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Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh gives his opening statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Saul Loeb/Pool Image via AP)
Government
Government Accountability
Law

Dems renew questions about FBI background check of Kavanaugh

The FBI revealed that it had received thousands of tips and had provided “all relevant” ones to the White House counsel's office.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden delivers a speech. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Economic Development
Government
Infrastructure

Biden to bring infrastructure sales pitch to Pennsylvania

President Joe Biden will head to the Allentown area Wednesday as he fights for passage in the Senate of a nearly $1 trillion infrastructure measure.

5 years ago

Greenfield Elementary School Playground. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Income Inequality
Kids
Pennsylvania

Biden’s child tax credit will spread wealth. But 13K Philly kids stand to miss out

The Child Tax Credit could reduce child poverty by one-third in Philadelphia. But official estimates show more work is needed to reach the poorest.

5 years ago

Listen 3:58
Jamie Gautier speaks from a podium at a press conference, with elected officials behind her
Gun Violence
Philadelphia

‘It’s an emergency’: Philly leaders, activists give Kenney a deadline to do more about gun violence

A group of activists, state lawmakers, and City Councilmembers say the mayor has until July 30 to address eight proposals to deal with the city’s historic surge in gun violenc

5 years ago

File photo: Pennsylvania state Rep. Margo Davidson during a press conference in Media, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Government
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Delco Rep. Margo Davidson resigns after being charged with stealing from state

Davidson’s alleged theft centers on one of the most maligned systems in Pennsylvania government: legislative per diems.

5 years ago

Alison Beam wears a mask while speaking from a podium.
Aging
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Nursing homes would provide more direct care to residents under proposed Pa. rule

The state currently requires nursing homes to provide residents with 2.7 hours of direct care each day, despite a much higher federal recommendation.

5 years ago

Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One
Radio Times
Elections
Government
Media

The Cruelty Is the Point: The Past, Present, and Future of Trump’s America

He coined "the cruelty is the point". In his collection of essays, Adam Serwer sees Trump administration as an outgrowth of the inequalities the United States was founded on.

Air Date: July 22, 2021 10:00 am

Listen 49:30
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

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