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Politics & Policy

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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

Listen 49:29
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

Listen 49:14
Russian President Vladimir Putin hands flowers to Alina Kabaeva after awarding her with an Order of Friendship during a ceremony at the Kremlin in June 2001. (Sergei Chirikov/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Government
International

The U.S. has sanctioned Vladimir Putin’s long-rumored romantic partner

Rumors of a relationship between Putin, 69, and Alina Kabaeva, 39, date back more than a decade.

4 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. (center) is flanked by Paivi Nevala, minister counselor of the Finnish Embassy (left) and Karin Olofsdotter, Sweden's ambassador to the U.S., as he welcomes diplomats just before the Senate vote to ratify NATO membership for the two nations in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Government
International
Military

Senate backs Finland, Sweden for NATO 95-1, rebuking Russia

Lawmakers call Wednesday's 95-1 vote to expand the Western defensive bloc a “slam-dunk” for U.S. national security and a day of reckoning for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

4 years ago

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)
Government

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).
Food & Drink
Government
Law
New Jersey

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
NPR
National
Taxes

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.
NPR
Elections
National
Public Health

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.
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

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)
Government
Military
National
Public Health

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

Mail-in ballots
Elections
Pennsylvania

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

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