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Elections
Pennsylvania

Mastriano all but declares in race for Pennsylvania governor

Mastriano has become a one-man force in conservative politics in Pa., pushing to overturn Trump’s reelection loss and showing up outside the Capitol during the insurrection.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks from a podium
National
Public Health

Biden pledges 500M free virus tests to counter omicron

A cornerstone of the plan is Biden's decision for the government to purchase 500 million coronavirus rapid tests and ship them free to Americans starting in January.

4 years ago

Tom Stanley and his family.
Keystone Crossroads
Income Inequality
Kids
Philadelphia

With Biden’s spending plan in peril, Philly families set to lose $1 billion in benefits

The political future of President Biden’s social spending plan remains in flux as Democrats’ razor thin majority in the Senate demands full consensus of its members.

4 years ago

A person experiencing homelessness finds some shelter under an overpass. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Delaware
Homelessness
Housing
Income Inequality

Delaware lawmakers push ‘Bill of Rights’ for individuals experiencing homelessness

Delaware to consider a bill to create an avenue for people experiencing homelessness to file grievances when their rights are infringed upon.

4 years ago

Rep. Scott Perry, R-Penn., is the first sitting lawmaker that the the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack has sought to question. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa. GOP Rep. Scott Perry is the first sitting lawmaker the Jan. 6 panel wants to question

They want more information on his involvement in unsuccessfully seeking to install former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general of the United States.

4 years ago

Michael Riotto, who has received surprise, out-of-network medical bills during his treatment for blood cancer, applauds Pennsylvania’s implementation of the federal No Surprises Act. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health Care
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania prepares to roll out ban on surprise medical billing

Pennsylvania officials are getting ready to roll out the changes when a federal law to ban surprise medical billing takes effect in January.

4 years ago

See-through barriers separate gamblers and a dealer at a card table at the Hard Rock casino
New Jersey
Taxes

Controversial tax breaks for AC casinos pass in N.J. Legislature

The bill would reduce how much AC casinos will pay in lieu of taxes to the local governments and school system next year.

4 years ago

An LGBTQ pride flag is seen through trees
Law
LGBTQ
New Jersey

N.J. close to codifying same-sex marriage

Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to sign the legislation, which enshrines same-sex marriage into New Jersey law.

4 years ago

Then-Delaware Gov. Jack Markell awaits the arrival of President Barack Obama on Air Force One at New Castle Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Del., Saturday, June 6, 2015, before attending a funeral for Beau Biden. (AP Photo/Emily Varisco)
Delaware
Economy
National

From Delaware governor to ambassador, Jack Markell confirmed for overseas role

Nearly six months after being nominated, former Delaware Gov. Jack Markell has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate for his new role as U.S. Ambassador.

4 years ago

Chairman of the Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee Sen. Cris Dush, R-Jefferson, speaks during a hearing at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021.   (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Elections
Pennsylvania

New front in Pa. GOP election ‘investigation’ draws challenges

It is another step driven by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about election fraud.

4 years ago

Lina holds her baby boy, Osman, as he undergoes treatment at the malnutrition ward of the Ataturk National Children's Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec, 2, 2021. According to U.N. figures from early November, almost 24 million people in Afghanistan, around 60% percent of the population, suffer from acute hunger, including 8.7 million living in near famine. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Government Accountability
International
Philadelphia
Protests

Philly activists help organize White House rally to combat starvation in Afghanistan

A rally outside the White House demanded the Biden administration ease sanctions in Afghanistan, to avoid millions of deaths by starvation.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2019 photo, Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., leads a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Isakson, an affable Georgia Republican politician who rose from the ranks of the state Legislature to become a U.S. senator, has died. He was 76. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s office confirmed the death in a news release Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
NPR
Government
National

Johnny Isakson, former GOP senator known for building consensus, dies at age 76

4 years ago

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a centrist Democrat vital to the fate of President Joe Biden's $3.5 government overhaul, updates reporters about his position on the bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. Despite months of being courted and cajoled, Sen. Joe Manchin is still not a yes on President Joe Biden's big $2 trillion domestic package and has thrown Democrats into turmoil. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
NPR
Government
National
Politics

Joe Manchin says he is unable to support President Biden’s Build Back Better plan

4 years ago

President Joe Biden arrives at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021. Today is the anniversary of Neilia and Naomi Biden's death
Delaware
Government
National

Biden marks anniversary of 1972 car crash that killed wife

President Joe Biden on Saturday is commemorating the 49th anniversary of the car crash that killed his first wife and infant daughter.

4 years ago

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines sit ready for use at a Dallas County Health and Human Services drive up vaccine site in Mesquite, Texas, Nov. 30, 2021. While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant, the delta form of the coronavirus isn't finished wreaking havoc in the U.S. There is much that is unknown about omicron, including whether it is more contagious than previous versions, makes people sicker or more easily thwarts the vaccine or breaks through the immunity that people get from a bout of COVID-19
Employment
Government
National

OSHA vaccine mandate penalties to start Jan. 10

The federal agency separately says there will be no citations of companies regarding its testing requirements before Feb. 9.

4 years ago

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