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Politics & Policy

A pile of pamphlets for Pennsylvania's medical marijuana program
Addiction
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Wolf administration ordered to reveal details of cannabis use as drug addiction treatment

The Office of Open Records ruled in favor of Spotlight PA and ordered the health department to disclose how many patients are certified for cannabis use.

5 years ago

Delaware state seal
Delaware
Elections
Government

Open government group applauds Delaware redistricting hearings

Delaware’s redistricting process will launch later this month with online hearings that were called for by Common Cause of Delaware in August.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol building
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Wolf creates new redistricting oversight panel ahead of fraught map-drawing process

The panel will review how redistricting works in other states and develop standards for determining integrity and fairness.

5 years ago

Legislative Hall in Dover. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
Government Accountability
Social Justice

Delaware ethics committee clears lawmaker who emailed racist, sexist slur

A House ethics committee has dismissed a complaint against a Delaware State Rep. Gerald Brady who used a racist, sexist term against Asian women in an email.

5 years ago

DA Larry Krasner is pictured
Crime
Philadelphia
Politics
Public Safety

Another round of grants and a warning from Philadelphia’s DA

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s office is combating violence while also warning of harsh penalties for people who settle disputes with guns.

5 years ago

An aerial view of flooded streets are seen in Helmetta
NPR
Environment
Housing
Public Safety

The federal government sells flood-prone homes to often unsuspecting buyers, NPR finds

HUD disproportionately sells homes in flood-prone areas, NPR finds. Housing experts warn that this can lead to big losses for vulnerable families.

5 years ago

The main gate of the privately-run Leavenworth Detention Center in a 2016 file photo. At the time, the prison's operator was known as the Corrections Corporation of America but has since been renamed CoreCivic. Legal advocates are hoping the facility shuts down when its federal contract ends at the end of the 2021.
NPR
Government
Immigration
National

Biden ended contracts with private prisons. So one may turn to house immigrants

A for-profit detention center in Kansas that's been plagued with violence may be trying to do an end-run against a presidential executive order.

5 years ago

William McSwain speaks during a news conference
Elections
Pennsylvania

Former U.S. Attorney McSwain joins growing field of GOP candidates for Pa. governor

McSwain is pitching himself as a tough-on-crime supporter of police who “put rioters and looters behind bars” as U.S. attorney.

5 years ago

Officers at the Cumberland County Prison walk the halls in Carlisle, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Government
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. prison guards union asks court to review vax-or-test mandate

The union that represents corrections officers in Pennsylvania prisons wants a state court to intervene over Gov. Wolf's recent vaccine mandate.

5 years ago

Afghan evacuees
Military
National
Pennsylvania

Biden voters in Pa. grappling with chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, America’s longest war

A recent poll found that 52% of Democrats support the withdrawal and Biden’s handling, 37% want to withdraw but say mistakes were made, and 17% oppose.

5 years ago

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Two girls sit on bench
Home & Family
National
Politics
Technology

Internet funding rule could favor rural areas over cities

Officials in some urban areas are raising concerns about a federal rule limiting how federal coronavirus relief money can be spent on high-speed internet.

5 years ago

Minnesota Vikings star lineman Brian O'Neill (center) poses after a 2019 home game with his uncle and aunt, Delaware Gov. John Carney and First Lady Tracey Quillen
Delaware
Government
Sports

Gov. Carney’s nephew is Delaware’s new $92 million gridiron man

The NFL’s Minnesota Vikings have signed Brian O’Neill to a $92 million contract, the most lucrative sports contract for an athlete born and raised in Delaware.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden lay a wreath at the Wall of Names during a visit to the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021
Government
Pennsylvania

Biden places wreath at Shanksville 9/11 memorial

Biden visited the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, not long after Vice President Kamala Harris and former President George W. Bush spoke there.

5 years ago

From left, former President Bill Clinton, former First Lady Hillary Clinton, former President Barack Obama, former First Lady Michelle Obama, President Joe Biden, First Lady Jill Biden, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg's partner Diana Taylor, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) stand for the national anthem during the annual 9/11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021 in New York
Community Events
National
Politics

Biden, Obama, Clinton mark 9/11 in NYC with display of unity

Three presidents and their wives stood side by side at the National September 11 Memorial, sharing a moment of silence to mark the anniversary with a display of unity.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden hugs a person as he tours a neighborhood impacted by Hurricane Ida, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, in Manville, N.J. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., second from left, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, second from right, look on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Environment
Government
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Public Safety
Public Spaces
6ABC

President Biden approves Gov. Wolf’s major disaster declaration for Ida

The approval will provide funding and services through the Individual Assistance Program and Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.

5 years ago

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