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Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania's oddly-shaped 7th Congressional district is often cited as an extreme example of gerrymandering.(via govtrack.us)
Radio Times
Elections

Ending gerrymandering: the redistricting fight in Pa.

Pennsylvnaia is notorious for its gerrymandered districts. Will the redistricting process this year lead to fairer congressional and legislative maps?

Air Date: August 19, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:30
Glass containers display varieties of marijuana for sale on shelves
Business
New Jersey

N.J. commission to release rules for recreational weed businesses

Several months after voters overwhelmingly approved recreational marijuana, potential businesses will learn the rules they have to follow to operate.

4 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (left) and Jack Ciattarelli
Elections
New Jersey

Poll shows double-digit lead for Murphy over Ciattarelli in N.J. gov race

Out of 810 registered voters reached last week, just over half of them (52%) support the incumbent Democrat over Ciattarelli.

4 years ago

Justin Rose poses with the trophy after winning the U.S. Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club
Pennsylvania
Sports

Pennsylvania may use taxpayer dollars for major golf events

The USGA last week announced that it will bring nine more Opens for men and women to Oakmont and Merion over the next three decades.

4 years ago

Internally displaced school teacher wearing a burqa from Takhar province, who identified herself by her first name, Nilofar, inside her tent in a public park in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 13, 2021. Many women in Afghanistan remain at home because they are too terrified to venture into a new world ruled by the Taliban..  (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
Radio Times
Gender
International
Military

Exiting Afghanistan: the women and allies left behind

What does the Taliban takeover mean for women and girls in Afghanistan? And, why didn't the U.S. evacuate Afghan interpreters who now face deadly retribution by the Taliban.

Air Date: August 18, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Stephanie Reid places a doorhanger about the census on a resident's house
Elections
Pennsylvania
Sarah Anne Hughes, Spotlight PA

4 takeaways from new Pa. census data and what it means for redistricting

The 5-member panel that draws new state House and Senate maps will have to consider how to evenly distribute Pennsylvania's shifting population.

4 years ago

Taliban fighters stand guard in the main gate leading to Afghan presidential palace, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. The U.S. military has taken over Afghanistan’s airspace as it struggles to manage a chaotic evacuation after the Taliban rolled into the capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Radio Times
International
Military

America’s longest war ends: mistakes and lessons learned

After two decades, Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban. What was America’s longest war all about and why is our exit from Afghanistan so chaotic?

Air Date: August 17, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 48:59
President Joe Biden delivers a speech. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
International
Public Safety

Biden says he stands ‘squarely behind’ Afghanistan decision

Biden said he will not repeat mistakes of the past and did not regret his decision to proceed with the withdrawal.

4 years ago

Megan and Bob White with their three kids in their Chester County backyard. Work on the Mariner East 2 pipeline has turned half the property into a construction site, and the project has been plagued by sinkholes and schedule overruns. (Katie Meyer/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Employment
Energy
Environment

Jobs or the environment? Ahead of 2022, Pa. Dems thread needle on ‘false choice’

Debates about fracking and pipelines have created a conundrum for Democrats in the past few decades, as they court both environmentalists and organized labor.

4 years ago

Listen 5:02
A U.S.Chinook helicopter flies over the U.S. Embassy, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. Helicopters are landing at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as diplomatic vehicles leave the compound amid the Taliban advanced on the Afghan capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
International
Military

Afghan president flees the country as Taliban move on Kabul

Afghanistan’s embattled president left the country Sunday, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.

4 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney, wearing a face mask, speaks at a podium
Delaware
Employment
Health Care
Public Health

Delaware governor orders state employees, health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccine or regular tests

Carney’s vaccine mandate for state workers comes amid a steady surge in recent weeks of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.

4 years ago

This June 1, 2018, file photo shows a housing unit in the west section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma, File)
Employment
Incarceration
Public Health

Guards union warns Wolf of legal action over vaccine mandate

The union, representing about 10,000 guards in Pennsylvania's prisons, told Gov. Tom Wolf Thursday it plans legal action to stop his effort to force them to get vaccinated.

4 years ago

Harrisburg, Pa. (Andre Frueh/UnSplash)
Government
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania Senate plans first step to enhance public access to expense information

For the first time, millions of taxpayer dollars that Pa. state senators and their staffs spend on travel, meals, per diems, and other expenses will be posted onlinline.

4 years ago

An illustration of rental rental protections during the pandemic.
Housing
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

What renters in Pa. need to know about available relief, the new eviction ban

Pennsylvania has more than $1 billion in rental aid available to people who have fallen behind because of the pandemic.

4 years ago

Bernie Sanders walks towards the Senate floor
Government
National

Senate passes Dems’ $3.5 trillion budget blueprint

The chamber's party-line approval of the budget resolution advances President Joe Biden’s expansive vision for reshaping federal priorities.

4 years ago

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