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Politics & Policy

Houses are pictured on North 9th Street in Reading, Pa
Homelessness
Housing
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Pa. coronavirus recovery: Wolf urges state lawmakers to suspend evictions

Wolf said state law prevents him from continuing a now-expired suspension of evictions and foreclosures without legislative support.

6 years ago

Letter carrier Henrietta Dixon
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pa. lawmakers urge Trump’s postmaster to return sorting machines

The partisan fight over postal service is casting a shadow over the coming presidential election, with millions in Pennsylvania expected to vote by mail amid the pandemic.

6 years ago

President Trump
NPR
National
Politics

Trump defends Kenosha shooting suspect

The president painted the accused 17-year-old Kenosha shooter's actions as possible self-defense, saying, without evidence, that the teen "probably would have been killed."

6 years ago

New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton
Government Accountability
Media
New Jersey

N.J. Civic Information Consortium could get first cash infusion in Murphy’s revised budget

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law creating the consortium in 2018, but it still has not received state dollars as promised. That could change now.

6 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden
Elections
National

Biden hits campaign trail, blames Trump for city violence

Joe Biden is forcefully condemning the violence at recent protests while also blaming President Donald Trump for fomenting the divide that’s sparking it.

6 years ago

The first open meeting of the Philadelphia Board of Elections since June 22 took place in front of four members of the public, in the loading dock of the new voting machine warehouse at 3500 Scotts Lane in East Falls. (YouTube)
Elections
Philadelphia
Politics

Philly election meeting in far-flung warehouse criticized for hindering public input

Philadelphia’s city commissioners aren’t livestreaming in-person election meetings or publicizing minutes. Critics say that’s unacceptable.

6 years ago

Becky Ansel marches at a protest demanding the extension of unemployment benefits for out of work musicians, stagehands and other out of work entertainment professionals. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

The long road back for the longterm unemployed

While some businesses open back up, other workers are reckoning with the uncertainty of whether their jobs will ever come back. Here's how some people are coping.

Air Date: August 31, 2020

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Stickers are placed out for voters at a polling place on Nov. 6, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Elections
Race & Ethnicity
Religion

Major Black, Jewish civil rights orgs teaming up for Philly voter outreach

The National Urban League and the Anti-Defamation League announced the partnership Mon. following a tense period for Black and Jewish communities.

6 years ago

A statue of Octavius Catto at it's unveilling - statue facing front with arms spread open and back, people in the foreground in Philadelphia
Elections
Philadelphia

‘Stand up for democracy’: Philly to host poll worker recruitment drive

Philadelphia officials plan to spend Tuesday, Sept. 1 — National Poll Worker Recruitment Day — encouraging young people to work the polls in November.

6 years ago

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy
Elections
National

Postal chief DeJoy has long leveraged connections, dollars

How DeJoy was hired is among the questions Congress is trying to unravel as lawmakers scrutinize a series of USPS changes that have resulted in widespread mail delays.

6 years ago

Congress had been set for briefings on election security in mid-September. But briefings by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence have been called off, top Democrats say. (Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Elections
National

Director of National Intelligence cancels verbal election security briefings

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff say they've been told Congress will no longer receive briefings on efforts to interfere in the election.

6 years ago

U.S. Census Bureau worker Marisela Gonzales adjusts a sign at a walk-up counting site for the 2020 census in Greenville, Texas, in July. (LM Otero/AP Photo)
NPR
Government Accountability
National

The census scales back a critical step: Checking its own work

With just three months to review census results because of a last-minute change by the Trump administration, officials are scrambling to decide what quality checks to toss.

6 years ago

A swan swims in Barnegat Bay in Toms River, N.J.
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey

Environmentalist lauds N.J. bill restricting phosphorus in cleaning products

A bill passed by the New Jersey Senate Friday will benefit the state's coastal estuaries and bays if it eventually becomes law, an environmental leader said.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks from the South Lawn of the White House on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Elections

Bragging rights to Biden over Trump in television ratings

Democrats outrated the Republicans on three of the four convention nights, Nielsen said.

6 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
NPR
Elections

Ignoring FBI and fellow Republicans, Trump continues assault on mail-in voting

The president has questioned the legitimacy of U.S. elections for years, although the reasons for his skepticism shift almost weekly.

6 years ago

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