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Politics & Policy

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden tours the Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry in Manitowoc, Wis., Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Biden’s Scranton vs. Park Ave. appeal targets working class

It’s at once a demonstration of Biden’s personal contempt for Trump and the Democratic challenger’s pride in his own family history as mostly working-class Irish Catholics.

5 years ago

Colorado Harvest Company CEO Tim Cullen describes the leaf structure of different strains of cannabis during tour of his company's 10,000-square-foot facility in south Denver on Sept. 16, 2016. (Andy Colwell for Billy Penn)
Public Health
Race & Ethnicity
Billy Penn

Should legalizing pot come with reparations? Advocates say yes — and so does PA’s governor

Expect lots of discussion at the inaugural CannAtlantic Cannabis Conference on Saturday.

5 years ago

Clockwise from top left:  Larry D. Lambert Jr (Photo by Shannon Woodloe), Marie Pinkney (Photo by Imperial Photography), Madinah Wilson-Anton (Photo by Kai Jullian), Eric Morrison (Photo by G Rivera Fumero)
Delaware
Elections

‘I was shocked’: Four newcomers beat Democratic incumbents in Delaware primary

There were some major upsets in Del.’s Democratic primary. Four candidates for the General Assembly surprised even themselves when they beat incumbents.

5 years ago

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Marvin and Linda Worthy have been fighting for racial justice for years in Chambersburg, Pa. They've been encouraged to see the protest movement of the summer garner significant attention locally.(Dani Fresh/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Elections
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice

The BLM movement found support in red, rural Pa. What will it mean for voting?

Protests happened across rural Pa., including Franklin County — elevating political fault lines and fractured alliances that have been lying beneath the surface.

5 years ago

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This May 26 photo shows an official Democratic primary mail-in ballot and secrecy envelope for the Pennsylvania primary in Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
NPR
Elections
Pennsylvania

Feds, in unusual statement, announce they’re investigating discarded ballots

Federal authorities working in Pa. say they were asked to look into the discovery of some mailed ballots described as thrown away, but many aspects of the story are unclear.

5 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks during a news conference. (Ed Mahon/PA Post)
Pennsylvania
Politics
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Wolf slams GOP for trying to thwart COVID-19 mitigation

Governor Tom Wolf is defending the COVID-19 mitigation measures his administration has put in place, and condemning Republicans for trying to repeal them.

5 years ago

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

N.J. legislature approves plastic bag ban, early prison release bill, state budget

The plastic bag ban might be the toughest in the nation. The budget includes tax hikes and $4.5 billion in borrowing.

5 years ago

FILE - This May 26, 2020 file photo shows an Official Democratic General Primary mail-in ballot and secrecy envelope, for the Pennsylvania primary in Pittsburgh. Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots, hoping to avert worried predictions that 100,000 votes or more could be invalidated because the ballots aren't put in the proper envelope.  (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Democrats in Pa. scramble to limit number of ‘naked ballots’

Democrats are launching a digital ad targeting Pennsylvanians voting by mail to explain how to correctly fill out and return the ballots.

5 years ago

Visitors wait in line before a 2020 campaign rally for President Donald Trump on Dec. 10, 2019, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for WITF/PA Post)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Poll shows fewer than one third of Pennsylvania Republican voters will trust mail-in ballot results

The finding adds to concerns that the president and some Republicans are laying the groundwork to challenge the legitimacy of the election.

5 years ago

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump pay their respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she lies in repose at the U.S. Supreme Court.
NPR
Law
National

‘Honor her wish’: Trump met with boos as he pays respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Trump has dismissed the late justice's request, baselessly saying he thought it could have been made up by Democrats.

5 years ago

In this May 5, 2020, file photo, absentee ballots to be counted are moved at City Hall in Garden City, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
Elections
Government Accountability

Records: Mail delivery lags behind targets as election nears

On-time delivery across the country dipped substantially in the weeks after DeJoy took office in mid-June.

5 years ago

President Trump speaks in the White House briefing room
NPR
Elections
Government Accountability

Republican leaders reject Trump hedging on transfer of power amid war over confidence

No votes have been counted in the election of 2020 but a battle already is raging over the integrity of the tally and the process that will follow.

5 years ago

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, left, and Senate President Steve Sweeney
Government Accountability
New Jersey
Taxes
NJ Spotlight

N.J. lawmakers find millions for pet projects in budget that borrows billions, raises taxes

Among the various projects now in line to be funded by state taxpayers are golf programs, shade trees and town hall renovations — mostly in Democratic districts.

5 years ago

A man drives a truck decorated with flags ahead of President Donald Trump's scheduled visit at Owens and Minor warehouse in Allentown, Pa., Thursday, May 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Radio Times
Elections

Battleground 2020: all eyes on Pennsylvania

Our latest installment of Battleground 2020 examines why Pennsylvania may decide the election, the legal challenges to voting, and if rural voters are still all in for Trump.

Air Date: September 24, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 49:46
President Donald Trump
Elections
National
Politics

Trump won’t commit to peaceful transfer of power if he loses

President Donald Trump is declining to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the Nov. 3 presidential election.

5 years ago

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