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Politics & Policy

Rep. Seth Grove
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
PA Post

In debate over limits of transparency during emergencies, Wolf to veto bill passed unanimously by legislature

The bill's sponsor and transparency advocates are urging the governor to reconsider.

6 years ago

(Commonwealth Media Services)
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

More financial assistance may be on the way for Pennsylvanians struggling to pay utility bills

PennPIRG, a nonpartisan group that advocates for consumers, said nearly 800,000 households and 55,000 businesses in Pennsylvania are at risk of a shutoff.

6 years ago

Radio Times
Law
Military
Philadelphia
Policing
Race & Ethnicity

Does the President have authority to send troops to U.S. cities not asking for aid?

President Trump sent federal law enforcement to Portland to respond to racial justice protests and is now threatening to send troops to U.S. cities who are not asking for aid.

Air Date: July 22, 2020 10:00 am

Listen 48:55
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is seen on July 14. (Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Elections
Race & Ethnicity
Religion

Presidential nominees rarely speak to Muslim audiences. Biden did Monday

Biden focused on Islamophobia, Trump, the need for both Palestinians and Israelis to have a state of their own, and the contributions of Muslims in fighting coronavirus.

6 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer have sent FBI Director Chris Wray a letter asking for a briefing about alleged foreign interference efforts in this year's election. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Elections
Government Accountability
International

Pelosi, Dems cite election interference in request for info from FBI

Democratic leaders in the Congress asked the FBI for an all-lawmaker briefing about foreign election interference efforts that may be targeting the legislature this year.

6 years ago

Police, some wearing body cameras, guard the Municipal Services Building during protests on May 30, 2020. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

Body cams boost transparency – if all Philly officers turn them on

Not all Philadelphia officers are following the rules when it comes to using body cameras. Could proper use of body cams prevent police brutality?

Air Date: July 20, 2020

Listen 14:05
Mourners pay their respects at a mural of Rep. John Lewis painted on a building in Atlanta. The civil rights icon and congressman died on Friday.
NPR
National
Social Justice

Calls grow to honor John Lewis in ways both symbolic and concrete

Proposed ideas include renaming the Edmund Pettus Bridge in honor of the late congressman and passing expanded voting rights legislation in his name.

6 years ago

Lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday. On Saturday, the flag was lowered to half staff to honor the life of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who died late Friday.
NPR
National
Public Health

Lawmakers are far apart on a new coronavirus relief bill. Here are 5 sticking points

There have been zero negotiations between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and they remain far apart on what should be in another bill.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
Elections
National

Trump not ready to commit to election results if he loses

It is remarkable that a sitting president would express less than complete confidence in the American electoral process. But for Trump, it comes from his 2016 playbook.

6 years ago

Liz and Doug Buddle own Ambler Brewing Company in Ambler, Pennsylvania. They have had to make multiple adjustments to their business operation to try and keep earning revenue during the pandemic. (Zachariah Hughes/WHYY)
Business
Pennsylvania

Suburban bars, restaurants say Gov. Wolf’s temporary restrictions bring them back to ‘yellow’

Some business owners and industry groups say the new measures caught them off guard, and threaten their financial viability.

6 years ago

Trump-Pence 2020 campaign bus
Elections
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Federal judge agrees to expedite Trump campaign’s lawsuit over vote-by-mail in Pennsylvania

Trump wants Ranjan to require counties to reject mailed ballots that arrive without a secrecy envelope and limit in-person ballot delivery to county election offices.

6 years ago

Twitter says it is
NPR
Media
Technology

‘We’re embarrassed’: Twitter says high-profile hack hit 130 users

Up to eight accounts also had their private information compromised in a high-profile breach earlier this week, according to Twitter.

6 years ago

John Zabala, pictured in front of Reading City Hall, has been named as a community lead for the Reading Youth Commission. Too old to serve on the commission, Zabala is attracting applicants to the commission that has been dormant since its creation in 2017. (Anthony Orozco/PA Post)
K-12
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Central Pa. city looks to youth for guidance, more equitable future

Reading is inviting teens and young adults to a seat at the decision-making table.

6 years ago

Medical assistant Michelle Gravinese (left) helps her colleague Kayla Clauso put on protective gear before administering COVID-19 tests at a testing site in the Motor Vehicle Commission parking lot in Camden, New Jersey. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health Care
Public Health

Reality shows shortfalls of Trump’s claim to ‘best testing’

In Pittsburgh, adults who are afraid they’ve been exposed to the coronavirus are being asked to skip testing if they can quarantine at home for 14 days to help reduce delays.

6 years ago

A masked woman walks past a mural of former President  Nelson Mandela in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday July 18, 2020 as the country celebrates International Mandela Day. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht)
International
Race & Ethnicity

UN chief: World ‘at the breaking point’ due to inequalities

“It is exposing fallacies and falsehoods everywhere: The lie that free markets can deliver health care for all, the fiction that unpaid care work is not work."

6 years ago

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