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Politics & Policy
No, the blackouts in Texas weren’t caused by renewables. Here’s what really happened
Some prominent Republicans have blamed wind and solar power for the blackouts in the storm-stricken state. But the truth is that every source of generation fell short.
4 years ago
Philly State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta is running for U.S. Senate
Philly’s Malcolm Kenyatta is the second high-profile Democrat to announce a run for U.S. Senate. The race is expected to be crowded and expensive.
4 years ago
Cruz confirms his Cancun vacation after deadly winter storm slams Texas
The Texas Democratic Party is calling for the resignation of Sen. Ted Cruz after the Republican lawmaker went on a family vacation in the middle of a deadly winter storm.
4 years ago
Democrats unveil sweeping immigration bill
The legislation includes setting up a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, but its fate in Congress is uncertain.
4 years ago
Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases
An AP review of court filings shows executioners who put 13 inmates to death during the Trump presidency offered sanitized, incomplete versions of the executions to judges.
4 years ago
Camden’s Walter Rand Transportation Center to get major overhaul
The multi-year $250 million project includes better connecting PATCO with NJ Transit’s River Line light rail service.
4 years ago
Pennsylvania State Police will escape legislative scrutiny in 2021 budget process
The decision comes after a year dominated by policy brutality protests, and amid concerns about illegal vehicle searches and alleged racial profiling of Latinos by troopers.
4 years ago
Politics power move: Cherelle Parker, expected candidate for Philly mayor, elected DRPA chair
The bi-state organization runs PATCO and is in charge of tolls on four Delaware River bridges.
4 years ago
Montco’s Joe Gale announces bid for governor, denounces Pa. Republicans as ‘lousy’
Gale, an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump, has become a controversial figure in southeastern Pennsylvania politics.
4 years ago
Gas industry hasn’t delivered on its economic promise to Pa. communities, report says
The report said that economic growth in those areas in Pennsylvania, as measured by personal income, jobs created, and population, sharply lagged state and national rates.
4 years ago
Philly facing $450M budget shortfall; officials eye cuts, taxes, and privatization
After a bruising pandemic year, the city faces a steep budget shortfall. Service cuts, tax hikes, and privatization or sale of city assets are on the table.
4 years ago
Biden extends pandemic help for homeowners, renters wait
The moratorium on foreclosures of federally guaranteed mortgages had been set to expire on March 31.
4 years ago
Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in deadly Capitol riot
The Washington federal court lawsuit is part of an expected wave of litigation over the riot and is believed to be the first filed by a member of Congress.
4 years ago
Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial wraps-up
Today we'll look at the second set of impeachment proceedings against President Trump and its implications with Julian Zelizer and Claire Finkelstein.
Air Date: February 16, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 48:59Delay in census data could put transparency in Pa.’s redistricting process at risk
Lawmakers will likely get half as much time to draw the state’s new legislative and congressional maps, worrying advocates who have long fought for a more open process.
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