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Energy
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Biden administration wants to expand wind energy off the coast of Delaware

The Biden administration announced additional offshore wind leases in federal waters off the coasts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.

4 years ago

Rape kits
Government Accountability
Policing
Public Safety
Social Justice

Pa. lawmakers urge approval of rape kit tracking system legislation

Pennsylvania lawmakers say the legislation would help reduce the state’s backlog of rape kits.

4 years ago

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Government
Gun Violence
Public Safety

CeaseFirePA, supporters ask lawmakers to take steps to reduce gun violence: ‘Enough is enough’

The group sought support for Senate Bill 217 and House Bill 980, which would require gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms.

4 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin sits at a table
Energy
International

Russia cuts natural gas to 2 NATO nations in escalation

A day after the United States and other Western allies vowed to speed more and better military supplies to Ukraine, the Kremlin used its most essential export as leverage.

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol
Business
Pennsylvania

Billions in surplus have Pa. lawmakers thinking business tax cut

Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for a bill that would reduce the corporate net income rate from 10% to 9%, and if the state's revenues are sufficient, down to 8% by 2025.

4 years ago

Rep. Scott Perry speaks from a microphone
Elections
Pennsylvania
WITF

Texts show details of Pa. Rep. Scott Perry’s role in plan to overturn 2020 election

“From an Intel friend: DNI needs to task NSA to immediately seize and begin looking for international comms related to Dominion,” Perry wrote to Meadows.

4 years ago

Some of the women of the Philadelphia Fire Department by one of their airport vehicles
Elections
Gender
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

If voters approve, Philly will boot gendered references like ‘fireman’ from the city’s official governing documents

The move would stop assuming the mayor and school superintendent will always be a man.

4 years ago

File photo: A police car drives in Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Policing

Philadelphia police ask for $24 million boost in next year’s budget, citing gun violence prevention efforts

Some City Council members and community advocates say the money should be used to expand community policing efforts.

4 years ago

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The back of a Philadelphia police van is seen on a street
Employment
Philadelphia
Policing
Public Health

Handful of unvaxxed Philly police officers without exemption to be placed on leave, possibly fired

An arbitration panel in February decided that officers had to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or get a religious or medical exemption.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks from a podium
NPR
Housing
Incarceration

Biden says he will grant millions to jobs, housing for formerly incarcerated people

Reentry plans should begin as soon as a person is incarcerated and no later than 18 months before a person's sentence is complete, Biden's office said.

4 years ago

Homes are seen in Spring Garden from overhead
Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Should the board that helps enforce Philly's fair housing laws be made permanent?

4 years ago

President Biden speaks in front of an American flag
Government
Incarceration
Philadelphia

Two Philly men among 75 to have sentences commuted by Biden

The president commuted sentences for 75 people for nonviolent, drug-related convictions, including two Philadelphia men: David Lee and Gregory Jones.

4 years ago

Kathy Barnette, Jeff Bartos, and Mehmet Oz are seen in side-by-side photos
Elections
Pennsylvania

Lots of jabs, but few policy differences in first full GOP Pa. Senate debate

Previous Mehmet Oz comments on key GOP talking points were under fire, plus allegations that “carpetbagging” candidates won’t remain in Pennsylvania if they lose.

4 years ago

Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Pa., takes part in a forum for Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., Sunday, April 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Elections
Billy Penn

A Democratic candidate for Senate claimed a Philly ward endorsement that didn’t quite happen

U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb got the nod from a majority of divisions in the ward, but in this case, it’s not the same thing.

4 years ago

A Ukrainian serviceman walks on a destroyed Russian fighting vehicle in Bucha
International
Public Safety

U.S. promises more Ukraine aid, Biden announces veteran envoy

The trip by Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was the highest-level American visit to Kyiv since Russia invaded in late February.

4 years ago

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