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Politics & Policy

Kendall Stephens testifies in front of the Pa. Senate Majority Policy Committee in October 2020. (Pa. Senate Policy Committee)
Criminal Justice
LGBTQ
Billy Penn

Movement for hate crime law? LGBTQ and trans speakers give first ever testimony to PA Senate Republicans

Legislators who heard the speeches were moved, but action is far from certain.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump talks with voters after an NBC News Town Hall, at Perez Art Museum Miami, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Elections
National

Trump, Biden go at it — from a distance — in town halls

Coming just two and a half weeks before Election Day, the events Thursday night offered crystalizing contrasts and a national, if divided, audience.

5 years ago

Left to right: David Richter and U.S. Rep. Andy Kim are vying for the U.S House of Representatives seat for New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional district. (campaign photos)
Elections
New Jersey
Politics

Kim and Richter make case for being the true voice of N.J.’s 3rd Congressional District

Republican David Richter says Democratic incumbent Andy Kim is no moderate. Kim says Richter is caught up in labels.

5 years ago

Listen 4:02
In this Sept. 27, 2020, file photo former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, arrives for a news conference at the White House in Washington, with President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
National
Public Health

Christie says he was wrong not to wear mask in White House

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday that he was wrong not to wear a mask at the White House, after he and President Donald Trump both came down with COVID-19.

5 years ago

City Council President Darrell Clarke announced the Neighborhood Preservation Initiative in Philadelphia’s South Kensington neighborhood.
PlanPhilly
Housing
Neighborhoods

Why Philly’s 10-year tax abatement is back on the negotiating table

Philadelphia’s City Council wants to fund a $400 million anti-poverty program with a construction tax — and an old-fashioned horse-trade.

5 years ago

Voters walk along the steps of the York County Courthouse on June 1, 2020, to deposit their ballots in a drop box ahead of the Pennsylvania primary. (Kate Landis/PA Post)
Elections
Pennsylvania

‘There’s a sense of urgency:’ Many Pa. voters are hand-delivering their mail ballots

“People don’t trust mailing in their ballots, and I can’t blame them."

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a NBC Town Hall at Pérez Art Museum, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Miami. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Elections
Media

NBC holds fast to dueling town halls despite celebrity anger

NBC News isn't backing down from its decision to schedule President Trump for a town hall in the same time slot that his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, is speaking on ABC.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives to participate in a town hall with moderator ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics

At Constitution Center, Biden addresses COVID, Supreme Court and ‘94 crime bill

Biden’s town hall in Philadelphia will be moderated by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. President Trump is participating in his own, separate town hall in Miami, hosted by NBC.

5 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during his 2021 budget address
Business
New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: State recovers more than half of pandemic job losses

New Jersey has regained 467,000 jobs since April, shortly after the coronavirus pandemic began thrashing the state’s economy.

5 years ago

Sen. Kamala Harris
Elections
Politics
Public Health

Biden campaign finds 3rd virus link; Harris suspends travel

Harris was scheduled to travel Thursday to North Carolina for events encouraging voters to cast early ballots.

5 years ago

Gisele Fetterman opens flowers at Hollander's in Braddock, Pa. Hollander's is a co-working space and business incubator for minority, female entrepreneurs from Braddock and surrounding Mon Valley communities on Sept. 19, 2019. (Sean Simmers/PennLive)
Radio Times
Elections
Race & Ethnicity

Pennsylvania’s Second Lady / A history of contested elections

First, Gisele Baretto Fetterman discusses the racist incident she suffered that went viral. Then, we'll learn about previous examples of contested elections in the U.S.

Air Date: October 15, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:04
A sign points voters in the direction of a polling place
Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Map: Philly to open more than 700 polling places for the November 2020 election

That’s nearly four times as many as were open for the June primary.

5 years ago

a 2020 census envelope
National

Census whiplashed by changing deadlines, accuracy concerns

By sticking to the Dec. 31 deadline, the Trump administration would end up controlling the numbers used for the apportionment, no matter who wins next month’s election.

5 years ago

File photo: Sanitation workers in Northeast Philadelphia on March 30, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads

Philly Streets Commissioner: City can’t afford hazard pay for sanitation workers

Philadelphia sanitation workers have joined their peers in cities across the U.S. in the call for hazard pay.

5 years ago

Processed mail-in ballots
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Accidental email told Montco voters their ballots were in the mail when they weren’t

County and state officials say an accidental email told voters ballots were on their way weeks too early.

5 years ago

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