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Politics & Policy

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Elections
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania tries again to move up 2024 presidential primary

The state Senate unanimously approved a bill to move up Pennsylvania’s primary elections in presidential election years by five weeks to the third Tuesday in March.

4 years ago

The Delaware County Courthouse and Government Center
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Politics

Want a Delco government contract? First, you must disclose political contributions

County Council members are hoping to put an end once and for all to the ‘pay-to-play’ system they say has hampered the bidding process.

4 years ago

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., speaks during a news conference after the weekly Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021
Economy
Government
National

Senate votes to raise debt limit by $2.5T, avoiding default

The Senate has approved the measure 50-49 in a party-line vote, sending the legislation to the House.

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania Capitol building at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Pa. Republicans are moving a new draft congressional map. It’s still mostly a mystery

The new map is expected to pass through a key House committee Wednesday morning, though both Democrats and Republicans said they didn’t have all the details.

4 years ago

Angela Val of Ready. Set. Philly! (Tom MacDonald / WHYY)
Business
Economy
Philadelphia
Public Health

Ready. Set. Philly! to shut down with business startup well underway

A group with a mission to boost the Philly economy is shutting down, saying things are on the upswing.

4 years ago

The exterior of the Capitol Building in Harrisburg, surrounded by fall foliage
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Technology

Pa. lawmakers advance plan to boost broadband internet expansion

The bill, which was sent to the Senate, would set up the independent Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority.

4 years ago

A close-up of a Pennsylvania congressional map.
Elections
Pennsylvania

Leaders face vote on redrawn Pennsylvania Assembly districts

Time is getting tight in the redistricting process, with about two months left before candidates begin circulating nominating petitions to get on the primary ballot.

4 years ago

(Donald Trump displays a copy of his net worth during his announcement that he will seek the Republican nomination for president, Tuesday, June 16, 2015, in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Radio Times
Business

David Cay Johnston on ‘The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America’

Investigative journalist David Cay Johnston details in a new book how former President Trump used the Oval House to enrich himself and his family.

Air Date: December 14, 2021 10:00 am

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Then White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters outside the White House, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, in Washington.
Government Accountability

Jan. 6 panel votes for contempt charges against Mark Meadows

Documents released by Meadows include exchanges about his efforts to help Trump overturn his defeat in the presidential election.

4 years ago

Saule Omarova testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Nov. 18 during her nomination hearing to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Days after withdrawing her nomination, Omarova blamed banks for leading the opposition against her in an interview with NPR's Morning Edition. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Economy
Government Accountability

Saule Omarova gets candid: Banks sank her nomination to become a key regulator

She says they distorted her research, which led to an environment in which attacks against her became unfair and personal.

4 years ago

Bob Viden, owner of Bob's Little Sport Shop in Glassboro N.J., compares the bullets used in the AR 15 (left) and the Remmington hunting rifle. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Gun Violence
New Jersey

N.J. Assembly committee clears 9 new gun control bills

Committee members on both sides of the aisle had concerns with some of the legislation, including questions about whether these bills would be enforceable.

4 years ago

Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman stands at a podium
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
Politics

Corman won’t seek another Senate term amid run for governor

The highest-ranking member of the Pennsylvania Senate says he's not going seek another term in the chamber in order to focus on his candidacy for the governorship.

4 years ago

This combination of photos shows Daphne Oz at the 44th annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Pasadena, Calif., on  April 30, 2017, left, and Dr. Mehmet Oz appears at the 14th annual L'Oreal Paris Women of Worth Gala in New York on Dec. 4, 2019. Dr. Oz, the cardiac surgeon and U.S. Senate candidate, will end his syndicated talk show next month, and producers will replace it with a cooking show featuring his daughter. (AP Photo)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics
TV

‘Dr. Oz’ show ending next month, as star runs for Senate

Some Pa. television stations had already dropped Oz's show for fear that federal “equal time” rules would compel them to offer space on the air to his political rivals.

4 years ago

The new congressional map must account for the loss of one seat, dropping the state's D.C. delegation from 18 to 17 starting with the 2022 races. (Patrick Doyle/90.5 WESA)
Pennsylvania

Deadlines loom as Pa. House takes step toward new district maps

A Pennsylvania state House committee is advancing legislation that its chairman says is needed to prepare for final negotiations over new congressional district maps.

4 years ago

Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Wolf’s carbon-pricing plan encounters new legal hurdle

The regulation would make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy.

4 years ago

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