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President Joe Biden arrives on stage
Keystone Crossroads
Income Inequality
Kids
Philadelphia
Taxes

Biden’s child tax credit is cutting poverty in Philly, but many with deepest needs aren’t getting the cash

Amid some success stories, a Keystone Crossroads investigation finds that a large percentage of those most in need in Philadelphia don’t seem to be getting the cash.

4 years ago

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Kayleigh McEnany and White House senior adviser Stephen Miller walk across the South Lawn
Government
Government Accountability
National

House Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 10 former White House aides

The subpoenas issued Tuesday include demands for documents and testimony from senior adviser Stephen Miller and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany.

4 years ago

House Speaker Bryan Cutler is seen wearing a face mask
Government
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Top Pa. House Republican wants to greatly expand lawmakers’ power over the governor, executive branch

A majority of lawmakers would be able to block orders, such as one requiring masks in schools, from continuing past 21 days.

4 years ago

A nurse from AltaMed Health Services hands out a vaccine card
NPR
Law
Public Health

Blocked for now, Biden’s vaccine-or-test rule for workers faces uncertain future

The Biden administration says it will defend its rule requiring some 84 million workers to get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. More than two dozen states have sued.

4 years ago

File photo: Shown is a mail-in ballot return box in Willow Grove, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Montco GOP alleges ‘lack of trust’ in election results, but says there’s no evidence of fraud

Republicans are upset that a printing error caused delays in counting ballots, but say they have no reason not to trust the results.

4 years ago

File photo: New Jersey State Capitol building in Trenton. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Government Accountability
New Jersey
Race & Ethnicity

Social justice groups say N.J. needs a person of color as the next Senate president

Leaders from several social justice groups say the time is long overdue for a person of color to assume the second most powerful position in New Jersey government.

4 years ago

The U.S. Navy launches the USNS Harvey Milk, a fleet replenishment oiler ship named after the first openly gay elected official, in San Diego, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. The Navy ship is the second of six vessels in the Navy's John Lewis-class program, second to the USNS John Lewis. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)
NPR
LGBTQ
Military
National

The U.S. Navy has christened a ship named after slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk

4 years ago

A closeup of Jack Ciattarelli
National
New Jersey

After a surge in voter turnout, N.J. Republicans say they’ve ‘just begun’

At a happy hour in Gloucester County, Republicans celebrated what seemed, for some, to be a shift in momentum for New Jersey politics.

4 years ago

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Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, left, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, center, and LeRoy Jones, chairman of the state's Democratic committee, right, celebrate at Convention Hall after Murphy won the gubernatorial race against Jack Ciattarelli, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, in Asbury Park, N.J. (AP Photo/Noah K. Murray)
Government
National
New Jersey
Politics

Democrats facing tough slog in 2022 governor’s races

Republicans are increasingly optimistic about flipping governor’s offices in key battleground states next year.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden smiles as he speaks about the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
NPR
Government
Infrastructure
National
Politics

Biden’s infrastructure win gives him some momentum. Here’s why he needs that

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks about the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Government
Infrastructure
National

Roads, transit, internet: What’s in President Biden’s infrastructure bill?

The House passed the bipartisan plan Friday night and Biden said Saturday he will hold a signing ceremony when lawmakers return from a week’s recess.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden responds to a question about the U.S. border as he speaks in the State Dinning Room of the White House, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in Washington
Government
Immigration
National

Biden: Families of separated children deserve compensation

Raising his voice, Biden said that regardless of the circumstances, people who had their children taken under the Trump administration’s policy should be remunerated.

4 years ago

Transit riders board a SEPTA bus at the 69th Street bus depot in Upper Darby. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Employment
Philadelphia
Transportation

Philadelphia-area transit agency workers ratify 2-year pact

The Transport Workers Union Local 234 said Saturday that workers voted 1,450 to 631 Friday to ratify the contract with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.

4 years ago

Climate activists hold up banners during a protest organized by the Cop26 Coalition in Glasgow, Scotland, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 which is the host city of the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit. The protest was taking place as leaders and activists from around the world were gathering in Scotland's biggest city for the U.N. climate summit, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming
Environment
International
Protests

‘We are watching you’: Marchers outside U.N. climate summit urge faster action

Climate protests were also held in other cities across Europe, including London, Paris, Dublin, Copenhagen, Zurich, and Istanbul.

4 years ago

In this image from House Television, Democrats celebrate on the House floor late Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Washington, after the House approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates, notching a victory that President Joe Biden and his party had become increasingly anxious to claim
Government
Infrastructure
National

Biden hails infrastructure win as ‘monumental step forward’

The House has approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates.

4 years ago

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