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Politics & Policy

Opposition to the proposed liquefied natural gas plant in Philadelphia protest in city council chambers Thursday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Energy
Environment
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly’s getting two new gas plants — unless neighbors can stop them

PGW just won Council approval, while SEPTA’s facility is nearly done.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump listens to a question during a meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Radio Times
International
Politics

Trump on opposition research

In a recent interview with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos, President Trump said that he would accept opposition research from a foreign government in the 2020 election.

7 years ago

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(Keith Myers/The Kansas City Star via AP, file)
PlanPhilly
Government Accountability
K-12
LGBTQ

Bills would boost gender-neutral bathroom access at Philly City Hall, charter schools

City Councilwoman Helen Gym introduced two bills to advance gender-neutral accommodations in Philadelphia schools and City Hall itself.

7 years ago

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

Final vote on bill to mandate all Philly rental units be lead-free pushed until fall

A bill requiring all Philly rental units built before 1978 to be free of lead was up for a final vote — until it’s sponsor suddenly pulled it from the agenda.

7 years ago

Opposition to the proposed liquefied natural gas plant in Philadelphia protest in city council chambers Thursday. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Energy
Environment

Philadelphia City Council approves PGW’s $60 million liquefied natural gas plant

In a 13-4 vote, Philadelphia City Council approved a new $60 million LNG facility, despite the opposition of environmental groups.

7 years ago

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders conducts a news briefing at the White House in April 2018. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
National

Press Secretary Sarah Sanders to leave the White House

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders is leaving the White House, President Trump tweeted on Thursday.

7 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., answers questions during a presidential forum held by She The People on the Texas State University campus Wednesday, April 24, 2019, in Houston. (Michael Wyke/AP Photo)
National
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Good news/bad news for Booker in Monmouth University Poll

A closer look at the numbers reveals what Booker strategists say is the strength of the campaign: Booker’s positive message.

7 years ago

Philadelphia Sheriff Jewell Williams, pictured here in 2018 (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Media
Philadelphia
Real Estate
Billy Penn

Retribution? Jewell Williams might pull sheriff sale ads from newspapers after primary defeat

The department is “reevaluating” the nearly $8 million it spends annually to advertise auctions in local newspapers — with an eye toward cancelling some ad buys.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attend a Polish-American reception with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday June 12, 2019. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
National Interest
National
National Interest

Trump wants to collude with foreign spies for new campaign dirt: ‘I think I’d take it’

No wonder Trump's lawyers were terrified to let their client flap his yap under oath. It's not just his serial lies, it's his instinctive lawlessness.

7 years ago

Pipelines run from the offshore docking station to the four LNG tanks capable of holding 2.5 billion cubic feet of LNG apiece as shown Friday, June 13, 2003, at the Dominion Liquified Natural Gas facility in Cove Point, Md. (Matt Houston/AP Photo)
Energy
Environment
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

DRBC confirms plan to build LNG export terminal at new South Jersey port

The agency said it only ‘recently’ learned of the plan to load potentially explosive liquids onto tankers in Gloucester County.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Elections
Technology

Democracy and truth

American democracy has always had a difficult relationship with the truth, according to University of Pennsylvania history professor, Sophia Rosenfeld.

Air Date: June 12, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:15
President Donald Trump waves as he steps off Air Force One after arriving, Friday, June 7, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Radio Times
Criminal Justice
Elections
Government Accountability

Democrats debate impeachment and ramp up oversight

We discuss the Mueller report hearings, the House vote to hold Don McGahn and AG Barr in contempt of Congress, and the pros and cons of beginning impeachment inquiries.

Air Date: June 11, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:15
The state Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Gender
Government Accountability
Philadelphia

Amid calls for Leach to resign, Pa. lawmakers push anti-harassment bills

Pa. House and Senate members are pushing a slate of anti-harassment bills amid calls for Montco Democratic Sen. Daylin Leach to resign.

7 years ago

NJ state capitol complex at night in Trenton, New Jersey.  (Tashka/BigStock)
Government Accountability
New Jersey

After override threat, N.J. ‘dark money’ bill on its way to becoming law

A bill that would require more nonprofit groups in N.J. to publicize their donors is on its way to becoming law, after Gov. Phil Murphy avoided a veto override.

7 years ago

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., says the Justice Department has agreed to release some information related to the special counsel report on Russian election interference. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
NPR
Government Accountability
National

House Democrats to get some Mueller report material, but contempt vote is still on

Nadler wants to keep the door open to a contempt action if Barr and the Justice Department don't continue to play ball.

7 years ago

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