Politics & Policy
Del. Gov. Carney adds mental health dollars to education plan
Carney proposes $75 million to help low-income students, English language learners, mental health programs in schools.
5 years ago
House passes $19.1 billion disaster bill despite earlier GOP efforts to stall it
The Senate negotiated the bipartisan legislation, which provides money for states and territories, including Puerto Rico, that are recovering from natural disasters.
5 years ago
Murphy’s plan to grow New Jersey’s medical marijuana industry met with criticism
New Jersey’s governor is moving ahead without the Legislature to expand the medical marijuana program.
5 years ago
Pa., Del. among long list of troubled nursing homes revealed by Casey and Toomey
The federal government for years has kept under wraps the names of hundreds of nursing homes around the country found by inspectors to have serious health and safety concerns.
5 years ago
Trump lands in U.K. for state visit, and insults London’s mayor
The state visit may be more officious and formal than Trump's tour of the U.K. last summer, but that didn't stop the president from hurling insults at London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
5 years ago
As the line into America slows, communities form, and wait, on the Mexican side
In early May, according to estimates compiled by the Associated Press, there were approximately 13,000 migrants waiting in Mexico to apply for asylum.
5 years ago
Naval gazing: Trump is still bedeviled by a dead man
The quintessential Ugly American has arrived in England, hurling insults at London's mayor, but presumably his mood will be lightened by the absence of the USS John McCain.
5 years ago
This week: SCOTUS rejects transgender bathroom appeal, Pa.'s role in polluting the Chesapeake Bay, and the peregrine falcon comes back from the brink of extinction.
Air Date: May 27, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:28N.J. voters to pick Assembly nominees in Tuesday’s primary
N.J. voters will decide whether an incumbent who lost Republican Party support but who casts himself as a strong supporter of President Donald Trump can win on Tuesday.
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Biden declares LGBTQ rights his No. 1 legislative priority
Joe Biden declared Saturday that the Equality Act would be a legislative priority, an effort to enshrine LGBTQ protections into labor and civil right laws.
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D-Day’s 24 hours changed 20th century, and Europe, forever
"Some men cannot get enough of power," Shay said. "And it still continues today."
5 years ago
Pro and anti-Israel protests draw hundreds in Berlin
Hundreds of people including prominent German politicians and members of the Jewish community are protesting against a larger, anti-Israel rally in Berlin.
5 years ago
Defense chief calls out China on tech theft, South China Sea
U.S. Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan on Saturday denounced China's efforts to steal technology from other nations and militarize man-made outposts in the South China Sea.
5 years ago
Amid report of N. Korea purge, there are reasons for caution
A South Korean newspaper reported Friday that North Korea executed a senior envoy involved in nuclear negotiations with the U.S. as well as four other high-level officials.
5 years ago
Audit: Pa. Game commission didn’t track royalties from oil, gas
The Pennsylvania Game Commission failed to make sure that energy companies paid what they owed in royalties from oil and gas production on state hunting lands.
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