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Politics & Policy

File photo: Energy Transfer, the parent company of Mariner East 2 pipeline builder, Sunoco, works at Snitz Creek in West Cornwall Township, Lebanon County after a drilling mud spill during the summer. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Environment
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Mariner East construction shut down by governor’s order

An Energy Transfer spokesperson said that while product will continue to flow through the lines, the company is working to suspend construction on new sections of the pipe.

6 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf (Commonwealth Media Services)
Government Accountability
Public Health
Spotlight PA

Challenges to Gov. Tom Wolf’s mandatory shutdown mount from businesses

A Harrisburg-based law firm is asking the state Supreme Court for an emergency injunction.

6 years ago

Venita Bracy at a laundromat in Northeast Philadelphia, on Feb. 15, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Government Accountability
Public Health

Wolf administration backtracks on closing laundromats for coronavirus

When Gov. Tom Wolf first issued a new order for businesses to close, laundromats were included. After public feedback, he’s reversing course.

6 years ago

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, center, speaks with members of the media as he departs a meeting with Senate Republicans on an economic lifeline for Americans affected by the coronavirus outbreak. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March 16, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Public Health
Taxes

Income tax filing deadline moved to July 15 from April 15

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says the Trump administration has decided to push the income tax filing date to July 15 from April 15.

6 years ago

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Government Accountability
Public Health

Republican senators sold stock before steep market losses from virus

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., sold as much as $1.7 million in stocks just before the market dropped in February amid fears about the coronavirus

6 years ago

(Edward Lea/The Press of Atlantic City via AP)
Delaware
Income Inequality
New Jersey

Here’s how Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware say they’re helping laid off workers

As the coronavirus pandemic puts thousands of people out of work, state and federal governments are finding ways to help them survive.

6 years ago

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson
Housing
Income Inequality
Public Health

Most renters will not receive protections under WH proposal

Despite what Trump said this week, most renters, many of whom just lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic, will not be eligible for eviction protections.

6 years ago

In this Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 photo, pipes lay along a construction site on the Mariner East pipeline in a residential neighborhood in Exton, Pa. (Matt Rourke / AP Photo)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
Public Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Wolf’s coronavirus shutdown order appears to include Mariner East pipeline construction

Construction on the Mariner East pipeline appears to be halted by Gov. Wolf’s new order that shuts down all “non-life-sustaining” operations and businesses.

6 years ago

A closeup of Delaware's General Assembly seal
Delaware
Public Health

Delaware General Assembly postpones legislative session indefinitely

The Delaware General Assembly is on hiatus as Americans are asked to stay home to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

6 years ago

President Trump speaks to reporters at a briefing on Wednesday. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
National
Public Health

Trump weighs controls on companies that take virus bailouts

Trump is under pressure to show his administration has the situation in hand as Americans have seen their day-to-day lives dramatically changed.

6 years ago

Vehicles enter the United States as a minivan drives to Canada in the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel in Detroit, Monday, March 16, 2020. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is closing his country's borders to anyone not a citizen or a permanent resident or American amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
International
Public Health

U.S., Canada to close border to nonessential travel

Trump made the announcement on Twitter, saying the decision would not affect the flow of trade between the countries.

6 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., right, greet one another before they participate in a Democratic presidential primary debate at CNN Studios in Washington, Sunday, March 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Radio Times
Elections
Public Health

The primary and the pandemic

Today, we'll discuss the state of the Democratic primary and the way the coronavirus is complicating the process with Eddide Glude Jr. and Will Bunch.

Air Date: March 18, 2020 10:00 am

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Former Vice President Joe Biden, participates in a Democratic presidential primary debate at CNN Studios in Washington, Sunday, March 15, 2020. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Elections
National

Biden wins Florida, Illinois as coronavirus disrupts voting

Tuesday’s primaries demonstrated the tremendous uncertainty confronting the Democratic contest as it collides with efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

6 years ago

Poll worker Dina Sebold waits for voters at Cecelia Snyder Middle School in Bensalem during a special election for a vacant seat in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Hand sanitizer and wipes were made available to voters, many of whom brought their own pens. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Elections
Pennsylvania
Politics

Bucks special election: Results have not been certified, but GOP claims victory

Sanitizer-toting candidates weren’t the only signs of an atypical special election day in Pennsylvania’s 18th House district.

6 years ago

A woman walks across Beech Street after being tested for the coronavirus at the Riverfront complex in downtown Wilmington, Delaware on Friday, March 13, 2020. Christiana Care, Delaware's largest health system, provided the free tests. (Butch Comegys / For WHYY)
Delaware
Public Health

Del. offers assistance for unemployed workers, small businesses as COVID-19 cases climb to 16

Gov. John Carney is asking the U.S. Small Business Administration to help some of Delaware’s 25,000 small businesses who may be hurting because of coronavirus.

6 years ago

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