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Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks from a podium
Elections
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Pa. Republicans are bringing their election bill back after Gov. Tom Wolf said he’s open to voter ID changes

Wolf had said changes to the state’s voter ID rules were a nonstarter. But he shifted that position this week after vetoing the Republican-passed bill.

5 years ago

A kit includes clean needles, sterile water, and more
Addiction
New Jersey
Public Health

Atlantic City Council votes to close the state’s first needle exchange

After nearly two-and-a-half hours of public comment, the Atlantic City Council voted to no longer allow the needle exchange at the Oasis Drop-in Center to operate.

5 years ago

A closeup of a Delaware State Police vehicle
Delaware
Policing

All Delaware police officers now required to wear body cameras

Gov. John Carney has signed off on a statewide police camera program that Delaware lawmakers unanimously approved last month.

5 years ago

A sign reads,
Delaware
Government Accountability
Policing

Not an ‘infamous crime’: Delaware Supreme Court lets ex-cop convicted of official misconduct take council seat

The Superior Court’s chief judge agreed with the attorney general that the ex-chief’s actions amounted to an ‘infamous crime’ that barred him from office.

5 years ago

Workers with the Philadelphia City Commissioners office sort election materials
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania decertifies county’s voting system after ‘audit’

The action by Acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid almost certainly means that Fulton County will have to buy new voting machines or lease new ones.

5 years ago

Letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

AG Shapiro back in court to ‘keep the pressure’ on DeJoy, USPS for mail delays

Shapiro spoke briefly before the press right before he was set to give oral arguments in support of his motion to block “illegal conduct” by the United States Postal Service.

5 years ago

Vice President Kamala Harris talked about the child tax credit during a visit to  bilingual early childhood education school CentroNia in Washington, D.C, on Friday, June 11, 2021.(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Radio Times
Benefit
Kids
Race & Ethnicity

Reducing child poverty by expanding child tax credits

The Biden administration is sending checks to 90% of American children in an effort to combat child poverty. We'll look at the potential impact of child tax credit expansion.

Air Date: July 21, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
A pile of toxic debris in Camden
Environment
New Jersey
Public Health

Advocate wants health screenings for Camden neighbors near two-story illegal dump site

It comes as N.J.’s new acting attorney general asks a judge to force the owners of the site to immediately clean up the pile that has grown for two decades.

5 years ago

State Rep. Gerald Brady (D-Wilmington) sent a racial slur referring to Chinese women in an email from his official legislative account. (Rep. Brady/Facebook)
Delaware
Race & Ethnicity

Delaware lawmaker says ‘no excuse’ for anti-Asian slur he used in email

State Rep. Gerald Brady used an anti-Asian slur in an email about legislation designed to protect sex workers.

5 years ago

Parking meters are pictured in front of a car parked in Wilmington
Delaware
Income Inequality
Streets & Roads

Parking tickets, towing to return to Wilmington after pandemic pause

Wilmington will resume ticketing, booting, and towing cars for parking violations and delinquent fines. The change takes effect Monday, July 26.

5 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney holds a newly signed copy of SB 15, with onlookers behind him
Delaware
Income Inequality

Gov. Carney officially sets Delaware on path to $15 minimum wage

After years of debate, Delaware’s minimum wage is finally on its way to $15 an hour.

5 years ago

Rosalee the cat helps a Reading resident fill out her 2010 Census form.
NPR
Race & Ethnicity

Biden is reviving an effort to change how the census asks about race and ethnicity

The Trump admin had stalled on the proposals, which the Census Bureau says would offer more accurate data re: Latinos and those with roots in the Middle East or North Africa.

5 years ago

An illustration features the Pennsylvania Capitol Building and a web of emergency contracts.
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Pa. requested $340 million in emergency contracts in 2020 with little oversight

Pennsylvania agencies turned to the emergency procurement process that avoids public scrutiny 483 times last year. In years prior, they made on average 135 requests annually.

5 years ago

Housing activists erect a
Homelessness
Housing
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania

Explainer: Will Pennsylvania evictions spike despite rental help?

As of June 7, roughly 3.2 million people in the U.S. said they face eviction in the next two months. Here’s the situation in Pennsylvania.

5 years ago

Biden speaks from a podium with American flags behind him at the National Constitution Center
NPR
Elections
National

Voting rights activists think Biden’s actions fall short of his dire warnings

For Dems looking for the president to lead amid a wave of bills aimed to restrict voting access, his speech this week was a long time coming. But for some, it also fell short.

5 years ago

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