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Demonstrators demand action on voting rights.
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Fed up with inaction over voting rights, thousands are planning a march on Washington

Thousands of activists are expected to converge Saturday in Washington and other cities across the country on the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.

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Pa. Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman (left), and Pa. state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin (Commonwealth Media Services; AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
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Elections
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Despite infighting, Pa. GOP senators push forward with vague idea of 2020 election audit

A Trump ally in the Pa. legislature has been stripped of power, but the leading Republican in the State Senate is still promising a full “forensic audit” of the 2020 election.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks about the bombings at the Kabul airport that killed at least 12 U.S. service members, from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Biden vows to finish Kabul evacuation, avenge US deaths

Biden said the Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate was to blame for the attacks that killed 12 American service members and many more Afghan civilians.

4 years ago

Delaware Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, Lee Murphy (Courtesy of Lee Murphy)
Delaware
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Nine months after defeat, Del. GOP candidate relaunches campaign for U.S. House

Republican Lee Murphy hopes the third time's the charm for his campaign for Delaware’s lone seat in the House of Representatives.

4 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf, wearing a face mask, speaks to the press from behind a podium
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Wolf asks Republican leaders to return to Harrisburg and pass school mask mandate

Few school districts are requiring masks inside classrooms, something the Democratic governor said it needed to ensure safety.

4 years ago

Reps. Bennie Thompson (right) and Liz Cheney, joined by fellow committee members, speak to the media after a July 27 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Jan. 6 select committee probe expands to Trump and top officials in a wave of demands

They target communications by Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence and other top officials as well as White House visitor and call logs related to the day of the attack.

4 years ago

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Housing
Income Inequality
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About 89% of federal rental assistance has still not gone out

With landlords challenging a federal eviction moratorium in court, the concern is that a wave of evictions will happen before much of the assistance has been distributed.

4 years ago

The exterior of the North Inc. building in Philadelphia.
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Wolf admin unexpectedly pulls the plug on controversial revamp of Pa. safety net program

The Department of Health did not explain why it abandoned a plan to change who administers a nutrition program for pregnant people and young children.

4 years ago

(Miguel Martinez/Billy Penn)
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Philadelphia
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A significant chunk of Philly’s CARES Act money is paying for police and prisons

Out of $276 million in initial federal COVID grants, the city appears to have allocated at least $100 million to cover staffing in the police, prisons, and fire departments.

4 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at her weekly news conference at the Capitol building on August 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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House narrowly approves $3.5 trillion budget blueprint

Nancy Pelosi pushed through a $3.5 trillion budget framework Tuesday after an impasse with centrist Dems threatened to derail progress on President Biden's domestic agenda.

4 years ago

Gov. Murphy signed Timothy J. Piazza’s Law, requiring middle schools, high schools, and higher education institutions to adopt anti-hazing policies and clear penalties for violations. (Twitter / Gov. Murphy)
New Jersey
Public Safety

Strict anti-hazing law signed in New Jersey

New Jersey joins Pennsylvania in having some of the toughest anti-hazing laws in the country after the death of a Penn State student from Central Jersey.

4 years ago

Then-New York Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul addresses the People of New York during news conference in the Blue Room at the state Capitol Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Albany, N.Y.
Gender
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National

9 women now serving as governors in U.S., tying a record

When Hochul took over Tuesday for resigned Gov. Andrew Cuomo, she became the ninth woman currently serving as governor. That ties the previous record, first set in 2004.

4 years ago

Sean Brown receives a COVID-19 vaccine
New Jersey
Public Health

New Jersey Gov. Murphy holds on to strong approval ratings

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy still earns high marks for pandemic management and his overall job running the state, according to the latest Monmouth Poll.

4 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol in winter
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Incarceration
Pennsylvania

Pa. ends ‘prison gerrymandering’ with closely divided committee vote

The commission redrawing Pa.’s House and Senate maps has voted to stop counting state prisoners as residents of the districts where they’re incarcerated.

4 years ago

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Philadelphia election workers process mail and absentee ballots for the 2020 general election
Elections
Pennsylvania

Hearings in Pa. election ‘investigation’ to begin, senator says

Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman said he has communicated with Trump, whose baseless claims about election fraud have propelled loyalists to pursue election "audits."

4 years ago

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