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Hold for Business Photo-- Swayne Hall--A Norfolk Southern freight train hauling coal makes it way through downtown Pittsburgh Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Environment
Government
Pennsylvania

Largest coal-fired power plants in Pa. to close after new wastewater rule

Those that intend to close include two of Pennsylvania's largest coal-fired power plants, Keystone and Conemaugh outside Pittsburgh.

5 years ago

An
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

What we know about the firm hired by the GOP to review Pennsylvania’s 2020 election

Taxpayers will pony up $270,000 to Envoy Sage, which says it has exposed “fraud among non-governmental organizations.” Little else is known about the group.

5 years ago

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

A Pa. state lawmaker hasn’t become governor in 70 years. Jake Corman hopes to be the exception

Harrisburg insiders haven’t fared well in bids for governor in recent decades. Jake Corman is trying to break that mold.

5 years ago

A protester carrying a rifle leaves the  the Kenosha County Courthouse after speaking with Kenosha County Sheriffs Department officers, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 in Kenosha, Wis., during the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two people and wounding a third during a protest over police brutality in Kenosha, last year. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Gun Violence
National

In Kenosha and beyond, guns become more common on U.S. streets

Across much of the United States, it has become increasingly acceptable for Americans to walk the streets with firearms, either carried openly or legally concealed.

5 years ago

File photo: President Joe Biden speaks during the
Environment
Government
International

U.S. climate pledge faces test in Senate with global impact

More than most political battles, what happens will have a lasting impact on Americans and all their neighbors on Earth.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden pardons Peanut Butter, the national Thanksgiving turkey, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 19, 2021
Animals
Government
National

Biden says pardoned turkeys will get ‘boosted,’ not ‘basted’

In remarks full of jokes, Biden said the turkeys, named Peanut Butter and Jelly, were selected based on their “temperament, appearance and, I suspect, vaccination status.”

5 years ago

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is losing a key ally on the Postal Service's Board of Governors. (Jim Watson/AP)
NPR
Government
Government Accountability

Biden nominates new chair for Postal Service Board, ousts DeJoy’s allies

The nominations could spell the end of Louis DeJoy's controversial tenure as postmaster general.

5 years ago

FILE - This photo shows Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa in Washington on July 26, 1959. The decades-long odyssey to find the body of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa apparently has turned to a former New Jersey landfill below an elevated highway. The FBI obtained a search warrant to
History
National
New Jersey

FBI looks at land near N.J. landfill for Jimmy Hoffa’s remains

The decades-long odyssey to find the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa apparently has turned to land near a former New Jersey landfill.

5 years ago

Ryan Boyer calls himself “a child of the labor movement.” (The Philadelphia Tribune)
Government
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity
The Philadelphia Tribune

Ryan Boyer elected first Black leader of Building Trades Council

Ryan N. Boyer is making history as the first African American to be elected business manager of the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council.

5 years ago

Listen 8:00
President Joe Biden
Government
Health Care

Biden to have routine colonoscopy, transfer power to Harris

President Joe Biden will briefly transfer power to Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday when he undergoes a “routine colonoscopy."

5 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks to reporters about plans to pass President Joe Biden's domestic agenda as the House meets to debate the Build Back Better Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Infrastructure
National

Dems’ sweeping social, climate bill passes divided House

A sharply divided House has approved the Democrats’ sweeping social and environment bill, a big victory for President Joe Biden.

5 years ago

A close-up of a Pennsylvania congressional map.
Elections
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity

How Pennsylvania can lead the fight against structural racism in our elections

Salewa Ogunmefun, Executive Director of Pennsylvania Voice, advocates for more equitable elections through “Unity Maps.”

5 years ago

President Joe Biden walks with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021
Government
International

Biden praises Canada, Mexico as leaders discuss strains

President Joe Biden has played host to the leaders of Canada and Mexico, reviving what used to be a North American tradition before the Trump presidency.

5 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by other House Democrats and climate activists, pauses while speaking about their
Infrastructure
National
Politics

House moves toward OK of Dems’ sweeping social, climate bill

The 2,100-page bill would bolster child care assistance, create free preschool, curb seniors’ prescription drug costs and beef up efforts to slow climate change.

5 years ago

A closeup of Bobby Henon
PlanPhilly
Government
Government Accountability
Philadelphia

Bobby Henon quietly returns to City Council after his conviction in bribery trial

Councilmember Henon isn’t the only legislator who has kept quiet about the conviction. Just two out of 17 legislators released public statements.

5 years ago

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