Politics & Policy
N.J.’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund gets $19M boost after being starved for almost a decade
New Jersey is allocating more than $19 million to the creation of affordable housing and efforts to protect residents from eviction.
5 years ago
Biden addresses COVID bill, holiday pandemic precautions
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday expressed empathy with struggling families and applauded Congress for passing the coronavirus relief bill.
5 years ago
Former election security official says it will take ‘years’ to undo disinformation
Matthew Masterson served as a senior cybersecurity advisor at CISA, primarily responsible for elections.
5 years ago
Pa. election officials are burnt out and leaving their jobs after 2020 ‘nightmare’
Since the passage of the 2019 law that made sweeping changes to voting in Pennsylvania, at least 21 election officials have left or will soon leave their posts.
5 years ago
Congress acts to spare consumers from costly surprise medical bills
Congress has passed a long-debated measure to stop health care providers from billing patients for charges not covered by their insurance. Here's how the new protection works.
5 years ago
Reform of secrecy law for Pa. utilities faces long odds despite agreement that it’s a problem
Lawmakers in both parties acknowledge the measure impedes government transparency and public safety, but powerful special interests stand in the way of any major changes.
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$900B COVID relief bill passed by Congress, sent to Trump
Lawmakers tacked on a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill and thousands of pages of other end-of-session business to create a massive bundle of bipartisan legislation.
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What we know about Russia’s alleged hack of the U.S. government and tech companies
A massive computer breach allowed hackers to spend months exploring numerous U.S. government networks and private companies' systems around the world.
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‘There’s nothing to worry about,’ Biden says as he receives COVID-19 vaccine
President-elect Joe Biden publicly received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday as the death toll from the disease nears 320,000 in the U.S.
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Replacing N.J.’s old voting machines will come with big price tag. How big? Who knows
Other states have encountered spiraling costs and complications.
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Probe: Trump officials attacked CDC coronavirus reports
Rep. James Clyburn said his coronavirus committee investigators have found evidence of a “political pressure campaign” to “bully” professionals at the CDC.
5 years ago
Highlights of $900 billion COVID-19 relief, wrapup bills
Highlights of the measure with overall funding amounts and specific amounts for some but not necessarily all initiatives.
5 years ago
History will remember 2020. Here’s four ways it will shape Pa. politics moving forward
Historians, public health experts, and grassroots activists told us these 2020 themes were most significant and will most clearly shape what the road ahead holds for Pa.
5 years ago
Listen 4:12Trump wants Supreme Court to overturn Pa. election results
President Trump’s campaign says it has filed a new petition with the Supreme Court as it continues its unprecedented efforts to overturn the results of the election.
5 years ago
New Jersey, New York hide full details of COVID-19 spending
Every state except New York and New Jersey responded to AP’s public records request by providing a detailed breakdown of the spending and suppliers.
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