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Politics & Policy

Mayor Jim Kenney speaks at a press conference regarding Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross' resignation. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing

‘It’s a thankless job’: Kenney says next police commissioner must face the same challenges Ross did

Kenney said a search for a new police commissioner will start soon, and vowed to find someone “committed to building a stronger department.”

6 years ago

In this Aug. 16, 2019, photo, New York University student researchers sit on a rock overlooking the Helheim glacier in Greenland.  U.S. President Trump announced his decision to postpone an early September visit to Denmark by tweet Tuesday Aug. 20, 2019, after Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen dismissed the notion of selling Greenland to the U.S. as
National Interest
National Interest

What would Shakespeare say about Trump’s spat with Denmark? (Denmark?!?)

I have breaking news. Shakespeare has updated a line from Hamlet: "Something is rotten, but it's not in the state of Denmark."

6 years ago

Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. on the Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Taxes

How to get rid of property taxes? Lawmaker looks to retirement income.

One state House lawmaker is trying to pitch a new solution to a very old Pennsylvania problem: the reliance on school property taxes.

6 years ago

Kiran Schatz, 12, carries his school supplies home in reusable bags. The West Chester student and his classmates worked to promote legislation that would ban the use of disposable plastic bags in their town. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

West Chester hopes its plastic bag ban sends Harrisburg a message

The state moratorium calls for more study of regulating plastics. But many say the benefits are clear, and that it’s also a matter of local autonomy.

6 years ago

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Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

Philly’s police commissioner resigns after lawsuit alleging affair with officer

Former Commissioner Ross is accused of ignoring harassment claims as retribution for a fizzled love affair.

6 years ago

Shawn Terry, a Democratic candidate for the state legislature in Texas, meets with supporters during a campaign event in Dallas on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. Terry has already raised $235,000 as Democratic donors pour money into legislative races nationwide in hopes of flipping statehouse chambers in 2020. (Paul J. Weber/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Politics

Democrats spending millions to try to take back statehouses

The stakes are particularly high following a recent Supreme Court ruling that decided federal courts have no business policing political boundary disputes in many cases.

6 years ago

In Pennsylvania, the issue of whether to regulate guns more closely is typically seen as partisan. (Seth Perlman/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

In Pa. and beyond, polling shows key suburban voters want gun reform

A Republican polling firm says its latest survey found compelling evidence that a key bloc of swing voters want stricter gun control.

6 years ago

Protesters gather on Victoria Park in Hong Kong on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Thousands of people streamed into a park in central Hong Kong on Sunday for what organizers hope will be a peaceful demonstration for democracy in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
Radio Times
Economy
International

China’s multiple crises

Chinese president Xi Jingping is in the midst of managing a number of challenges to his power and the stability of his country, including massive protests and a trade war.

Air Date: August 20, 2019 10:00 am

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo meet during the dedication ceremony in Foundation Hall, of the National September 11 Memorial Museum, in New York, Thursday, May 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, Pool)
Government Accountability
New Jersey
WNYC

Chris ‘sit down and shut up’ Christie creates think tank centered on civility

Chris Christie is starting a think tank centered on something unexpected: Civility in politics.

6 years ago

Photo of woman holding terminally ill mother hand
Aging
Health Care
New Jersey

Doctor who sued N.J. to stop ‘aid-in-dying’ law believes it violates his oath

An attorney for the doctor who sued to stop New Jersey’s new aid-in-dying law said his client believes the law violates his oath as a practicing physician.

6 years ago

Trump critics (clockwise from top left) Bill Kristol, George Conway, David Frum, and Joe Walsh. (AP Photos)
National Interest
National Interest

Some Democrats refuse to welcome anti-Trump Republicans. That’s wrong.

If I've learned anything while covering national politics for the last 30 years, it's the axiom that a campaign or a party needs all the votes it can possibly get.

6 years ago

Puerto Rico Governor Wanda Vazquez poses for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press at the La Fortaleza, the official residence of the Governor of Puerto Rico, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Friday, Aug. 16, 2019. Governor Vazquez says she plans to remain in the position to help ease the U.S. territory's political turmoil and will have the flexibility to truly work for the people because she is free of all political ties or obligations. (Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo/AP Photo)
International

Puerto Rico governor to stay, fight corruption

She said her priorities are to fight corruption, secure federal hurricane recovery funds and help pull Puerto Rico out of its 13-year recession.

6 years ago

Centre County introduced new ES&S voting machines in the primary on May 21, 2019. (Min Xian/WPSU)
Elections
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Study: Pa. counties spend double when they pick touch-screen voting machines

Costs per voter work out to $12.51 for hand-marked ballot systems versus $23.35 for ballot-marking devices, or BMDs, according to the analysis.

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks during a news conference at City Hall in Philadelphia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Wolf unveils gun violence effort, days after Philly shooting

Wolf is setting up a new Office of Gun Violence Prevention at the state commission on crime and delinquency.

6 years ago

A woman who lives near the Croda chemical plant questions company and state officials during a meeting about November’s toxic release and steps being taken before the plant can resume making ethylene oxide. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Energy
Environment

Amid residents’ fears from November toxic gas release, Del. plant hopes to resume production

Croda Inc. released more 2,600 pounds of highly flammable ethylene oxide in November. Officials want to resume production in two months but state says more must be done.

6 years ago

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