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Politics & Policy

The capital dome is seen at the New Jersey Statehouse. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Politics
Taxes

N.J. lawmakers push through $11.5 billion tax break overhaul, to the chagrin of advocates

Full floor votes are set in the Senate and Assembly Monday – less than a week after the bill was introduced and 1 ½ years since the last programs elapsed.

5 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., signs a form next to Dr. Brian Monahan, attending physician Congress of the United States after she received a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shot in Washington, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Economy
Government Accountability

House passes bill to avert government shutdown; Senate next

The House passed the temporary funding bill by a 320-60 vote as frustrated lawmakers headed for a weekend session.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden announces former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for transportation secretary during a news conference at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP)
National
Public Health

Bidens to get first vaccine dose on Monday

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will receive their doses the week after next.

5 years ago

President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden joined by Ashley Biden and her husband Howard Krein walk from St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. Today is the anniversary of Neilia and Naomi Biden's death. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Delaware
Elections
Politics

Biden marks anniversary of wife, daughter’s death at Delaware church

On the 48th anniversary of the tragic accident that killed his wife and infant daughter, President-elect Joe Biden visited the Wilmington-area church where they are buried.

5 years ago

Then-Democratic presidential candidate Corey booker speaks during the National Urban League Conference  in Indianapolis, in this Thursday, July 25, 2019, file photo. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Higher Education
Sports

Booker, Democratic lawmakers introduce NCAA reform bill

If passed, it could wreak havoc on the NCAA's ability to govern intercollegiate athletics and the association's model for amateurism.

5 years ago

The U.S. Treasury Department building viewed from the Washington Monument, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
National
Technology

Hack against US is ‘grave threat,’ cybersecurity agency says

The hack compromised federal agencies and “critical infrastructure” in a sophisticated attack that was hard to detect and will be difficult to undo.

5 years ago

Then-mayoral candidate Eddie Moran gives a speech to supporters gathered at Jet Set Restaurant in Reading, Pennsylvania on Nov. 2, 2019. (Matt Smith for Keystone Crossroads)
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity

This Pa. mayor’s trip to Puerto Rico during the pandemic drew criticism, attention to Latino health disparities

Trips like Mayor Eddie Moran’s are by no means prohibited by any law or mandate, but they cut against the new social norms brought about by the coronavirus.

5 years ago

Deb Haaland poses for a portrait Tuesday, June 5, 2018 in a Nob Hill Neighborhood in Albuquerque, N.M. Haaland is one of two Native American women who marked historic congressional victories as a record number of women were elected to the U.S. House following an election cycle that also saw a significant boost in Native American female candidates at the state and local level. (AP Photo/Juan Labreche)
NPR
Environment
Politics
Race & Ethnicity
Sustainability

In historic move, Biden to pick Native American Rep. Haaland as Interior Secretary

Rep. Deb Haaland would be the country's first Native American Cabinet secretary. She opposed many Trump environmental rollbacks on public lands.

5 years ago

A view of the Roundhouse building.
Policing
Public Safety
Billy Penn

Rocked by COVID outbreak, Philly 911 dispatchers say police department treats them like ‘collateral damage’

Union reps described understaffing, cardboard dividers and pressure to avoid complaints.

5 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly news conference last week on Capitol Hill.
NPR
Income Inequality
National

Congressional leaders near deal on roughly $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill

The sudden rush towards agreement comes after months of public, partisan bickering and virtually no private negotiation on an aid package.

5 years ago

On Tuesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., released testimony that Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson gave to the Senate Judiciary Committee. She released the material without coordinating with committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
Radio Times
Aging
Politics

Is America a “gerontocracy?”

The U.S. government is significantly older than the American population. Why? And does this affect governing and policy?

Air Date: December 16, 2020 10:00 am

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Protesters gathered in downtown Wilmington Tuesday afternoon to send a message to President-elect Biden about protecting immigrants and reforming the criminal justice system. (Facebook)
Delaware
Social Justice

Honking protesters in Wilmington demand Biden deliver on immigration, justice reform

Protesters gathered in downtown Wilmington Tuesday afternoon to urge President-elect Biden to take action on immigration and criminal justice reform.

5 years ago

Pete Buttigieg, seen in 2019, is expected to be named Joe Biden's transportation secretary. He's former mayor of South Bend, Ind., and Democratic presidential candidate. (Bebeto Matthews/AP Photo)
NPR
Infrastructure
Transportation

Biden expected to name former rival Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary

Buttigieg would be the first openly LGBTQ person nominated to a permanent Cabinet post.

5 years ago

The 'Million MAGA March' saw 10,000 to 15,000 supporters of President Trump, including members of far-right groups, such as the Proud Boys, Patriot Front and others, marching in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 14. (Zach D Roberts / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
NPR
Social Justice

Right-wing embrace of conspiracy is ‘mass radicalization,’ experts warn

This increases the risk of right-wing violence, veteran security officials and terrorism researchers warn.

5 years ago

Stuart Jeff Rabner, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, swears in electors of state Electoral College.
Elections
New Jersey
Politics
NJ Spotlight

Problems with signatures, envelopes top reasons NJ ballots rejected

Activists are planning a push to improve laws regarding the "cure" process for ballot challenges.

5 years ago

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