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Elections
New Jersey

Election 2021: N.J. rolling out early voting, other changes. Here’s what you need to know

N.J. voters have a third option to cast their ballots this fall: a new early voting period. Here’s what you need to know about how to vote and who’s on the ballot.

5 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government
Philadelphia

Everything you need to know about Philly City Council redistricting

The process was notoriously fraught in 2001, and the end result was considered a gerrymander. This year, onlookers are not expecting fireworks, but have concerns.

5 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks to a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in Washington
Economy
Government
National

Senate dodges U.S. debt disaster, voting to extend borrowing

The Senate has dodged a U.S. debt disaster by approving legislation to lift the federal limit on new borrowing by nearly a half-trillion dollars.

5 years ago

Screenshot of a press conference with Govs. Tom Wolf and Phil Murphy, where they have joined an effort to share gun violence data with other states. (Gov. Murphy / Twitter)
Gun Violence
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania and New Jersey join multistate effort to stop gun violence

Gun trafficking does not respect state lines, so Govs. Tom Wolf and Phil Murphy have joined an effort to share gun violence data with other states.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington. Arguments begin Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump on allegations that he incited the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Elections
Government Accountability

Report details Trump’s all-out bid to overturn election results

“In attempting to enlist DOJ for personal, political purposes in an effort to maintain his hold on the White House, Trump grossly abused the power of the presidency.”

5 years ago

The exterior of George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County
Incarceration
Pennsylvania

Delco Council votes to deprivatize the county’s prison

Delaware County officials kept a campaign promise with the vote to terminate GEO Group’s contract to operate Pennsylvania’s only privately run county prison.

5 years ago

Delaware Hospital for the Chronically Ill
Delaware
Public Health

Delaware using $50M in COVID-relief money to replace old ‘State Welfare Home’

The hospital has floors that cannot be used and outdated systems. It will be replaced by a new state-of-the-art facility on the property near Smyrna.

5 years ago

National Guardsman Tim Rzemyk helps out at a polling place
Elections
New Jersey

N.J. poll workers get a pay raise in hopes of getting more people to sign up

Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order to raise the pay of poll workers to help prevent a shortage for the upcoming election in November.

5 years ago

A closeup of Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver
Elections
New Jersey

Candidates for lt. gov. spar in debate, welcome Biden to N.J.

Democratic Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver and Republican Diane Allen met Tuesday in their first and only debate of the New Jersey governor's race.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden talks with reporters after returning to the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, after a trip to Michigan to promote his infrastructure plan
Economy
Government
National

Biden: Senate filibuster change on debt a ‘real possibility’

Days before an Oct. 18 deadline to act, the Senate is tangled in a dangerous partisan standoff over a vote that’s needed to allow the federal government to continue borrowing.

5 years ago

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Delaware
Employment

Federal funds offer $50 million expansion of Delaware workforce training programs

Money from the American Rescue Plan will help students and adults in Delaware learn new skills to improve their employment opportunities.

5 years ago

The Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (Russ Walker/PA Post)
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania

Pa. Senate cuts short voting bill hearing after Wolf aide’s snub

The bill would address ballot tabulation deadlines, the use of ballot drop boxes, and clearing dead voters from the rolls.

5 years ago

A street in Philly's Francisville neighborhood.
Government
Public Health
Billy Penn

With over 45,000 Philadelphians waiting for rent relief, the city is running out of money

Philly is distributing more funding than earlier in the pandemic, but many residents are still waiting.

5 years ago

Vehicles arrive at the Delaware toll plaza
Delaware
Economy
Streets & Roads

Delaware offers toll violators amnesty in effort to recoup millions in lost revenue

Toll violators owe Delaware nearly $150 million in missed toll payments and fines from over the past six-and-a-half years.

5 years ago

The Pa. Supreme Court in Harrisburg. (Christine Baker/PennLive)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

A voter guide to Pennsylvania’s 2021 judicial elections

Voters will elect a slew of judges to Pennsylvania’s three statewide appellate courts — judges who will shape important policy in the state for at least a decade.

5 years ago

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