National
Politics

New data sheds light on one method to combat election lies

People driven by misinformation are acting on it to harass election workers — and election officials are struggling to find an effective message to fight back.

4 years ago

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Elections
Media

Meta mum on election misinformation efforts as midterms loom

Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in U.S. elections.

4 years ago

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Environment
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Politics
Spotlight PA

Critics call water quality bill moving through Pa. legislature a back door to privatization

The bill requires some public water systems to create an asset management plan, a mandate that municipal leaders and environmental groups are questioning.

4 years ago

Mehmet Oz, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks at a primary night election gathering in Newtown, Pa., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
Radio Times
Elections
Pennsylvania

Election 2022: candidates battle for Pennsylvania

John Fetterman is trolling Mehmet Oz on Twitter; PA Supreme Court upholds mail-in voting law; Doug Mastriano hasn't yet tried to appeal to the general electorate

Air Date: August 5, 2022 10:00 am

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Kari Lake speaks at a news conference
Elections
National

Trump ally Kari Lake wins GOP primary for Arizona governor

Republicans now enter the general election sprint with a slate of nominees closely allied with Trump who deny that Biden was legitimately elected president.

4 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that the Senate would vote to move forward on the Inflation Reduction Act, the Democrats' package that tackles climate change, prescription drugs and inflation, this weekend. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
NPR
Environment
Government
Health Care

Senate will take up Democrats’ tax, climate and health bill on Saturday, Schumer says

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has repeatedly said Democrats are on track to pass the Inflation Reduction Act in the coming days, but a few roadblocks still stand in the

4 years ago

Alie Utley and Joe Moyer react to their county voting against the proposed constitutional amendment during the Kansas for Constitutional Freedom primary election watch party in Overland Park, Kansas on August 2. (DAVE KAUP/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Elections
Health Care
Public Health

How the 2022 midterms strategy could change after the Kansas abortion vote

The decisive vote against curbing abortion rights in a deeply conservative state has political strategists in both parties recalibrating their views on the upcoming midterms.

4 years ago

Alex Jones talks to media during a midday break during the trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, July 26, 2022. An attorney for the parents of one of the children who were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting told jurors that Jones repeatedly “lied and attacked the parents of murdered children” when he told his Infowars audience that the 2012 attack was a hoax. (Briana Sanchez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool)
Radio Times
Media

Why people believe conspiracy theories

From QAnon to Covid misinformation, people believe all kinds of bizarre conspiracy theories. But far from harmless, these beliefs can have serious real-world consequences.

Air Date: August 4, 2022 10:00 am

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