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Residents line up outside the Montgomery County, Pa., Voter Services office, Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Norristown, Pa. Monday is the last day in Pennsylvania to register to vote in the Nov. 3 election in which the presidential battleground state is playing a central role in the contest between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
NPR
Elections

With Trump off the ballot, Republicans look to regain votes in the suburbs

The question for Republicans and Democrats alike, then, is whether suburban voters move at all back into the GOP tent, with Trump no longer on the ballot.

5 years ago

Sens. Dan Laughlin (left) and Sharif Street introduced a bill to legalize recreational cannabis in 2021. (COURTESY SEN. DAN LAUGHLIN'S OFFICE)
Criminal Justice
Government
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Pa. cannabis legalization remains unlikely as neighboring states go for it

New Jersey. New York. Virginia. One by one, Pennsylvania’s neighbors are moving to legalize recreational cannabis for adults.

5 years ago

Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Senate GOP leaders tap well-connected Pa. political operative to lead campaign arm

The move further solidifies the influence of lobbyist Ray Zaborney, who runs a trio of companies that help elect public officials, then lobby them once in office.

5 years ago

Delaware State House
Delaware
Gun Violence

Delaware Senate approves gun permit requirements and high-capacity magazine ban

Two measures regulating the sale and use of guns in Delaware were approved by the State Senate Thursday afternoon.

5 years ago

Rowhouses line North 29th Street in Philadelphia
Housing
Philadelphia

What landlords and tenants need to know about Philly’s new eviction rules

The unprecedented court order, which came after months of hard-fought negotiations between tenant advocates and landlords, went into effect Thursday.

5 years ago

File photo: New Jersey State Capitol building in Trenton. (Alan Tu/WHYY)
Business
Economy
New Jersey

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.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Sen. Sharif Street speaks at the Olney Transportation Center
Elections
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

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.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden delivers a speech from a podium
Energy
Environment
Infrastructure
StateImpact Pennsylvania

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. 

5 years ago

Traffic is seen near the entrance to the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City, N.J.(Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Infrastructure
Politics

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

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks from a podium at the White House
NPR
Immigration
International
National

Biden 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.

5 years ago

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, seen here at the Pentagon last week, announced the military's new policies on Wednesday, International Transgender Day of Visibility. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
NPR
LGBTQ
Military
Social Justice

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.

5 years ago

Activists hung caution tape around City Hall in Philadelphia on March 26, 2021, to bring the crime scenes they witness in their neighborhoods to city officials’ work place. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Gun Violence
Public Safety

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.

5 years ago

An aerial view of Trenton, New Jersey.
Infrastructure
New Jersey
Taxes

‘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.

5 years ago

Police officers try to push back pro-Trump insurrectionists trying to break through a police barrier
NPR
National
Public Safety

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.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
Taxes

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.

5 years ago

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