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FILE - A man walks next to heavily damaged buildings and destroyed cars following Russian attacks in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, May 24, 2022. The region, along with neighboring Luhansk, is part of the Donbas, where Russian forces have focused their offensive. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)
International
Military

Biden says U.S. sending medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine

The rocket systems are part of a new $700 million tranche of security assistance for Ukraine from the U.S.

4 years ago

David McCormick (left) and Mehmet Oz, Republican candidates for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania. (Matt Rourke and Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Elections
Pennsylvania

As U.S. Supreme Court enters Pa. Senate race, McCormick requests hand recount

The U.S. Supreme Court pauses the count of undated mail-in ballots while the McCormick campaign seeks a hand recount of ballots in some Pa. counties.

4 years ago

Anger over issues such as the mask mandate galvanized families — like these seen at the Hillsborough County School Board in Tampa, Fla., last year — into running for school board. Progressive groups are taking a leaf out of their playbook. (Octavio Jones/Getty Images)
NPR
Elections
Government
K-12

Progressives take a leaf out of the conservative playbook to target school boards

Interest in running for school board is up nationwide. Only 25% of school board races are unopposed this year, down from 35% last year and 40% in 2018.

4 years ago

Bernadette Witt, left, and JoAnn Bartlett, right, process and double-check mail ballots
Elections
New Jersey

What to know ahead of New Jersey’s 2022 primary election

Voting is officially underway for New Jersey’s 2022 primary election. Here’s what you need to know.

4 years ago

Activists hold up a sign that says,
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Gift ban, other good-government changes stall in Pa. despite promises from leadership

Good-government advocates argue that the legislature, swayed by donors and leadership, lacks the political will to rid itself of the perks of being in elected office.

4 years ago

Four N.J. GOP primary candidates photos are arranged side by side.
Elections
New Jersey
Politics
NJ Spotlight

Republicans crowd key primary races in New Jersey

N.J. sees several packed House primary contests as GOP looks to regain seats in November.

4 years ago

A closeup of a marijuana plant
Delaware
Government
Law

With veto, path to marijuana legalization in Delaware still open but fraught with unpredictability

The key question is whether lawmakers who appeared to constitute a veto-proof majority in favor of legalization will hold their votes, or bow to pressure to switch.

4 years ago

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Economy
Government
Infrastructure
Philadelphia

Philly budget could have bigger surplus than expected

The Quarterly City Managers Report shows Philadelphia could potentially have a year-end fund balance of $389.9 million.

4 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks from a podium.
Government
Gun Violence
Law
Politics

Governors diverge on gun control, school security efforts

The nation's governors are diverging over how to respond to mass shootings such as the one that killed 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school.

4 years ago

File photo: Election worker Monica Ging processes a ballot for Pennsylvania's primaries this month at the Chester County Voter Services office in West Chester, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP)
NPR
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

How undated ballots could affect Pa.’s GOP Senate race and voters’ rights

Mail-in ballots that arrived on time but in envelopes missing dates handwritten by voters have been a flashpoint in recent elections in the key swing state.

4 years ago

Election workers perform a recount of ballots from the recent primary election at the Montour County administration center in Danville, Pa., Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Recount begins in Pa.’s GOP primary for Senate between McCormick and Oz

McCormick’s campaign has also been waging a fight in court to scrounge for votes that might help him close the gap with Oz.

4 years ago

Men work at repairing a building damaged by shelling in Makariv, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
International
Military

‘Relentless’: Russia squeezes Ukrainian strongholds in east

Ukraine’s foreign minister warned that without a new injection of foreign weapons, Ukrainian forces would not be able to stop Russia's advance in the Donbas.

4 years ago

Attendees of the NRA's annual convention gather by booths in the exhibit halls of the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Thursday. (Michael Wyke/AP)
NPR
Gun Violence
National
Public Safety

The NRA meets in Houston amid a storm of criticism and internal strife

Some politicians and musicians are dropping out, and gun control advocates are preparing protests.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall.
PlanPhilly
Government
Housing
Philadelphia

Council mulling package of bills to ease impact of new Philly property assessments

Introduced by Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson, the seven-point plan is backed by a veto-proof supermajority.

4 years ago

Emergency personnel gather near Robb Elementary School following a shooting
Government Accountability
Gun Violence
Public Safety

Senate GOP blocks domestic terrorism bill, gun policy debate

Republicans blocked a domestic terrorism bill that would have opened debate on difficult questions surrounding hate crimes and gun safety.

4 years ago

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