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A pension debt clock that sits in the state Capitol's east wing rotunda. Together, Pennsylvania's two public pension systems have roughly $70 billion in unfunded liabilities. (PennLive)
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

House members launch a plan they say will make Pa.’s pensions more transparent

The bills are in their early days, but they’ve already gotten early rebukes from staff for one of two pension systems.

6 years ago

Inflatable union rats were set up at 6th and Chestnut for weeks before the developer filed an injunction against them. (Michaela Winberg / Billy Penn)
Business
Billy Penn

No more ‘Scabby’? A Philly case means Trump’s NLRB could outlaw the ubiquitous union rat

Are inflatable rodents “legitimate communication” or “unlawful coercion”?

6 years ago

Pennsylvania counties must have voting machines featuring voter-verifiable, individually audit-able paper ballots in place no later than the presidential primary April 28, 2020, as per the settlement to a lawsuit over the state's election system filed after the 2016 election.

 Map by Tom Downing/WITF, database by Emily Previti/PA Post
Elections
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Voting reform bill heads to governor’s desk; critics say the state’s ramming through changes

Counties would get back 60 percent of election system upgrade costs under SB421.

6 years ago

Working Families Party candidate Kendra Brooks at a City Hall rally earlier this year  (Michael D'Onofrio/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

$250k in outside money to help Working Families Party gain seats on Philly City Council

The spend is basically unprecedented for a third-party candidate in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Supporters of Marsy's Law held signs in protest during the ACLU's press conference announcing its lawsuit. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
The Why
Pennsylvania

Pa. could vote on Marsy’s Law: Here’s what’s at stake

Would a Marsy’s Law amendment on victims’ rights infringe on bedrock rights of the accused? The last-minute legal fight over a question on the Pa. ballot.

Air Date: October 30, 2019

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In this file photo, former Vice President Joe Biden is flanked by Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi (right) as he arrives to attend a special audience celebrates by Pope Francis with participants at a congress on the progress of regenerative medicine and its cultural impact in the Paul VI hall in Vatican City, Vatican. (Giuseppe Ciccia/Pacific Press)
Delaware
National
Religion

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.

6 years ago

In this Oct. 31, 2012 file photo, workers try to clear boats and debris from the New Jersey Transit's Morgan draw bridge after surge from Sandy pushed boats and cargo containers onto the train tracks. (Mel Evans/AP Photo, File)
Environment
New Jersey

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.

6 years ago

Insite, Vancouver’s supervised injection facilityyt, provides people with clean injection supplies. Photo by Elana Gordon, WHYY

Suburban Philly Republicans say they won’t allow supervised injection sites. The problem? No one is proposing one.

Republican candidates in suburban Philadelphia county commissioner and council races have raised the issue of supervised injection sites, even though none has been proposed.

6 years ago

Shown is a paper ballot during a demonstration of the ExpressVote XL voting machine at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Thursday, June 13, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Elections
Pennsylvania

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.

6 years ago

Berks County Residential Center, July 19, 2019. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Immigration
Pennsylvania

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.

6 years ago

(Danya Henninger/Billy Penn)
Elections
Billy Penn

Diversifying contracts, crime victim rights, more borrowing: Philly ballot questions for the 2019 general election

It’s not just elected officials you’ll get to vote on come Nov. 5.

6 years ago

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Elections
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Procrastinator’s Guide to the 2019 general election in Philly

A cheat sheet for being informed on Election Day.

6 years ago

In this Oct. 15, 2019, photo a Chinese tourist takes pictures of Washington DC t-shirts at a tourism kiosk in Washington. (Bani Sapra/AP Photo)
Economy
National

U.S. travel industry to Chinese tourists: What trade war?

Washington, D.C., has dangled hotel discounts tied to the Chinese Lunar New Year.

6 years ago

President Trump on Monday released a photograph of the dog used in the weekend raid in Syria that resulted in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the founder and leader of the Islamic State. The dog was injured in the operation but is making a full recovery, defense officials say. (President Trump's Twitter account)
NPR
Military

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

6 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Monday that the House will vote to formalize its impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Above, she speaks to reporters earlier this month. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
National

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.

6 years ago

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