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File photo: Polling place in Deptford, N.J. on primary election day, June 7, 2022. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Elections
Government
New Jersey

What the 2022 primaries say about the state of politics in N.J.

According to the state’s Division of Elections, more than 657,000 people voted in Congressional primaries last week, compared to more than 632,000 in 2018.

4 years ago

An LGBTQ pride flag is seen through trees
LGBTQ
National
Public Safety

Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric could galvanize extremists, experts say

Experts warn that extremist groups may see anti-LGBTQ rhetoric by influencers as a call to action.

4 years ago

A closeup of detailing on Philly row houses
PlanPhilly
Housing
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Taxes
Eyes on the Street

These tax relief bills must pass amid Philly property reassessments

Community Legal Services breaks down a package of bills that aim to lessen the burden for Philly homeowners after residential property values went up by an average of 31%.

4 years ago

Karen Feridun and Greg Schwedock unveil the climate clock
Environment
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Activists bring climate clock to Pa. capitol to urge lawmaker action

Unveiling the clock was the final piece of a three-day event called the Pennsylvania Climate Convergence.

4 years ago

People hold signs in the second March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control
Gun Violence
National
Public Safety

Tentative Senate gun deal has surprises, and loose ends

The proposal's potency — and perhaps whether some parts survive — remains undetermined as it's translated into legislation. Here's what's in and out of the agreement.

4 years ago

Supports of Pa. legislation that would ban trans student athletes from participating on teams corresponding with their gender hold up signs that say, ''Stand up for women and girls''
Gender
LGBTQ
Pennsylvania
Sports
Spotlight PA

Pa. is considering a ban on trans athletes. Experts say it’s discriminatory and ‘anti-evidence’

Pa. legislation that would ban transgender student-athletes from participating on teams corresponding with their gender lean on shoddy science and discriminatory ideas.

4 years ago

State Sen. Doug Mastriano appears before supporters
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Mastriano brings election denier onto Pa. governor campaign

Ellis, speaking on her podcast last month, said, “I like to say that Doug Mastriano is the Donald Trump of Pennsylvania.”

4 years ago

President Joe Biden addresses the AFL-CIO convention
Employment
Philadelphia

In Philly speech to AFL-CIO, Biden decries D.C. gridlock and urges Pa. to elect Fetterman

Biden told the labor leaders there is “no bigger, stronger voice for working people” than Fetterman, whose election could give Dems control of the Senate.

4 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks during a news conference
Government Accountability
Gun Violence
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

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.

4 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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The Pennsylvania state Capitol in winter
Government
Gun Violence
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.

4 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.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks at a podium.
Economy
Employment
Government
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.

4 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.

4 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.

4 years ago

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