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File photo: In this July 19, 2018, photo, Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Walorski's office says that she was killed Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, in a car accident.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski killed in car crash, her office says

She previously served three terms in the state’s legislature. Walorski, 58, was born in South Bend and lived near Elkhart, Indiana.

4 years ago

Governor Phil Murphy stands next to Frank Giampa of Vesta Wood-Fired Pizza and Bar in East Rutherford. (Edwin J. Torres/NJ Governor’s Office).
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Gov. Murphy signs law extending expanded outdoor dining rules

Recent surveys have found that a high percentage of restaurant patrons would like to see COVID-inspired outdoor dining continue.

4 years ago

Sen. Joe Manchin speaks to reporters
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Explaining the $14 billion tax ‘loophole’ that Senate Democrats want to close

The "carried interest loophole" allows hedge fund managers to tax their income at a lower rate than an ordinary salary. The unpopular provision has survived many challenges.

4 years ago

Kansas state Rep. Stephanie Clayton reacts as a referendum to strip abortion rights out of the state constitution fails.
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By an overwhelming margin, voters in Kansas decide to keep abortion legal

Kansas was the first state to vote on abortion rights since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson's Women's Health Organization.

4 years ago

A close-up of someone handling a mail-in ballot.
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Pa. is giving counties cash for elections. But some say the strings attached might make their jobs harder

Pennsylvania’s latest budget included new funding for counties to administer elections. But counties say it includes strings that make their jobs harder.

4 years ago

Jon Steward (center) walks with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. (left) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., to a news conference after the Senate passed a bill designed to help millions of veterans exposed to toxic substances during their military service, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Senate approves bill to aid vets exposed to toxic burn pits

The GOP objections delayed final passage, infuriating veterans groups and advocates, including comedian Jon Stewart.

4 years ago

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Justices uphold Pennsylvania’s 2019 mail voting expansion

The 5-2 ruling means expanded vote-by-mail will almost certainly be in place for marquee races in November for governor and U.S. Senate.

4 years ago

This handout photo taken and released by Malaysia’s Department of Information, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, waves to media as she tours the parliament house in Kuala Lumpur, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022. Pelosi arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday for the second leg of an Asian tour that has been clouded by an expected stop in Taiwan, which would escalate tensions with Beijing. (Malaysia’s Department of Information via AP)
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U.S. Speaker Pelosi arrives in Taiwan, raising China tensions

Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday night, becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island that is claimed by China in 25 years.

4 years ago

Upclose view of John Fetterman
Elections
Pennsylvania

Trolling along: Fetterman going big on social media vs. Oz

The social media strategy could prove potent in defining Oz as a carpetbagger disconnected from the state's residents and culture.

4 years ago

File photo: The State Capitol in Trenton (Alan Tu/WHYY)
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Advocacy groups, N.J. lawmakers decry lack of transparency in American Rescue Plan funding process

This week, Gov. Murphy will hold two public hearings where people can weigh in on how the remaining $1.4 billion in N.J.'s ARPA funds can be spent.

4 years ago

Up-close photo of Joe Sestak speaking into a microphone.
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Politics

Joe Sestak, Christine Todd Whitman join Forward Party, a new third political party

The Forward Party aims to "give Americans more choices in elections, more confidence in a government that works, and more say in our future."

4 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks at a press conference on the PACT Act to benefit burn pit victims on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Washington.
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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s Casey, Toomey on opposite sides of federal burn pit legislation

An expansion of VA benefits to those impacted by burn pits has Bob Casey and Pat Toomey on opposite sides of the legislative fence.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Washington, as he announces that a U.S. airstrike killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP)
Government
Public Health

Biden’s COVID sequel: back on the balcony, dog for company

It’s back to the White House balcony and the Treaty Room for President Joe Biden as he contends with a “rebound” case of COVID-19.

4 years ago

A frame grab from a video aired in 2006 on Al-Jazeera television shows Al-Qaida second-in-command Ayman Al-Zawahiri. (AFP/AFP via Getty Images)
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International
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The U.S. has killed top al-Qaida leader and key 9/11 plotter, Ayman al-Zawahiri

4 years ago

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa.
Elections
Pennsylvania

All of Pa.’s GOP congressmen are endorsing Doug Mastriano for governor — except Fitzpatrick

His decision to steer clear could speak to Mastriano’s odds in the populous Philly suburbs: Many voters there appear unlikely to back him.

4 years ago

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