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Politics & Policy

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Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Could the Pa. GOP bypass the popular vote regardless of who wins? Here’s what we know.

The state Republican Party raised the possibility that the GOP-controlled legislature could choose a slate of presidential electors to cast the state’s votes for Donald Trump.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump does a little dance after speaking at a campaign rally Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in Newport News, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Trump shifts focus to Pennsylvania to shore up reelection

Trump narrowly flipped three Great Lakes states — Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — from blue to red in 2016.

5 years ago

Wilmington, Delaware (Tim Kiser/Wikimedia Commons)
Delaware
Government Accountability

Wilmington, New Castle County still short on participation as census deadline looms

In the midst of a court battle over the date of the census deadline, Delaware leaders are urging residents to stand up and be counted.

5 years ago

Rep. Joanna McClinton (D, Delaware County) gives remarks on the floor of the Pennsylvania House. (Courtesy of Wesley Anderson)
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity

Pa. lawmakers introduce bill banning hair discrimination

“It’s so important that we address the right and the dignity behind our natural appearance, and being able to show up as we naturally are,” Lee said.

5 years ago

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, pictured in 2018, is seen as a front-runner to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. (Rachel Malehorn, rachelmalehorn.smugmug.com via AP)
Government Accountability
Law

GOP expecting Trump to tap Barrett for Supreme Court

Trump's campaign is preparing to use the latest confirmation fight for maximum political effect.

5 years ago

Demonstrators gather on the steps of the state capitol in Harrisburg to demand action on climate change on Friday, September 20, 2019. (Rachel McDevitt / WITF)
Environment
Government Accountability
Sustainability
StateImpact Pennsylvania

What do you want elected officials to do about climate change?

The November election will likely have big consequences for climate policy in the United States.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden tours the Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry in Manitowoc, Wis., Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Biden’s Scranton vs. Park Ave. appeal targets working class

It’s at once a demonstration of Biden’s personal contempt for Trump and the Democratic challenger’s pride in his own family history as mostly working-class Irish Catholics.

5 years ago

Colorado Harvest Company CEO Tim Cullen describes the leaf structure of different strains of cannabis during tour of his company's 10,000-square-foot facility in south Denver on Sept. 16, 2016. (Andy Colwell for Billy Penn)
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Should legalizing pot come with reparations? Advocates say yes — and so does PA’s governor

Expect lots of discussion at the inaugural CannAtlantic Cannabis Conference on Saturday.

5 years ago

Clockwise from top left:  Larry D. Lambert Jr (Photo by Shannon Woodloe), Marie Pinkney (Photo by Imperial Photography), Madinah Wilson-Anton (Photo by Kai Jullian), Eric Morrison (Photo by G Rivera Fumero)
Delaware
Elections

‘I was shocked’: Four newcomers beat Democratic incumbents in Delaware primary

There were some major upsets in Del.’s Democratic primary. Four candidates for the General Assembly surprised even themselves when they beat incumbents.

5 years ago

Listen 3:52
Marvin and Linda Worthy have been fighting for racial justice for years in Chambersburg, Pa. They've been encouraged to see the protest movement of the summer garner significant attention locally.(Dani Fresh/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Elections
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

The BLM movement found support in red, rural Pa. What will it mean for voting?

Protests happened across rural Pa., including Franklin County — elevating political fault lines and fractured alliances that have been lying beneath the surface.

5 years ago

Listen 5:06
Gov. Tom Wolf speaks during a news conference. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Pennsylvania
Politics
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Wolf slams GOP for trying to thwart COVID-19 mitigation

Governor Tom Wolf is defending the COVID-19 mitigation measures his administration has put in place, and condemning Republicans for trying to repeal them.

5 years ago

The capital dome is seen at the New Jersey Statehouse. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
New Jersey

N.J. legislature approves plastic bag ban, early prison release bill, state budget

The plastic bag ban might be the toughest in the nation. The budget includes tax hikes and $4.5 billion in borrowing.

5 years ago

FILE - This May 26, 2020 file photo shows an Official Democratic General Primary mail-in ballot and secrecy envelope, for the Pennsylvania primary in Pittsburgh. Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots, hoping to avert worried predictions that 100,000 votes or more could be invalidated because the ballots aren't put in the proper envelope.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Democrats in Pa. scramble to limit number of ‘naked ballots’

Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots.

5 years ago

Visitors wait in line before a 2020 campaign rally for President Donald Trump on Dec. 10, 2019, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for WITF/PA Post)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Poll shows fewer than one third of Pennsylvania Republican voters will trust mail-in ballot results

The finding adds to concerns that the president and some Republicans are laying the groundwork to challenge the legitimacy of the election.

5 years ago

In this May 5, 2020, file photo, absentee ballots to be counted are moved at City Hall in Garden City, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Elections
Government Accountability

Records: Mail delivery lags behind targets as election nears

On-time delivery across the country dipped substantially in the weeks after DeJoy took office in mid-June.

5 years ago

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