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Pennsylvania Supreme Court (Christopher Millette / PennLive)
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Pa. Supreme Court picks former Pitt chancellor to chair powerful redistricting commission

The Pa. Supreme Court announced that it had appointed Mark Nordenberg to the Legislative Reapportionment Commission.

5 years ago

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Gun Violence
Philadelphia
Public Safety

Philly Councilmembers call for a ‘bold investment’ to fight gun violence

During the first of several budget hearings, members of City Council called on the administration to devote more money to combating gun violence.

5 years ago

Orange barriers enclose chairs and tables that will be used for dining along Sixth Street between Liberty and Penn avenues
Employment
Income Inequality
Philadelphia

Pa. tipped wage workers rally behind Wolf’s proposed minimum wage hike

In Pa., the tipped minimum wage is $2.83 cents an hour, an amount set in 1998. Gov. Wolf wants to end that separate, lower tipped wage and raise the overall minimum wage.

5 years ago

Refrigerators on sale in 2018 in Pennsylvania. The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to phase out the use of cooling chemicals that are powerful greenhouse gases. (Keith Srakocic/AP)
NPR
Energy
Environment
Sustainability

EPA moves to cut a powerful greenhouse gas

It's the first concrete regulatory step the Biden administration has taken to tackle planet-warming emissions since the President announced ambitious goals ten days ago.

5 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner; Challenger BAS SLABBERS / WHYY; EMMA LEE / WHYY
Criminal Justice
Elections
Policing
Billy Penn

Philly DA race: With no party endorsement, Vega and Krasner wrestle for support

The challenger has more union backing, while the incumbent has more pols in his corner.

5 years ago

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a March 1 news conference
NPR
Immigration
National

Separated families to reunite in the U.S., as immigrant advocates push for more

Four migrant families that were separated at the border by the Trump administration will be allowed to reunify in the U.S. this week, per the secretary of Homeland Security.

5 years ago

Amanda Holt holds up Pa. House and Senate maps
Elections
Government
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Are Pa.’s state House and Senate maps gerrymandered? Depends on how you measure them

While a court declared Pennsylvania's previous congressional map was drawn to benefit Republicans, the current legislative maps have not faced the same level of scrutiny.

5 years ago

An election worker hands a sheet of
Elections
Government
Philadelphia

Monday is the last day to register to vote in the 2021 Pa. primary

Voters registering online have until 11:59 p.m. Monday to complete registration, but county voter registration offices need paper forms by close of business.

5 years ago

A person's hand holds a pen to the Pa. Constitution
Elections
Explainers
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

Should Pennsylvania amend its constitution to prohibit discrimination based on race and ethnicity? (ballot question)

The concepts in this ballot question aren't debatable, but they're not yet formally enshrined at a state level.

5 years ago

The front of an Engine 13 fire truck
Elections
Explainers
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Should Pennsylvania fire departments and EMS companies be able to apply for loans? (ballot question)

If voters approve, this ballot initiative will allow cities and towns with paid firefighters to tap into an existing state fund.

5 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf addresses the media alongside a group of other state and local leaders
Elections
Explainers
Pennsylvania
Billy Penn

Should Pennsylvania strip the governor’s disaster declaration powers? (ballot question)

Republicans in the state legislature pushed for this ballot measure after being stymied in other efforts to roll back Wolf’s emergency COVID order.

5 years ago

A person's hand holds up an
Elections
Explainers
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Procrastinator’s guide to the May 2021 primary election in Philadelphia

A cheat sheet for being informed when you vote.

5 years ago

NPR
Business
National

Biden wants to go tough on Wall Street. The response? The best rally since FDR

The S&P 500 surged 11% in President Biden's first 100 days, the best performance since Franklin D. Roosevelt started his first term in 1933.

5 years ago

State Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward (R-Westmoreland) pitches voters on voting up a pair of constitutional amendments that would limit the governor's future emergency powers on Apr. 20, 2021.
Elections
Pennsylvania

‘The next chess move’: Emergency powers ballot questions set the stage for a balance-of-power showdown in Pa.

Since last year, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has defended the executive actions his administration took to limit the coronavirus’ spread.

5 years ago

Riders from the Black Bikers Vote rally prepare to start the route in West Philadelphia on May 1, 2021. (Kenny Cooper/WHYY)
Elections
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Race & Ethnicity

‘Our participation is paramount’: Black bikers ride to get out the Philly vote

More than 100 motorcyclists rode through Philadelphia’s low turnout areas to get voters out in an off-year election where “criminal justice is on the ballot.”

5 years ago

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