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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, seen here on Aug. 31 in West Mifflin, Pa., set a monthly record for presidential fundraising. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Elections

Biden, Democrats shatter fundraising record with $364.5 million in August

More than 50% of the month's haul, over $205 million, came from online small-dollar donations, and more than 1.5 million Americans contributed for the first time in August.

6 years ago

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Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Latest Pa. GOP attempt to strip Gov. Tom Wolf of his coronavirus emergency powers fails

GOP lawmakers in the state House did not garner enough Democratic support to end the state’s coronavirus disaster declaration.

6 years ago

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‘Do you know anywhere I can go?’: Evictions continue even as city, CDC tries to halt wave

Many Philly tenants will fall through the cracks of a Centers for Disease Control halt on coronavirus-related evictions, housing attorneys say. Lucille Davis is one of them.

6 years ago

A U.S. Census Bureau worker carries a briefcase while knocking on the door of a home in August in Winter Park, Fla. (John Raoux/AP)
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Government Accountability
National

Leak reveals warnings inside Census that shortened schedule risks ‘serious errors’

"serious errors discovered in the data may not be fixed — due to lack of time to research and understand the root cause or to re-run and re-review one or multiple state files.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, about school reopenings. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Elections

Biden: Trump ignores pandemic, stokes unrest, solves neither

Biden is calling the struggle to reopen U.S. schools amid the coronavirus a “national emergency” and accusing Trump of turning his back to instead stoke passions about unrest

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the Whirlpool Corporation facility in Clyde, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Elections
Media

Fox, C-SPAN, NBC moderators for upcoming Trump-Biden debates

Trump's team has tried to pressure the commission to move up the debates, citing increased use of early and absentee voting because of the coronavirus.

6 years ago

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Energy
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StateImpact Pennsylvania

Community solar proposal getting bipartisan support in legislature

Energy issues in Pa. can be fiercely partisan, but a measure in the state legislature to encourage clean energy development is gaining support on both sides of the aisle.

6 years ago

Desks are spaced out 6-feet apart in a classroom.
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New Jersey
Public Health

N.J. coronavirus recovery: Most schools starting with mix of online and in-person

With schools across the state set to begin classes next week, the focus shifts to making sure reopening plans are in place.

6 years ago

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NPR
Immigration
National

Trump administration seeking to expand collection of biometric data from immigrants

The proposed policy, which DHS called "imminent" on Tuesday, would allow the government to demand more personal data from more people as part of the immigration process.

6 years ago

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History
Politics

30 years after “America: What Went Wrong?”

Investigative reporters James Steel and Donald Bartlett have just updated their 1992 book "America: What Went Wrong," adding with the new subtitle, "The Crisis Deepens."

Air Date: September 2, 2020 10:00 am

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Elizabeth Neumann
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National
Politics

Former DHS official: White House failed to take far-right extremism seriously

Elizabeth Neumann, a former assistant secretary at DHS says the Trump administration is creating the conditions for domestic extremism to flourish in the U.S.

6 years ago

(Yong Kim/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Pa. GOP advances election bill that would ban drop boxes, get mail-in ballots to voters earlier

The bill was championed by Republicans as an effort to ensure a secure election, and decried by Democrats as an attack on ballot access.

6 years ago

A Census Bureau worker wearing a face covering stands in a park in New York City in August. The bureau confirmed on Tuesday that door knocking is ending in some areas earlier than Sept. 30. (Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
NPR
National

Census door knocking in some areas to end even earlier than expected

The Census Bureau confirms San Diego is among areas where in-person counting for the census will end as early as Sept. 18, almost two weeks before the expedited end date.

6 years ago

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law making it easier for immigrants in New Jersey to obtain professional licenses in a slew of careers regulated by the state. (screenshot)
Immigration
New Jersey

N.J. scraps residency requirement for occupational licenses

The move means immigration status won’t get in the way of otherwise qualified people as they seek professional licenses in New Jersey.

6 years ago

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Elections
Government Accountability

Postal Service watchdog outlines ‘concerns’ surrounding election readiness

The internal watchdog said in a report on Tuesday that it found several potential problems in the way mail was being processed.

6 years ago

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