
Politics & Policy
Biden denied communion for abortion stance
Former Vice President Joe Biden was refused communion at a South Carolina Catholic church over the weekend. It’s happened to other Catholic Democrats.
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On Sandy anniversary, Murphy announces new climate change initiatives
Resilience program will seek to make New Jersey better prepared for the next huge storm to make landfall.
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Republican candidates in suburban Philadelphia county commissioner and council races have raised the issue of supervised injection sites, even though none has been proposed.
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Pa. lawmakers, county officials raise concerns about implementing election reforms
State lawmakers are on track to send a voting reform bill to Gov. Tom Wolf after negotiations over election security funding provisions went late Monday.
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Gov. Wolf and a Berks County official are plotting ways to close an immigrant detention center
The controversial Berks Family Residential Center is one of three facilities in the US that detains undocumented parents and children together.
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It’s not just elected officials you’ll get to vote on come Nov. 5.
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Procrastinator’s Guide to the 2019 general election in Philly
A cheat sheet for being informed on Election Day.
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U.S. travel industry to Chinese tourists: What trade war?
Washington, D.C., has dangled hotel discounts tied to the Chinese Lunar New Year.
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Dog injured in Syrian terrorist raid is hailed as a hero in the mission
Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the dog performed "a tremendous service" in the operation that targeted Islamic State founder Baghdadi
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House will vote to formalize impeachment procedures in ongoing inquiry
House Speaker Pelosi announced in a letter to Democrats on Monday that the House will vote to formalize the procedures in the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Trump.
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Tension between Pa. DOC and prison staff union flares after hot mic comment
Union leaders interpreted Corrections Secretary John Wetzel’s quiet aside at a prison closure hearing as dismissive.
6 years ago
Journalist Brian Rosenwald details the circumstances that led to the rise of AM talk radio, Rush Limbaugh, all the way to the election of Donald Trump.
Air Date: October 29, 2019 12:00 am
Listen 49:44Philadelphia’s budget team is strategizing for the next recession
Municipal budgets are healthier than they were a decade ago. Still, departments have been asked to prepare proposals for a variety of scenarios.
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Trump says Islamic State leader was killed in special operations raid
President Trump says that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, has been killed in a U.S. Special Operations mission in northwestern Syria.
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The 10 most extravagant or bizarre campaign expenses by Pa. state lawmakers
Campaign accounts must be used for “influencing the outcome of an election.” But what qualifies is largely open to interpretation.
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