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Politics & Policy

Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., won her House seat by a razor-thin margin in 2018. Her support for an impeachment inquiry risks alienating voters in a closely divided swing district.(Jacqueline Larma/AP)
NPR
Pennsylvania

In one Pennsylvania swing district, it’s not all impeachment all the time

Impeachment may be taking up most of the oxygen on Capitol Hill these days, but that's not necessarily the case in swing districts like Wild's.

6 years ago

President Trump speaks during a meeting at the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday in New York City. (Evan Vucci/AP)
NPR
Immigration

Trump bars immigrants who cannot pay for health care

Trump signed a proclamation barring legal immigrants who cannot prove they will have health care coverage or the means to pay for it.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during the Young Black Leadership Summit at the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
National

Trump seethes over impeachment inquiry and slams critics

President Trump is seething over an impeachment inquiry into his conduct after Democrats subpoenaed the White House about contacts with Ukraine.

6 years ago

People visit a memorial garden for victims of a mass shooting in Las Vegas, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, in Las Vegas. (John Locher/AP Photo)

Payouts for Vegas victims a ‘cold, mathematical calculation’

Lawyers representing relatives of the dead and those wounded or haunted by the shooting applauded the settlement and said it would eliminate a protracted court battle.

6 years ago

The Bruce Mansfield Power Plant burns coal to generate electricity in Beaver County. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Gov. Wolf plans to have Pennsylvania join a regional effort to cut carbon emissions

Wolf bypassed the Pennsylvania legislature with an executive order that starts the process to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

6 years ago

Once again, only people who believe in a higher power can give opening invocations in the state House. (Jan Murphy/PennLive)
Pennsylvania
Religion

Once again, Pa. House will bar nonbelievers from giving invocations

A battle over religion in the state House appears to be over, and the theists have won.

6 years ago

FBI Director Christopher Wray speaks Friday at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., during a summit on warrant-proof encryption and its impact on child exploitation cases. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
National
Technology

Law enforcement officials try to warn Facebook off its encryption plans

The Justice Department is asking that Facebook hold off on its plans to fully encrypt its messaging services.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Council member Cherelle Parker. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Personal Finance
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

City Council eyes elimination of Free Library fines, debts

Councilwoman Cherelle Parker said library fines set up barriers to accessing educational resources and services. Even minimal fines drive people away.

6 years ago

Marty Small was sworn in as Atlantic City's new mayor. He is pictured here in a July 28, 2016, file photo. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
New Jersey

New Atlantic City mayor’s vow: I’ll follow the law

City Council President Marty Small was sworn in a day after fellow Democrat Frank Gilliam Jr. pleaded guilty to stealing $87,000 from a youth basketball club he founded.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney at City Council. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Environment
Philadelphia

Mayor Jim Kenney headed to Copenhagen to share stage with AOC, Mike Bloomberg and other top climate leaders

At the C40 World Mayors Summit, Kenney will share the podium with national leaders such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Al Gore.

6 years ago

New Jersey has never achieved the federal health standard for ground-level ozone or smog. (Creative Commons)
Energy
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

EPA told to dial back upwind pollution to clear air in downwind states like N.J.

Officials have long argued unclean air from neighboring states plays significant role in New Jersey’s struggle to reduce smog.

6 years ago

During a live broadcast of
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability

Wolf won’t veto controversial E-Verify bill and other takeaways from #AskGovWolf

Governor Tom Wolf talked about recent developments — or lack thereof — on gun restriction laws, legalizing recreational weed, education, the economy, the environment and more.

6 years ago

Listen 60:51
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale discussing one of the many audits he has conducted over the past several years. (Marie Cusick/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania

Former Pa. congressional contender Christina Hartman to run for auditor general

She’s vying to replace outgoing auditor Eugene DePasquale, and will likely be part of a crowded field.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks to reporters during a news conference on his signing an executive order for his administration to start working on regulations to bring Pennsylvania into a nine-state consortium that sets a price and limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Pa. Gov. Wolf moves to join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf took a step toward capping greenhouse gas emissions from power plants Thursday, part of an effort to fight climate change.

6 years ago

Carolyn Fortney, a survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of her family's Roman Catholic parish priest as a child, awaits legislation in the Pennsylvania Capitol to respond to a landmark state grand jury report on child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 in Harrisburg, Pa. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

Pa. laws keep victims silent, child sex abuse survivors say

The Pa. senate held a daylong hearing on overhauling the statute of limitations for some abuse cases. They’ve stalled before, and it’s unclear if anything has changed.

6 years ago

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