
Politics & Policy
‘Do your damn job’: Trentonians tired of infighting between mayor and city council
The fight over what to do with the city’s emergency radio system is just the latest rift between Trenton’s mayor and city council, and residents are sick of it.
4 years ago
Listen 1:45Big, messy, complicated: Biden’s plan churns in Congress
Fallout was brutal Friday after Biden’s announcement of a $1.75 trillion framework still failed to produce ironclad support from two key holdout senators.
4 years ago
Gov. Wolf, Black Caucus announce efforts to combat environmental racism
An executive order aims to address environmental justice and help solve geographic inequities.
4 years ago
SEPTA union president Willie Brown — the ‘most hated man in Philadelphia’ — has a new job
A labor agreement that averted a possible strike by SEPTA’s largest union will likely be the last helmed by TWU Local 234 President Willie Brown.
4 years ago
The future of the Republican Party
Former President Trump continues to dominate the GOP. Where do disaffected Republicans go who are unhappy the direction of the party?
Air Date: October 29, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Here’s what early voting data may tell us about the final days of N.J.’s 2021 election
Registered Democratic voters have outpaced registered Republicans in mail-in ballot count and early in-person ballot returns.
4 years ago
Judge orders Trenton emergency radio system to remain on
A superior court judge in Mercer County has ordered the emergency radio system for Trenton to stay on, despite the city owing the vendor more than $200,000.
4 years ago
Can the Democrats make a deal on the social spending plan?
President Biden urged Democrats to strike a deal on the social spending plan. Will they be able to come up with a compromise?
Air Date: October 28, 2021 10:00 am
Listen 49:29Despite transparency vows, much of Pa.’s redistricting still takes place behind closed doors
The task of reshaping Pennsylvania's political maps falls to a small group of legislative insiders, a system that critics worry facilitates backroom deals.
4 years ago
Pa. Senate moves to block key part of Wolf’s climate plan
The action comes the same day the Democratic Attorney General, who is running for governor, tried to distance himself from the program.
4 years ago
Biden unveils smaller spending framework, asks Democrats for votes
The revised package has lost some of the Democrats’ top priorities as the president’s ambitions make way for the political realities of the narrowly divided Congress.
4 years ago
Biden urges bill over ‘finish line’ as Dems eye new surtax
Tempers flared after a billionaires’ tax and a paid family leave program fell out of the Democrats’ sweeping bill, because Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia objected.
4 years ago
Philly police commissioner says morale is low
A pile-up of stressors over the last few years have caused reductions in officer retention and recruitment in Philadelphia and across the country.
4 years ago
Shapiro breaks with Wolf over strategy on climate change
Wolf has worked for two years to finalize regulations to make Pa. the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy by imposing a price on emissions.
4 years ago
America ‘on fire’: Facebook watched as Trump ignited hate
Documents show Facebook’s automated controls predicted with almost 90% certainty that Trump’s comments after George Floyd's murder broke rules against inciting violence.
4 years ago