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Politics & Policy

Gov. Tom Wolf speaks during a news conference at City Hall in Philadelphia, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Wolf unveils gun violence effort, days after Philly shooting

Wolf is setting up a new Office of Gun Violence Prevention at the state commission on crime and delinquency.

6 years ago

A woman who lives near the Croda chemical plant questions company and state officials during a meeting about November’s toxic release and steps being taken before the plant can resume making ethylene oxide. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Delaware
Energy
Environment

Amid residents’ fears from November toxic gas release, Del. plant hopes to resume production

Croda Inc. released more 2,600 pounds of highly flammable ethylene oxide in November. Officials want to resume production in two months but state says more must be done.

6 years ago

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Sunoco's Mariner East 2 pipeline construction on Pennell Road in Middletown Township. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

PUC ordered Sunoco to produce its calculations on Mariner East blast zones

The regulator demanded information on how the local population would be affected by any pipeline failure.

6 years ago

A billboard in Horse Cave, Ky., referring to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. as Moscow Mitch has been erected on northbound I-65 Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
National Interest
National Interest

Even if Democrats dump Trump, they’ll need to ditch Mitch

A sizable share of Democrats fully recognize that capturing the Senate, and dethroning Mitch McConnell, is nearly as critical as ousting Donald Trump.

6 years ago

A shale gas drilling rig in Washington, Pa. (Michael Rubinkam/AP Photo)
Energy
Infrastructure
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Poll: Broad support for Wolf’s plan to tax Pa. gas drillers to pay for infrastructure upgrades

A new poll from Franklin and Marshall College finds widespread support among Pennsylvania voters for Governor Tom Wolf’s plan to pay for infrastructure upgrades.

6 years ago

In a Friday, June 28, 2019 file photo, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks during a news conference in Harrisburg, Pa. Wolf says four children in his state were recently separated from their parents by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and he’s demanding a stop to the practice until there’s a plan to ensure children’s welfare. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, File)
Immigration
Kids
Pennsylvania

Pa. Governor wants answers on 4 kids separated from families

Pennsylvania's governor says at least four children from his state were recently separated from their parents by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

6 years ago

In this Aug. 11, 2019 photo, children of mainly Latino immigrant parents hold signs in support of them and those individuals picked up during an immigration raid at a food processing plant in Canton, Miss., following a Spanish Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Canton, Miss. Trump administration rules that could deny green cards to immigrants if they use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance are going into effect. (Rogelio V. Solis./AP Photo)
Immigration
National

New rules can deny green cards for immigrants on food stamps

Trump administration rules that could deny green cards to immigrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance are going into effect.

6 years ago

This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
National Interest
National
National Interest

The new normal: Trump accuses a predecessor of murder

Granted, conspiracy theorists on the left claim, also without evidence, that it was Trump who got Epstein whacked.

6 years ago

Then-candidate Chrissy Houlahan during a campaign rally in Philadelphia on Sept. 21, 2018. (Matt Rourke/AP)
National
New Jersey
Pennsylvania

Sentries, not ‘squad’: Moderate Dems ones to watch for 2020

This is a story about a different kind of squad.

6 years ago

Elizabeth Warren at a campaign stop at the AMVETS in Chillicothe, Ohio, on May 10. Warren released her plan to combat gun violence on Saturday. (Andrew Spear for NPR)
NPR
Public Safety

Elizabeth Warren’s new plan on guns has a goal: Reduce gun deaths by 80%

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced a sweeping gun control plan Saturday with the goal of reducing gun deaths by 80% through executive action and legislation.

6 years ago

Former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden meets with supporters before speaking at the Iowa Democratic Wing Ding at the Surf Ballroom, Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, in Clear Lake, Iowa. (John Locher/AP Photo)
Elections

Biden is the Democrat to beat; rivals see signs of weakness

Biden's rivals remain confident that his fumbles, like the one in Iowa this week, eventually will catch up to him, undermining his electability argument.

6 years ago

The PLCB launched its flexible pricing after the legislature approved it in 2016. (Gerald Herbert/AP Photo)
Food & Drink
International
Pennsylvania

Foreign spirits producers say Pa. liquor pricing violates international law

Pennsylvania's state-run wine and liquor industry may have run afoul of international trade law.

6 years ago

Activists have been calling for the Berks Center to be shut down for years. Tuesday, a county commissioner announced he agrees.   (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Radio Times
Immigration
Pennsylvania

The consequences of US Immigration policies on children

We'll get an update on child separations at the border, discuss the immigrant detention facility right here in Pa., and talk about the psychological consequences these have.

Air Date: August 13, 2019 10:00 am

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Walmart has instructed employees to remove marketing material that displays violent imagery and to unplug or turn off video game consoles that show violent games. (AP Photo)
NPR
Business
Public Safety

Walmart bans violent imagery, but not gun sales

Following shootings at two store locations, Walmart said in an internal memo that it would take down all imagery and stop playing videos that depicted violence.

6 years ago

School buses are seen in a file photo.
K-12
Public Safety

After complaints, Pa. senators return to drawing board on part of school safety law

A law to expand schools' security options in Pennsylvania now has some school law enforcement officers miffed.

6 years ago

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