
Politics & Policy
Pennsylvania orders stronger sex assault campus reporting
Pennsylvania's colleges and universities have a year to develop online, anonymous reporting systems to receive complaints about sexual assault from students and employees.
6 years ago
The Pa. Senate’s viral shouting match and the state of state politics
A dispute over a bill and a violation of rules in the Pa. Senate recently devolved into a brouhaha that went viral. What does it say about the state of state politics?
Air Date: July 9, 2019
Listen 13:01N.J. extends mortgage protections for Superstorm Sandy victims
The bipartisan legislation extends foreclosure protection and mortgage relief programs for certain Superstorm Sandy-impacted homeowners.
6 years ago
Iran’s uranium enrichment breaks a nuclear deal limit. Here’s what that means
Iran has crossed another line set in the 2015 nuclear deal between it and major world powers.
6 years ago
Public gets turn to talk N.J. tax credits at next hearing
The public will get its chance to weigh in on New Jersey's business tax incentive drama that led to the program's expiration earlier this month.
6 years ago
Congress has ambitious agenda tackling health care costs
Lawmakers are trying to set aside their irreconcilable differences over the Obama-era Affordable Care Act and work to reach an agreement on more immediate health care issues.
6 years ago
Biden says he was wrong in comments about segregationists
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday apologized for recent comments about working with segregationist senators in his early days in the U.S. Senate.
6 years ago
U.S. to pursue citizenship question on census but path unclear
The government has already begun the process of printing the census questionnaire without that question.
6 years ago
‘I finally feel like I’m getting it,’ new Delaware senator reflects on first six months
More than 1 in 4 state Senate and House seats changed in Delaware in the 2019 election. With their first session behind them, newbies reflect on challenges, accomplishments.
6 years ago
Wolf vetoes voting machine funding bill, leaves counties in limbo
Many of the voting machines in Pennsylvania only record ballots electronically, which makes it almost impossible to double-check election results.
6 years ago
Biden says having a female vice president would be ‘great’
Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden says it would be "great" to have a female vice president, but he won't say whether he'd pick Sen. Kamala Harris.
6 years ago
Booker answers questions about fundraiser with Essex County executive
Demonstrators outside an event called Booker a hypocrite for accepting contributions from the leader of a county which runs an immigrant detention center.
6 years ago
Trump speaks at ‘Salute to America’ for 4th of July
Some have raised concern about the cost for taxpayers, as well as that the event could politicize a nonpartisan day meant to be about American unity.
6 years ago
How the U.S. citizenship oath came to be what it is today
If you are born in the U.S., citizenship is a birthright. But if you immigrate to this country, the work of the citizenship process culminates in the reciting of an oath.
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N.J. will create statewide foreclosure database in latest attempt to combat crisis
Home foreclosure is still a big problem in New Jersey. A new database could help.
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