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Politics & Policy

In this Jan. 9, 2018 photo, Movita Johnson-Harrell, Interim Supervisor of Victim Services, looks on after getting introduced, during a press conference at the District Attorney's Office in Philadelphia. Johnson-Harrell, the first female Muslim member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, said Tuesday, March 26, 2019, she was offended by a colleague's decision to open a voting session with a prayer a day earlier that
Pennsylvania
Religion
The Philadelphia Tribune

State Rep. Boyle calls for prayers in Pa. Legislature to respect all religions

“What we saw earlier this week was a fire and brimstone Evangelical prayer that epitomizes religious intolerance,” said state Rep. Kevin Boyle (D-Philadelphia).

6 years ago

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., listens as the Democrat-controlled panel pushed ahead with their oversight of the Trump administration at a hearing to examine to examine how the Russian government works to undermine its adversaries, especially the U.S., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 28, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
National Interest
National

Adam Schiff tells Trump and his toadies to take a hike

Anyone who's tempted to be cowed into believing that the Barr minimum of the Mueller report is somehow tantamount to total exoneration should watch Schiff deliver the goods.

6 years ago

Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown is shown in City Council chambers. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY, file)
Philadelphia
Public Health

Lead-safety bill passes Philly City Council, more ambitious companion measure stalled

Philadelphia councilwoman’s push for lead inspections in private-sector rental units begins with requiring the same on city property.

6 years ago

New Jersey Tax Incentive Task Force holds its first hearing Thursday on the state’s $11 billion tax break programs. A whistleblower testified that her former employer lied to get a lucrative tax break — and kept it, despite failing to meet the requirements of its agreement. (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
Business
Economy
New Jersey

Former N.J. employee says her company lied to get multimillion-dollar tax break

Hearings are underway on N.J. awards of tax incentives to keep companies in the state. Gov. Phil Murphy says the deals are excessive and poorly monitored.

6 years ago

Capitol Building, Harrisburg. (Kevin McCorry/WHYY)
Environment
Pennsylvania

Pa. House panel hosts climate change doubter, draws rebuke from scientists

Geologist Gregory Wrightstone was tapped to testify by state Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, a conservative House member and chair of the Environmental Resources panel.

6 years ago

Last summer, weeds engulf a playground at housing section of the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster in Warminster, Pa. In Warminster and surrounding towns in eastern Pennsylvania, and at other sites around the United States, the foams once used routinely in firefighting training at military bases contained per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. EPA testing between 2013 and 2015 found significant amounts of PFAS in public water supplies in 33 U.S. states. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Environment
Pennsylvania
Public Health

Wolf’s $8M to remove PFAS from Bucks water won’t solve the problem, activists say

Pennsylvania will pay to help remove unregulated toxic contaminants from 17 wells in the Bucks County communities of Warminster, Ivyland, Warwick and Warrington.

6 years ago

In this Oct. 4, 2017, photo, a device called a
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania
Politics

Pa. gun owner among many nationwide fighting to overturn Trump-led ban on bump stocks

Federal officials are asking gun owners to immediately destroy or turn over bump stocks after a nationwide ban took effect this week.

6 years ago

A Border Patrol agent checks the names and documents of families who crossed the nearby U.S.-Mexico border near McAllen, Texas. Immigration authorities say they expect the continuing surge of Central American families crossing the border to multiply in the coming months. (Eric Gay/AP Photo)
NPR
Immigration
National

Immigration system at the ‘breaking point,’ Homeland Security official warns

A flood of migrant families arriving at the southern border is straining the U.S. immigration system. Authorities say daily apprehensions are at the highest in decades.

6 years ago

Kahlil Williams, one of 13 Democratic candidates for Philadelphia City Commissioner, draws the 7th position on the crowded ballot. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Philadelphia

Crowded field seeking to run Philly elections

Concerns about ballot security and a surge in Democratic engagement produce a large field of candidates for Philadelphia’s city commission, which runs elections.

6 years ago

Cars drive past windmills on the grounds of a sewage treatment plant in Atlantic City, N.J. on Monday Jan. 4, 2016. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Despite favorable political winds, scant progress in N.J. on climate change

Environmental advocates weigh in on why pollution-control efforts in the Garden State have lagged, and on prospects for reaching the state’s goal on carbon emissions.

6 years ago

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May walks out 10 Downing street in London on Wednesday. She announced that if her Brexit deal is approved by Parliament, she will step down from her post. (Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International

Theresa May agrees to quit if Brexit deal passes in UK Parliament

British Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday that she will resign if Parliament will pass her Brexit deal, which has already been defeated twice.

6 years ago

Protestors carry signs as they attend a rally on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019, in Pittsburgh. The protesters, many openly carrying guns, gathered in downtown Pittsburgh to rally against the city council's proposed restrictions and banning of semi-automatic rifles, certain ammunition and firearms accessories within city limits. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Public Safety

Pittsburgh City Council preliminarily approves controversial gun legislation

The bills, which will likely face a court challenge, would ban the use of semi-automatic weapons, assault-style rifles and similar firearms.

6 years ago

Philadelphia City Hall. (WHYY file photo)
Government Accountability
Philadelphia

Philadelphia fires, demotes 30 employees over ethics violations

From falsifying time sheets to working an outside job, 30 Philadelphia public employees were disciplined or fired in 2018 for unethical behavior.

6 years ago

According to New Jersey state officials, there are 20,000 active foreclosure cases currently making their way through the courts. (David J. Phillip/AP Photo)
Housing
NJ Spotlight

Trenton tackles N.J.’s foreclosure rate, down but still highest in nation

According to New Jersey state officials, there are 20,000 active foreclosure cases currently making their way through the courts.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., right, arrives for a Senate Republican policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Elections

Congress could get Mueller report in April, Graham says

Attorney General William Barr is going through the report to take out grand jury material and classified information, both of which can't be publicly disclosed under the law.

6 years ago

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