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The interior of the execution chamber in the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind.
Criminal Justice
Incarceration
National

Executioners sanitized accounts of deaths in federal cases

An AP review of court filings shows executioners who put 13 inmates to death during the Trump presidency offered sanitized, incomplete versions of the executions to judges.

4 years ago

The interior of Walter Rand Transportation Center in Camden
Infrastructure
New Jersey
Transportation

Camden’s Walter Rand Transportation Center to get major overhaul

The multi-year $250 million project includes better connecting PATCO with NJ Transit’s River Line light rail service.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania State Troopers are pictured in Philadelphia
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Policing
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania State Police will escape legislative scrutiny in 2021 budget process

The decision comes after a year dominated by policy brutality protests, and amid concerns about illegal vehicle searches and alleged racial profiling of Latinos by troopers.

4 years ago

Councilmember Cherelle Parker sits at a desk
Philadelphia
Politics
Billy Penn

Politics power move: Cherelle Parker, expected candidate for Philly mayor, elected DRPA chair

The bi-state organization runs PATCO and is in charge of tolls on four Delaware River bridges.

4 years ago

Montgomery County Commissioner Joe Gale. (Zoom)
Keystone Crossroads
Pennsylvania

Montco’s Joe Gale announces bid for governor, denounces Pa. Republicans as ‘lousy’

Gale, an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump, has become a controversial figure in southeastern Pennsylvania politics.

4 years ago

Shell ethane cracker in Pa.
Energy
Environment
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Gas industry hasn’t delivered on its economic promise to Pa. communities, report says

The report said that economic growth in those areas in Pennsylvania, as measured by personal income, jobs created, and population, sharply lagged state and national rates.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Taxes

Philly facing $450M budget shortfall; officials eye cuts, taxes, and privatization

After a bruising pandemic year, the city faces a steep budget shortfall. Service cuts, tax hikes, and privatization or sale of city assets are on the table.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders in the Oval Office
Housing
Income Inequality
National

Biden extends pandemic help for homeowners, renters wait

The moratorium on foreclosures of federally guaranteed mortgages had been set to expire on March 31.

4 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Law
National

Democratic congressman sues Trump over role in deadly Capitol riot

The Washington federal court lawsuit is part of an expected wave of litigation over the riot and is believed to be the first filed by a member of Congress.

4 years ago

In this image from video, the final vote total of 57-43, to acquit former President Donald Trump of the impeachment charge, incitement of insurrection, in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
Radio Times
Law
Politics

Trump’s second Senate impeachment trial wraps-up

Today we'll look at the second set of impeachment proceedings against President Trump and its implications with Julian Zelizer and Claire Finkelstein.

Air Date: February 16, 2021 10:00 am

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A close-up of the 2020 census.
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Delay in census data could put transparency in Pa.’s redistricting process at risk

Lawmakers will likely get half as much time to draw the state’s new legislative and congressional maps, worrying advocates who have long fought for a more open process.

4 years ago

The exterior of the Gloria Casarez Residence
Housing
LGBTQ
Philadelphia

Philly advocates praise HUD investigations into LGBTQ discrimination

The new rule is a reaction to former HUD Secretary Ben Carson’s move to withdraw certain protections.

4 years ago

Michael Salemno sits on a stoop outside
Government Accountability
Housing
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

The inside story of how Pa. failed to deliver millions in coronavirus rent relief

A review of thousands of emails reveals the program was doomed to fail from the start, depriving desperate tenants of relief as they lived in fear of losing their homes.

4 years ago

Sen. Pat Toomey
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania GOP may meet to discuss Toomey impeachment vote

Several county parties already voted to censure Toomey even before Saturday's vote. In Washington County, GOP chairman Dave Ball said party members felt betrayed by Toomey.

4 years ago

Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., with impeachment managers Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., right, speaks to members of the media
Government Accountability
Law
National

Support grows for Capitol riot inquiry after Trump acquittal

The Senate verdict Saturday hardly put to rest the debate about the Republican former president’s culpability for the Jan. 6 assault.

4 years ago

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