Politics & Policy
Philly puts up surveillance cameras at election warehouse after security breaches
Law enforcement officials said the theft last week appears to be a random crime, unrelated to the election.
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Despite the focus on fracking during the vice presidential debate and elsewhere, it’s hard to find a voter in Pennsylvania who thinks it’s a big issue.
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Listen 5:28Van Drew floats coronavirus conspiracy theory during debate with Kennedy in South Jersey
It was the first time GOP U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew debated Democratic challenger Amy Kennedy.
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Delaware launches rapid training program to combat COVID-related unemployment
Delaware lost some 80,000 jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. A new rapid training program aims to help workers rejoin the labor force.
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In 25th Amendment bid, Pelosi mulls Trump’s fitness to serve
Just weeks before the Nov. 3 election, Pelosi said Trump needs to disclose more about his health after his COVID-19 diagnosis.
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Pa. House GOP leadership calls on lawmaker to resign over vulgar videos
In a since-deleted social media post, Rep. Aaron Bernstine is heard urging his son to smoke a cigar, telling him to “hit it harder, breathe in.”
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Voting anxiety? Here’s what you need to know
How to properly fill out and send in a mail in ballot (make sure it isn't naked!), what's up with Philly's satellite election offices, security of in-person voting and more.
Air Date: October 8, 2020
Listen 16:56Lawmakers mount new push to give Pa. counties more flexibility in counting mail-in ballots
County election officials say it’s the number one issue standing between them and a timely counting of votes: allowing them to begin processing mail-in ballots before Nov. 3.
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In rare step, esteemed medical journal urges voters to oust Trump
'Our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent," the medical journal's editors say in a scathing editorial.
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Philly Dems stop infighting, unite to flip Pa. House seat in the Northeast
Party leaders are backing Democrat Mike Doyle’s bid to oust GOP state Rep. Martina White.
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Del. resident among 13 charged in plots against Michigan governor, police
Four of the six men had planned to meet Wednesday to “make a payment on explosives and exchange tactical gear,” the FBI said in the court filing.
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Ironic twist: In spring, Trump halted research key to COVID-19 drug he’s now taken
The drug, Remdesivir, emerged in part because researchers had previously tested it in China through a project whose grant was abruptly ended by the NIH.
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Pence v. Harris: reaction and analysis
We get analysis of the vice presidential debate and how it might impact the election? Also, the latest on the Covid outbreak in the White House.
Air Date: October 8, 2020 10:00 am
Listen 49:45Procrastinator’s guide to the 2020 general election in Philadelphia
A cheat sheet for what you need to know to cast your vote.
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Next Trump-Biden debates uncertain, though Oct. 22 is likely
With less than four weeks until Election Day and with millions of voters casting early ballots, pressure is building on Trump to turn around a campaign that is trailing Biden.
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