
Politics & Policy
N.J. to offer $25 million in grants to ‘microbusinesses’ with up to 5 employees
New Jersey’s smallest businesses are the target of the state’s latest economic relief effort related to the coronavirus.
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Sen. Sharif Street is running for U.S. Senate, and he’s doing it ‘old-school’
Street, 46, is planning to formally launch his exploratory committee next Friday, April 9.
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Biden’s climate-focused infrastructure plan geared to curb U.S. carbon emissions
The plan, which Biden unveiled Wednesday in Pittsburgh, includes money for projects to reduce greenhouse gases in transportation, electricity and housing.
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Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure bill
President Biden just unveiled his plan to fix America's crumbling infrastructure.
Air Date: April 1, 2021 12:00 am
Listen 49:00Biden administration considers overhaul of asylum system at southern border
The plan the Biden administration is considering is based largely on the one authored by Meissner, who is now a senior fellow at the Migration Policy Institute.
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Pentagon releases new policies enabling transgender people to serve in the military
The Pentagon announced new policies on Wednesday that undo the Trump-era rules that effectively banned transgender people from serving in the military.
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Philly to unveil long-awaited update to its plan to fight gun violence in April
City health officials said the new plan will take a more preventative approach.
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‘No SALT, No Deal’: N.J. reps want Trump-era tax cap removed
Two N.J. U.S. Reps. say they won’t agree to tax changes to pay for President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan unless the cap on SALT deductions ends.
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2 Capitol police officers sue Trump for injuries sustained during Jan. 6 riot
Two U.S. Capitol police officers argue former President Donald Trump is responsible for the injuries they received during the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol.
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Biden announces huge infrastructure plan to ‘win the future’
The president travels to Pittsburgh on Wednesday to unveil what would be a hard-hatted transformation of the U.S. economy as grand in scale as the New Deal.
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Picketers at nine Allegheny Technologies, Inc. facilities are demanding wage increases and better health care offerings. They hope Biden is paying attention.
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Pennsylvania election law reforms won’t be ready for primary
County elections officials will have to keep waiting for a long-sought change to add a pre-election period to process absentee and mail-in ballots.
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Delaware moves closer to automatically registering voters at DMV
Delawareans would be automatically registered to vote after visiting the Division of Motor Vehicles under a bill approved by the State Senate Tuesday afternoon.
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‘A big day for democracy’: Murphy signs N.J. in-person early voting into law
The state now requires counties to hold nine days of early, in-person machine voting ending the Sunday before Election Day in November.
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In push to end filibuster, Democrats point to its civil rights-era history
Organizers say abolishing the filibuster is a way to follow through on electoral promises. But Republicans insist the maneuver isn't racist — and note its past use by Dems.
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