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Politics & Policy

A closeup of Delaware's General Assembly seal
Delaware
Government
Medicine

Recreational marijuana bill defeated in Delaware House

Another year, another defeat for recreational marijuana. House lawmakers were unable to get the needed votes to advance the legalization measure.

4 years ago

President Biden is speaking in front of an American flag.
NPR
Economy
International

Biden moves to revoke Russia’s trade relations status amid war in Ukraine

The economic restriction, one of several announced in recent weeks, is meant to punish Vladimir Putin and further hobble Russia's finances as it invades Ukraine.

4 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin sits at a table
Radio Times
International

Putin’s propaganda and the war on information

Disinformation scholar Peter Pomerantsev on Putin’s obsession with Ukraine and the propaganda he has used to hoodwink the Russian people and justify his war.

Air Date: March 11, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
File photo: Former Philadelphia Parking Authority executive director Scott Petri. (reppetri.com)
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation

Philadelphia Parking Authority head forced out, ‘lost the confidence’ of PPA board

The board of the Philadelphia Parking Authority has decided to change the leadership of the agency that oversees parking and taxi services in the city.

4 years ago

Election workers in Georgia count ballots
NPR
Elections
National

1 in 5 local election officials say they’re likely to quit before 2024

A new survey raises alarms from election administrators facing constant threats. Attacks by politicians on the voting system are top forces pushing them out of their jobs.

4 years ago

Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., center, holds a news conference to announce a bipartisan update to the Violence Against Women Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. He is joined by, from left, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
NPR
Gender
Government
Public Safety

Violence Against Women Act reauthorization is added to a $1.5 trillion spending bill

A reauthorization of the landmark 1994 law is included in an annual federal spending package moving through Congress.

4 years ago

Voters leave an early voting poll site, Feb. 14, 2022, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Elections
Government
National

Texas flagged 27,000 mail ballots for rejection in primary

The preliminary figures provide the latest picture of how new election rules rushed into place by Republicans made it harder to vote for thousands of voters in both parties.

4 years ago

Standing in front of the flags of New Jersey, and Ukraine, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during his budget address in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Government
National
New Jersey

Murphy signs law prohibiting N.J. business dealings with Russia’s government

The law allows the state to create a list of New Jersey businesses that do business with the Russian and Belarusian governments.

4 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, of Calif., speaks to the media, Thursday, March 3, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Government
International
Military
Public Health

Dems set for House approval of Ukraine aid, drop COVID funds

The money covers the U.S. costs of sending troops and weapons to Eastern Europe and equipping allied forces there in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.

4 years ago

File photo: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony marking the start of the judicial year at the Supreme Court in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
NPR
International
Politics

Venezuela releases 2 Americans after visit from U.S. officials

A high-level delegation traveled to the South American country last weekend to in part discuss the health of detained U.S. citizens.

4 years ago

Gas prices are shown Monday, March 7, 2022, in Tumwater, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Radio Times
Energy
International

Russian oil, energy dependence and the U.S. ban

President Biden banned Russian oil and gas imports. We discuss the impact on the U.S. and the global economy and on Putin's war with Ukraine.

Air Date: March 9, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
A voter lines up in a polling place to cast a ballot for the 2020 general election in the United States, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Springfield, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP Photo)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Dems formally launch early, aggressive national campaign effort in Pennsylvania

With Pa. the “epicenter of the political world” in 2022, Dems are trying to counter their disadvantages with aggressive gov. and U.S. Sen. campaigns.

4 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during his budget address in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, March 8, 2022. New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy has proposed a $48.9 billion budget that boosts K-12 funding, makes a full public pension payment for the second straight year, redistributes nearly $1 billion in property tax relief and raises overall spending by about 5% over last year’s plan. Murphy unveiled the proposal during a speech Tuesday in the Assembly chamber, the first time since 2020 and the COVID-19 outbreak
Government
International
New Jersey

Murphy supports ban on state business dealings with Russia, announces property tax relief program during annual budget address

In his first in-person budget address in two years, Murphy touted a growing economy and announced a new property tax relief program.

4 years ago

The Delaware River
Delaware
Environment
Public Health

New legislation would reauthorize funding strategy for Delaware River Basin

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper wants to reauthorize the Delaware River Basin Conservation Act, and provide more funding for groups working to improve the watershed.

4 years ago

Inside one of Pennsylvania's state-run Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
Business
Employment
Food & Drink
Pennsylvania

Plan to end Pennsylvania’s state-run liquor store monopoly gets some opposition in Philadelphia

An effort to eliminate Pennsylvania’s state-run liquor monopoly through a constitutional amendment is already running into opposition.

4 years ago

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