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Politics & Policy

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during an infrastructure announcement at AFL-CIO December 16, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Government
Health Care
Public Health

Kamala Harris tests negative after a COVID-19 exposure

A staffer who worked in close proximity to the vice president has tested positive for the coronavirus. Harris tested negative via a PCR test on Wednesday.

5 years ago

Protesters picket outside the N.J. State House in Trenton minutes before legislators hold public hearings on a controversial redistricting plan. (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
Elections
Government Accountability
New Jersey

N.J.’s new congressional map adopted as advocates question transparency of the process

The final stages of the map-drawing process have drawn backlash from Republicans and progressive groups, who criticized the commission for a lack of transparency.

5 years ago

Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., discusses the infrastructure bill making its way through congress during a news conference held by the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / AP Photo)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

A showdown could be brewing between U.S. Rep. Perry and the Jan. 6 committee

Perry tweeted Tuesday that he will not cooperate with the panel, calling it “illegitimate.”

5 years ago

Climate protesters gather for the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice march
NPR
Energy
Environment

In 2021, climate ambitions soared and crashed in the U.S. and around the world

Biden's lofty goals were brought down to earth by congressional opposition, notably from Sen. Manchin. International efforts to fight planetary warming also fell short.

5 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol in winter
Elections
Pennsylvania

Warnings issued over redistricting delays affecting Pa. primary

Acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid told the floor leaders on the Legislative Reapportionment Commission that the current schedule will not work.

5 years ago

N.J. General Assembly voting on a bill to address gun violence on Monday, December 20, 2021. (Tennyson Donyéa / WHYY)
Gun Violence
New Jersey
Public Safety

Fate of proposed gun safety bills uncertain in N.J. as lame duck session nears the end

Political analysts say some of the gun safety bills may be hard to pass because they appear to be targeting law-abiding gun owners in New Jersey.

5 years ago

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a centrist Democrat vital to the fate of President Joe Biden's $3.5 government overhaul, updates reporters about his position on the bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. Despite months of being courted and cajoled, Sen. Joe Manchin is still not a yes on President Joe Biden's big $2 trillion domestic package and has thrown Democrats into turmoil
Economy
Government
National

Biden vows he, Manchin will ‘get something done’ on $2T bill

The president's remarks at the White House on Tuesday were his first since Manchin effectively tanked the party’s policy initiative with his own jarring year-end announcement.

5 years ago

The exterior of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center.
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Pa. Supreme Court rules against ‘Marsy’s Law’ amendment voters supported

Pennsylvania’s highest court is putting a final nail into the coffin of a proposed constitutional amendment that state voters supported by a large margin more than two years

5 years ago

FILE - Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., takes a question from a reporter at a news conference held by the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Aug. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa. Rep. Scott Perry denies Jan. 6 panel’s request for interview

Perry is joining other allies of former President Donald Trump in trying to stonewall the committee.

5 years ago

A closeup of the New Jersey Statehouse
Government
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Testy day in Trenton: Assembly Republicans obstruct Dems’ legislative plans

The biggest news of the day may have been the theatrics and politicking in the Assembly that accompanied nearly every bill.

5 years ago

A closeup of Sen. Mastriano
Elections
Pennsylvania

Mastriano all but declares in race for Pennsylvania governor

Mastriano has become a one-man force in conservative politics in Pa., pushing to overturn Trump’s reelection loss and showing up outside the Capitol during the insurrection.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks from a podium
National
Public Health

Biden pledges 500M free virus tests to counter omicron

A cornerstone of the plan is Biden's decision for the government to purchase 500 million coronavirus rapid tests and ship them free to Americans starting in January.

5 years ago

Tom Stanley and his family.
Keystone Crossroads
Income Inequality
Kids
Philadelphia

With Biden’s spending plan in peril, Philly families set to lose $1 billion in benefits

The political future of President Biden’s social spending plan remains in flux as Democrats’ razor thin majority in the Senate demands full consensus of its members.

5 years ago

A person experiencing homelessness finds some shelter under an overpass. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Delaware
Homelessness
Housing
Income Inequality

Delaware lawmakers push ‘Bill of Rights’ for individuals experiencing homelessness

Delaware to consider a bill to create an avenue for people experiencing homelessness to file grievances when their rights are infringed upon.

5 years ago

Rep. Scott Perry, R-Penn., is the first sitting lawmaker that the the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack has sought to question. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa. GOP Rep. Scott Perry is the first sitting lawmaker the Jan. 6 panel wants to question

They want more information on his involvement in unsuccessfully seeking to install former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general of the United States.

5 years ago

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