
Politics & Policy
Dear Millennial and Gen Z voters, your ballot matters
The Millennial and Gen Z voter bloc is poised to overtake Baby Boomers in power at the polls.
5 years ago
A party-flipper and a Kennedy: The buzzy race for N.J.’s 2nd Congressional District
Two years ago, Van Drew managed to win the seat as a conservative Democrat. Now he tries to defend it from Amy Kennedy as a Republican.
5 years ago
Listen 4:52Some Pa. counties to delay counting mail ballots
The nation could be kept waiting for a final tally from the commonwealth, a key swing state, in order to know who the next president will be.
5 years ago
NJ legal marijuana advocates beat rivals in fundraising
The campaign already ranks in the top 10 costliest ballot questions in state history, according to the state's Election Law Enforcement Commission.
5 years ago
Pa. bar owners to Wolf administration: ‘Let us do our jobs’
A group of York County restaurant owners said they've collectively lost eight months of their usual revenue due to restrictions intended to limit the spread of COVID-19.
5 years ago
Rendell, on the stump for Biden, says he’ll consider moving to New Zealand if Trump wins
The former Pennsylvania governor, who ushered in the state’s shale gas boom, says he wants to set the record straight for the Democratic candidate.
5 years ago
Latest F&M poll shows more than half of Pa. voters will cast ballots in-person on Election Day
F&M’s poll shows 98 percent of Pennsylvanians have their mind made up about which presidential candidate they’re voting for, and most have decided how they plan to do it.
5 years ago
911 program could have helped spare Walter Wallace’s life
Philly police recently announced a new 911 system to handle mental health cases. Its non-implementation may have cost Walter Wallace Jr. his life.
Air Date: October 29, 2020
Listen 17:31Philly City Council passes ban on use of tear gas, rubber bullets on protesters
The legislation advanced just days after police officers fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr., a Black West Philadelphia man whose death has sparked days of protest.
5 years ago
One glove per voter: How Philly will keep polling places COVID-safe on Election Day
Health department volunteers will be on hand to help.
5 years ago
Will Pa. be at the center of another Bush v. Gore? These 8 lawyers and scholars weigh in
If the election comes down to Pennsylvania, the days following Nov. 3 will likely be similar to Florida in 2000.
5 years ago
Dark money in the 2020 election; the Walter Wallace shooting
We discuss mental health and policing around the shooting of Walter Wallace Jr. in Philadelphia. Then, the dark money influencing the 2020 election.
Air Date: October 29, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:44Lawsuit says census takers were pressured to falsify data
Some households were marked as completed after only one attempt to reach residents living there, according to the revised lawsuit filed by the National Urban League.
5 years ago
Potentially thousands of mail ballots lost in Pa. county, official says
Butler County has the worst return rate for mail ballots in the state, and the U.S. Postal Service has been asked to investigate.
5 years ago
Pa. election officials ‘strongly urge’ counties to tally mail ballots as soon as possible
Pennsylvania law prohibits counting mail-in ballots until Election Day, but a few counties say they might not count them until the next day.
5 years ago