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Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. climate rule takes effect as sides prepare for trial this fall

The commonwealth’s climate rule is in effect, but it will be months before Pennsylvanians know whether it’s here to stay.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden awards the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to gymnast Simone Biles during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Government
National

Biden awards Medal of Freedom to Trumka, Biles, McCain, Giffords

Others receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom are actor Denzel Washington and the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain.

4 years ago

Indicted Delaware auditor Kathy McGuiness (left) leaves Monday's abbreviated court session with defense lawyers Dean Elwell, Steve Wood and Chelsea Botsch.
Delaware
Government Accountability

Delaware lawmakers want convicted auditor removed from office. The main question is how

Kathy McGuiness is Delaware’s first sitting elected statewide official to be convicted of a crime. State lawmakers want her removed from office. The only question is how.

4 years ago

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

Signs of trouble emerge in talks on late Pennsylvania budget

It's been a week since the annual spending plan was due to be completed when the state's fiscal year ended last Thursday.

4 years ago

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street.
Government Accountability
International

Johnson resigns, remains UK prime minister for now

Johnson was forced to concede defeat after two more members of his Cabinet quit and one of his closest allies, Treasury Chief Nadhim Zahawi, publicly told him to resign.

4 years ago

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Government
Housing
Philadelphia

Big change to widely-used property tax program now Philly law. Related relief measures to follow

Nearly 80% of homeowners in Philly are currently enrolled in the city’s Homestead Exemption program. All of them will see their property values cut by $80,000.

4 years ago

File photo: White House counsel Pat Cipollone listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House, March 29, 2020, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Government
Government Accountability

Trump White House counsel Cipollone to testify to January 6 panel

Pat Cipollone, Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, is scheduled to testify Friday before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

4 years ago

Vice President Kamala Harris hugs Highland Park, Ill., Mayor Nancy Rotering on Tuesday as she visits the site of Monday's mass shooting that killed seven people and injured dozens. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Government
Gun Violence
Public Safety

Harris calls for renewing the assault weapons ban after Highland Park mass shooting

4 years ago

Close-up of Mayor Kenney speaking with the media.
Government
Philadelphia
Politics
Billy Penn

Jim Kenney is looking forward to not being mayor. What would happen if he resigns?

With a year and a half left in his term, Philadelphia’s 99th mayor once again faces mounting calls for his resignation.

4 years ago

A view from below of the dome of the State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa., with blue sky in the background.
Government
Pennsylvania
Politics

Capitol quiet during 5th day without new Pennsylvania budget

Most Pennsylvania lawmakers are absent from the state Capitol five days into the new budget year.

4 years ago

N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy signs a new package of state gun control laws at a press conference in Metuchen, New Jersey on July 5, 2022. (@GovMurphy/Twitter)
Government
Gun Violence
New Jersey

N.J. Gov. Murphy signs sweeping gun control measures into law

At a press conference held in Metuchen, Murphy signed seven new laws in total.

4 years ago

Doug Mastriano speaks in front of an image of the American flag and PA written in the background.
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics
Public Health

COVID nursing home deaths claim is campaign trail mainstay

Pennsylvania’s Republican nominee for governor, Doug Mastriano, often makes the baseless allegation that one of Gov. Tom Wolf’s COVID policies caused more deaths.

4 years ago

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NPR
Government Accountability
National

5 things we’ve learned so far from the Jan. 6 committee hearings

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection plans at least two more hearings this month. Here's what we have learned in the first six.

4 years ago

MyPillow CEO and longtime Trump supporter Mike Lindell, former high school math and science teacher Douglas Frank, former law professor David Clements, and former U.S. Army Captain Seth Keshel
NPR
Elections
Government Accountability
National

Election deniers are spreading misinformation nationwide. Here are 4 things to know

An NPR investigation found that since the Capitol riot, the election denial movement has moved from the national level to hundreds of grassroots events across the country.

4 years ago

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International
Public Safety
Sports

Brittney Griner sends letter to Biden pleading for his help

The basketball star detained in Russia wrote a letter saying she feared she might never return home and asking that he not " forget about me and the other American Detainees."

4 years ago

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