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Politics & Policy

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Government
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Technology

Philadelphia lawmakers question nonfunctioning city surveillance cameras

City Council members questioned surveillance cameras that are not working, and how to move cameras from place to place to catch trash dumpers.

4 years ago

Voters wait in line outside a polling place in Philadelphia.
Elections
Pennsylvania

What you need to know ahead of the 2022 Pa. primary election

Pennsylvania’s primary election is being held Tuesday, May 17. Here’s what you should know beforehand, from election deadlines to who’s on the ballot.

4 years ago

Over 100 people gathered for the rally in the City of Chester in response to the county's new contract with Covanta. (Emily Rizzo/WHYY)
Business
Environment
Pennsylvania
Protests

‘We are still on the battlefield’: Chester residents rally over Delco contract with controversial trash incinerator company

Over 100 people rallied in the City of Chester in response to Delaware County and the City of Chester extending their contracts with the Covanta Holding Corp.

4 years ago

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has announced plans to meet on Sunday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
International
Military

2 U.S. Cabinet officials will meet with Zelenskyy in Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Sunday.

4 years ago

A sign outside the Lansing Brewing Company in Lansing, Michigan advertises a social district where people can buy alcohol-to-go and drink it within the boundaries of an outdoor downtown zone. (Sarah Lehr)
NPR
Food & Drink
Public Spaces

Want that margarita to go? Many states are permanently allowing carryout cocktails

At the height of the pandemic, 39 states allowed cocktails-to-go — at least in the short term. Iowa was first to make the change permanent in 2020.

4 years ago

A firefighter sits on a swing next to a building destroyed by a Russian bomb in Chernihiv on Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
International
Military

Ukraine: Russians try to storm Mariupol plant, strike Odesa

The reported assault came after the Kremlin claimed its military had seized all of Mariupol except for the seaside plant.

4 years ago

In this Dec. 23, 2021, photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Rear Adm. John Korka, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC), and Chief of Civil Engineers, leads Navy and civilian water quality recovery experts through the tunnels of the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility, near Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The Navy is scrambling to contain what one lawmaker has called a “crisis of astronomical proportions” after jet fuel leaked from an 80-year-old Hawaii tank farm, seeped into a drinking water well and polluted the water streaming out of faucets in Pearl Harbor military housing
Environment
Military
National
Public Safety

U.S. military drops appeal of Hawaii order to drain fuel tanks

The move comes more than a month after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the military would permanently shut down the tanks and remove all of their fuel.

4 years ago

The first voter at the Liacouras Center satellite election office, Priscilla Bennet, fills out her official mail-in ballot, and demonstrates for the press the process. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Elections
Government

More cash to pay for elections? The mayor’s office doesn’t trust the math

The explosive increase in mail balloting and new voting machines have the officials running Philly elections and the mayor’s office at odds over funding.

4 years ago

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters at the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Government Accountability
National

Official: Meadows had been warned of possible 1/6 violence

A special assistant in the Trump White House, told the committee “there were concerns brought forward” to Meadows before the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6.

4 years ago

Shown are Philadelphia police vehicles on a traffic stop
Government
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Safety

New group to monitor Philly police following car stop reforms

The Driving Equality Accountability Group will keep a close eye on how regulations limiting Philly police car stops for minor infractions are being implemented.

4 years ago

A wide gulf exists between the policies of French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen. The two face off Sunday, in the second round of France's national election. (Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Elections
Government
International

Why France’s presidential election matters far beyond its borders

French voters cast their ballots Sunday. Polls show incumbent president Emmanuel Macron ahead of his rival, populist candidate Marine Le Pen.

4 years ago

Protesters hold up signs in front of City Hall.
Environment
Government
Gun Violence
Public Spaces
Billy Penn

Philly’s parks and rec system deserves millions more in Kenney’s budget, advocates urge at City Hall rally

Public space is an anti-violence solution, leaders say, but the department is underfunded and understaffed.

4 years ago

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy speaks during his weekly press conference
NPR
Government Accountability

Audio shows Kevin McCarthy planned to urge Trump to resign after Capitol insurrection

In the recorded conversation House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said he didn't believe Donald Trump would voluntarily step down.

4 years ago

Rep. Dwight Evans
Government
Gun Violence
Philadelphia

Officials unveil ambitious plan to stem gun violence in Philadelphia, but funding is elusive

Congressman Dwight Evans announced an ambitious, $51 billion plan to tackle the nation’s gun violence epidemic at its roots.

4 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson exits the federal courthouse with family on April 14, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Government
Government Accountability
Philadelphia

Kenyatta Johnson back in City Council after mistrial in his bribery case

After a hung jury abruptly ended his federal bribery trial, it was business as usual for the Second District council member.

4 years ago

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