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Sen. Paul Sarlo proposed to amend the food waste bill, arguing the legislation is not “practical.’’ Stephen Rees from Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Environment
Food & Drink
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Measure advances to require N.J. hospitals, prisons to recycle food waste

But in a rare public dispute, Senate Democrats disagree over aspects of the bill

6 years ago

(Courtesy of Exelon)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact PA

Peach Bottom nuclear plant gets 20-year license extension

Peach Bottom nuclear power plant can operate into the middle of this century, federal regulators say.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a primary election night rally Tuesday, March 3, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Biden’s big wins also were big for his Pennsylvania backers

His longstanding relationships with Democratic leaders in Pennsylvania have made him their favorite candidate to beat President Donald Trump in the battleground state.

6 years ago

Philly rowhouses
PlanPhilly
Housing
Philadelphia

Mayor Kenney plans no-strings-attached cash aid program for renters

Mayor Jim Kenney’s office is preparing a no-strings-attached cash aid program alongside a rental voucher program.

6 years ago

White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, pictured in September 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability
National

Mick Mulvaney out as White House chief of staff

Mulvaney was President Trump's third chief of staff, a job he had held in an acting capacity. Rep. Mark Meadows will succeed him in the role, Trump said.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Kalim A. Bhatti/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Pa. House drops ‘legislative privilege,’ will release lawmaker spending details

After shielding spending details for months, leaders in the Pennsylvania House are reversing course and will publicly disclose why lawmakers spend millions in taxpayer money.

6 years ago

 A worker walks on top of a container of chemicals used in the making of a brine water that is then pumped below the surface in a hydraulic fracturing process to release natural gas from shale deposits at a gas well site in Zelienople, Pa. A new fee on gas drilling has generated millions of dollars more in revenue than first projected, but other major gas-producing states tax the industry at higher rates. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo, file)
Radio Times
Elections
Energy

Battleground 2020: the politics of energy

In this installment of Battleground 2020 we'll talk about energy politics in Pennsylvania and how the split in voters’ attitudes could influence the 2020 election.

Air Date: March 5, 2020 10:00 am

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks during a primary election night rally on Tuesday at Eastern Market in Detroit. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
NPR
Elections
Gender

She was focused and full of plans but unable to break through

To the very end, Elizabeth Warren had a plan for that. In her last days as a candidate, she was still releasing new plans — including a coronavirus plan outlined on Saturday.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump reacts to questions during a town hall in Scranton, Pa. on Thursday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability

‘I was all set for Bernie’: Trump hones attacks on Biden in Scranton town hall

At an event hosted Thursday night by Fox News, Trump bounced between defending his administration’s record and trolling the Democratic candidates for president.

6 years ago

People in support of and opposed to Philadelphia’s Safehouse injection site protested in City Council on March 5, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Addiction
Behavioral Health
Public Health

City Council passes resolution condemning secrecy of supervised injection plans

City Council passed the measure, 15-2, as groups both in support of and against Safehouse showed up in force bearing signs representing their positions.

6 years ago

Demonstrators rally in Washington, D.C., in April 2019 against the now-blocked citizenship question that the Trump administration tried and failed to get on the 2020 census forms. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Immigration
National

10 census facts that bust common myths about the 2020 U.S. head count

It happens only once a decade, so it can be hard to make sense of the census. NPR's census reporter has rounded up facts that debunk some of the most common misconceptions.

6 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flanked by Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, left, and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus,  to discuss the 2020 Census and the concern for getting an accurate count in minority communities, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2020. The census determines how federal funding is allocated and affects the apportionment of Congressional seats.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Government Accountability
Media

Facebook drops Trump ads after Pelosi cites census confusion

Facebook said in a statement that it was enforcing its policies to prevent confusion over the 2020 census, which begins for most people next week.

6 years ago

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is sworn in by Judge, Deborah Kunselman, during a Ceremony in the senate chambers at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.Tuesday, January 15, 2019. JOSE F. MORENO / Philadelphia Inquirer)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Spotlight PA

Pa. Senate officials scrub details from financial records, raising alarm among open records advocates

In documents turned over to The Caucus and Spotlight PA, Senate officials edited out spending information, making it appear as though it never existed

6 years ago

Voters fill out their ballots for the presidential primary in a log cabin run by the American Legion in San Anselmo, Calif., on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020. While no significant foreign interference was detected, election and law enforcement officials are closely monitoring this year's primaries. (John Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Elections

What to know about the election security situation after Super Tuesday

The big picture on election security in the 2020 campaign after Super Tuesday: Could be worse — but also could be better.

6 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks during a town hall meeting at Grinnell College, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019, in Grinnell, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Elections

Elizabeth Warren ends her presidential bid

Elizabeth Warren, who electrified progressives with her “plan for everything” and strong message of economic populism, dropped out of the Democratic presidential race.

6 years ago

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