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Politics & Policy

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New Jersey
Streets & Roads
Technology

Murphy veto keeps ‘smart’ parking meters out of N.J.

New Jersey is taking a pass at the latest generation of smart parking meters because they’re too efficient.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro arrives at a news conference in Philadelphia, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Technology

AGs announce agreement to crack down on robocalls

Pennsylvania's attorney general is touting an agreement he and other attorneys general have made with a number of the country's biggest phone companies.

7 years ago

Rosemary Fuller, an anti-pipeline activist, urged Gov. Tom Wolf to halt construction of the Mariner East pipelines. (Jon Hurdle/StateImpact Pennsylvania)
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Wolf tells pipeline activists he won’t shut down Mariner East

Governor Tom Wolf deferred to the state's Public Utility Commission on pipeline safety.

7 years ago

The Sunrise Movement organized protests like this one in July 2019 in Philadelphia to pressure the Democratic National Committee to hold a primary debate focused on climate change. (Jeff Brady/NPR)
NPR
Environment
National

Activists push Democrats on climate change, a new priority for party’s base

The Sunrise Movement is holding rallies and registering voters, aiming to boost turnout among young voters.

7 years ago

Gov. Murphy is open to changing a N.J. law to require new residents to register when they bring guns purchased while living out of state. (Seth Perlman/AP Photo)
New Jersey
Public Safety

Moving to N.J.? You can bring your gun, and you don’t have to tell the state

Gov. Murphy is open to changing a N.J. law to require new residents to register when they bring guns purchased while living out of state.

7 years ago

Detailed view on the newly installed system to filter out PFAS Forever Chemicals at Well #2 of the Horsham Water and Sewer Authority facility in Horsham, Pa., on August 22, 2019
Environment
Pennsylvania

Wolf allocates $3.8M to BuxMont towns for PFAS treatment, eliminating surcharges on water bills

The new funds will eliminate the surcharges some residents see on their water bills — “a stick in the eye” for them to pay, State Rep. Todd Stephens said.

7 years ago

The Ephrata Public Library
Pennsylvania
PA Post

Pa. libraries are getting more state money this year. But it’s still less than what they received 10 years ago

Libraries, like the one in Ephrata, have struggled for years with state funding cuts.

7 years ago

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Philadelphia
Billy Penn

City Hall newbies tap campaign staffers for top jobs

One soon-to-be deputy came under fire for shoddy consulting work this year.

7 years ago

Flowers and a Virgin Mary painting adorn makeshift memorial for the victims of Saturday mass shooting at a shopping complex in El Paso, Texas, Sunday, August 4, 2019. (Andres Leighton/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Mental Health
National
Public Safety

The myth of mental illness and gun violence

Despite research showing no link between mental illness and gun violence, the rhetoric coming from President Trump and other officials continues to connect the two.

Air Date: August 22, 2019

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Mayor Jim Kenney speaks at a press conference regarding Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross' resignation. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing

‘It’s a thankless job’: Kenney says next police commissioner must face the same challenges Ross did

Kenney said a search for a new police commissioner will start soon, and vowed to find someone “committed to building a stronger department.”

7 years ago

In this Aug. 16, 2019, photo, New York University student researchers sit on a rock overlooking the Helheim glacier in Greenland.  U.S. President Trump announced his decision to postpone an early September visit to Denmark by tweet Tuesday Aug. 20, 2019, after Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen dismissed the notion of selling Greenland to the U.S. as
National Interest
National Interest

What would Shakespeare say about Trump’s spat with Denmark? (Denmark?!?)

I have breaking news. Shakespeare has updated a line from Hamlet: "Something is rotten, but it's not in the state of Denmark."

7 years ago

Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. on the Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Taxes

How to get rid of property taxes? Lawmaker looks to retirement income.

One state House lawmaker is trying to pitch a new solution to a very old Pennsylvania problem: the reliance on school property taxes.

7 years ago

Kiran Schatz, 12, carries his school supplies home in reusable bags. The West Chester student and his classmates worked to promote legislation that would ban the use of disposable plastic bags in their town. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Environment
Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania

West Chester hopes its plastic bag ban sends Harrisburg a message

The state moratorium calls for more study of regulating plastics. But many say the benefits are clear, and that it’s also a matter of local autonomy.

7 years ago

Listen 4:55
Former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Policing
Billy Penn

Philly’s police commissioner resigns after lawsuit alleging affair with officer

Former Commissioner Ross is accused of ignoring harassment claims as retribution for a fizzled love affair.

7 years ago

Shawn Terry, a Democratic candidate for the state legislature in Texas, meets with supporters during a campaign event in Dallas on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019. Terry has already raised $235,000 as Democratic donors pour money into legislative races nationwide in hopes of flipping statehouse chambers in 2020. (Paul J. Weber/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Politics

Democrats spending millions to try to take back statehouses

The stakes are particularly high following a recent Supreme Court ruling that decided federal courts have no business policing political boundary disputes in many cases.

7 years ago

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