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Foundations and pilings are all that remain of brick buildings and a boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, after they were destroyed when a powerful storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast on Monday night. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Environment
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New Jersey
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N.J. proposes diverting $20M in Sandy funds to improve Atlantic City infrastructure

New Jersey is proposing a transfer of $20 million in federal funding to repair and replace Atlantic City infrastructure and public facilities damaged by Superstorm Sandy.

6 years ago

Protester holds U.S. flags during a demonstration in Hong Kong, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. China’s fury over President Donald Trump’s decision to sign legislation supporting human rights in Hong Kong is evident. What’s less clear what 'countermeasures' Beijing may take in response to what it said Thursday were 'extremely evil' and dangerous moves. (Vincent Thian/AP Photo)
International

Furious, China summons U.S. ambassador over Hong Kong bills

China reacted furiously Thursday to President Donald Trump’s signing two bills aimed at supporting human rights in Hong Kong.

6 years ago

In this June 4, 2019, file photo, Anti-abortion advocates gather outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis. (Jeff Roberson / AP Photo)
Health Care
Law
Technology

Telemedicine bill faces familiar threat over amendment banning abortion drug

The bill passed the Pa. Senate with broad support, but state House support is divided after Republicans added the amendment.

6 years ago

Shown is a paper ballot during a demonstration of the ExpressVote XL voting machine at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Thursday, June 13, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Elections
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Jill Stein sues to reopen election security case in Pennsylvania

Issues flagged by election security experts when the settlement was reached a year ago figure prominently in the filing to reopen the case.

6 years ago

Fire fighters battle flames at the PES refinery in June 2019. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Energy
Environment

City’s report on refinery site: A cleaner use, while desirable, isn’t likely in the short term

Though it urges cleaner use of the site long term, the Refinery Advisory Group’s report says the city has limited control over the fate of the complex.

6 years ago

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Gov. Tom Wolf, (center), signs legislation into law at Muhlenberg High School in Reading, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Wolf approved legislation Tuesday to give future victims of child sexual abuse more time to file lawsuits and to end time limits for police to file criminal charges. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Kids
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Pennsylvania ends future child sex abuse charges time limits

Pennsylvania enacted legislation Tuesday to give future victims of child sexual abuse more time to file lawsuits and to end time limits for police to file criminal charges.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump listens during an event to sign an executive order establishing the Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
National

House Judiciary Committee sets Dec. 4 impeachment hearing

The House Judiciary Committee is set to take over the impeachment probe of President Donald Trump next week, scheduling a Dec. 4 hearing.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams has been accused of sexual misconduct by two women. Philadelphia Democratic Party chairman U.S. Rep. Bob Brady says he's taking a
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly’s lawsuit-plagued sheriff jumbles employees during last weeks in office

Two deputies were reassigned within months of filing complaints against their boss, an attorney says.

6 years ago

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman. While being interviewed at a Starbucks in York, September 18, 2019. (Dan Gleiter / PennLive)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

The lieutenant governor wants Pennsylvania to commute more lifers

At a speech to the commonwealth’s Press Club, John Fetterman brought special guests: two recently commuted people who were sentenced to life without parole.

6 years ago

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Energy
Infrastructure
New Jersey

N.J. forms panel to advise state government on offshore wind generation program

A newly established panel will provide guidance to New Jersey officials as they undertake a goal to power more than three million homes by offshore wind energy generation.

6 years ago

Sen. John Yudichak of Luzerne County speaks with members of the media at the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019. Yudichak, who represents an area that shifted decisively to support Donald Trump in 2016’s presidential election is switching his registration to become an independent and will caucus with the Republican majority. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Elections
Home & Family
Pennsylvania

3rd party wins promise to shake up Thanksgiving dinner table talk

This month’s off-year election in Pennsylvania was fascinating mainly because of all the new parties and political faces that showed up on the ballot … and won!

6 years ago

U.S. Senator Bob Casey at WHYY studios. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Elections
Health Care
National

Casey urges Democratic candidates to blast Trump, not one another, on health care

The Pennsylvania senator says Democrats can use the issue to win in 2020, but only if they remind voters that Republicans are taking health care away.

6 years ago

The departure of Yudichak from the Democratic Party is changing the dynamics of next year's election, when Democrats had hoped to capture the chamber's majority, and it underscores rapidly shifting regional political allegiances in the presidential battleground state. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Democrat’s defection reverberates in Pennsylvania’s Senate

As Pennsylvania state senators filed through the corridor that leads out of the Senate chamber this week, John Yudichak turned down to an equally tight staircase.

6 years ago

Signs are held up as a standing room only crowd listens to testimony given by environmental experts, community activists and residents during a community meeting regarding the future of the site of Philadelphia Energy Solutions in August 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Energy
Environment

Many voices with one mission: Seeking a safer future for PES refinery site

Residents, labor leaders, health and environmental experts, planners and municipal officials gave City Council oversight panels their recommendations.

6 years ago

State police remove Sue Altman of New Jersey Working Families from a hearing. (NJ Spotlight)
New Jersey

N.J. lawmakers are ‘chipping away’ at democratic norms in Trenton, advocates say

Public hearings starting hours late. Lawmakers refusing to let the audience speak. N.J. advocates say the public is increasingly shut out of the political process in Trenton.

6 years ago

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