
Politics & Policy
While recent White House attention has focused on stopping border migration, local immigrants and activist groups are pressuring for laws to change in the U.S.
4 years ago
Listen 1:48Aiming to ‘protect renters’, Philly Council limits landlords’ use of eviction records
A bill passed by City Council limits landlords from denying housing because of eviction records. The Philadelphia bill could have broad impacts.
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Biden nominates former Delaware governor for economic ambassador
Biden names former Delaware Gov. Jack Markell to be ambassador to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development headquartered in France.
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Philly plans to — slowly — start implementing its long-delayed plastic bag ban next month
City Council passed the ban in late 2019, requiring nearly all businesses to stop using plastic bags and any paper bags that don’t use at least 40% recycled material.
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Philly Council to mandate affordability in certain gentrifying areas under new bill
The legislation targets sections of West Philadelphia and Kensington where rents are rising fast and residents are finding fewer affordable housing options.
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CDC extends eviction moratorium a month, says it’s last time
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, extended the evictions moratorium from June 30 until July 31.
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Councilmember Helen Gym amongst those arrested as state budget deal inches closer to finish line
A group including Philadelphia at-large Councilwoman Helen Gym demonstrated outside the Senate to demand that extra funds be spent on underfunded and underperforming schools.
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Philly to join national anti-violence collaboration
Mayor Jim Kenney said Wednesday that help can’t come soon enough. Year to date, homicides are up 38%.
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Pandemic ‘silver lining’: Emergency telehealth expansion made permanent in Delaware
Delaware’s temporary expansion of telehealth rules during the pandemic is now permanent under legislation signed into law by Gov. John Carney Wednesday.
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Panel agrees to put guardrails on how Pa. lawmakers draw congressional maps, but not their own
The decision diminished anti-gerrymandering advocates’ hopes of preventing Pennsylvania’s most powerful lawmakers from drawing maps that unfairly benefit one political party.
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N.J. lawmakers advance historic spending increases with $46.4B budget
Legislators, with all seats up for grabs in November, tacked on hundreds of millions of dollars in additional spending to the major budget increase already requested.
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How Philly will spend $155 million to stop surging violence
In a first, a new review committee will evaluate grants to grassroots programs.
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After first federal Juneteenth holiday, reformers say harder racial justice work remains
Advocates say a new federal holiday is nice, but it’s no substitute for policy change. On the federal level, most of the big proposals have stalled.
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Listen 3:47N.J. chemical recycling bill sets stage for industry’s battle with environmentalists
The bill would be among the most progressive recycled content rules in the country, and would complement the single-use plastic and paper bag ban Murphy signed into law.
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