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Politics & Policy

The pending bill cites balloons as a danger to wildlife and marine animals who mistake them as food or become entangled in the string. (Wikimedia commons)
Down the Shore
Environment
New Jersey
Politics

Pending bill would create a $500 fine for releasing a balloon in N.J.

The pending bill cites balloons as a danger to wildlife and marine animals who mistake them as food or become entangled in the string. 

7 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney reacts to questions about gun violence, blight and inequality during a forum with all three mayoral candidates at Janes Church in Germantown on April 28. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia

Kenney grilled on gun violence, gentrification at Germantown mayoral debate

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney, challengers state Sen. Anthony Williams and former City Controller Alan Butkovitz talk property taxes and violence in Germantown.

7 years ago

BILLY PENN ILLUSTRATION
Elections
Billy Penn

Nearly a quarter of Philly adults can’t read — but they still vote

7 years ago

People gathering on a street corner hold signs in support of the victims of Saturday's shooting at Chabad of Poway synagogue, Sunday, April 28, 2019, in Poway, Calif. A man opened fire Saturday inside the synagogue near San Diego as worshippers celebrated the last day of a major Jewish holiday. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
National Interest

‘The most significant domestic terrorist threat,’ rinse and repeat

10 years ago this month, when the Chabad of Poway synagogue shooter was nine years old, Barack Obama's DHS authored a dire report about growing extremist violence in America.

7 years ago

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the International Association of Firefighters at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Elections
Pennsylvania

Biden heads to Pennsylvania to pitch rebuilding middle class

By picking Pennsylvania for his first campaign speech of the presidential race, Joe Biden is signaling he hopes to own what may be the 2020 election's toughest battleground.

7 years ago

The redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference is shown on April 24. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein called the report the
NPR
Government Accountability

If Mueller Report Was ‘Tip Of The Iceberg,’ What More Is Lurking Unseen?

How much do American officials know about that they don't want to reveal? And how much might the Russians continue trying to do that the United States isn't following?

7 years ago

Jim Kenney walks down Broad Street towards the Broad Street Ministry. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Philadelphia

Critiquing Kenney: Taking the pulse of Philly mayor’s old neighborhood

Interviews with voters in Kenney’s old neighborhood show a mix of opinions about him, but little support for his Democratic rivals.

7 years ago

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Attorney General William Barr appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee to make his Justice Department budget request, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Government Accountability
National

Barr’s testimony to House on Mueller in doubt amid dispute

The department has balked at the panel's plans to allow the committee's counsels from both sides to question Barr

7 years ago

Author and historian Ron Chernow speaks at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
NPR
Media
National

Trump rallies supporters as White House correspondents’ gala celebrates a free press

Separate events held Saturday evening in the nation's capital and a Wisconsin arena painted two divergent pictures of the press.

7 years ago

Bob Vander Plaats, an Iowa conservative evangelical who heads a group called The Family Leader, has invited seven top Democratic presidential candidates to a July forum that is a typical stop for Republican candidates. (Paul Sancya/AP)
NPR
National
Religion

2020 Democrats talk faith; conservative Christian leaders respond

Bob Vander Plaats, president of The Family Leader, said he's sending invitations Friday to the top seven Democratic primary candidates in current polls.

7 years ago

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during a press conference at the closing of the Belt and Road Forum at Yanqi Lake on the outskirts of Beijing, Saturday, April 27, 2019. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)
Infrastructure
International

Xi: China wants to expand sprawling infrastructure project

President Xi Jinping called for more countries to join China's sprawling infrastructure-building initiative.

7 years ago

In this Tuesday, March 19, 2019 photo, the blades of wind turbines catch the breeze at the Saddleback Ridge wind farm in Carthage, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)
Energy
Environment
National

Democrat-controlled statehouses endorsing clean energy

State legislatures have introduced at least 329 climate change bills this year that address greenhouse gas emissions.

7 years ago

Oliver North speaks at the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on April 26, 2019. (Michael Conroy/AP)
NPR
National

Oliver North says he will not seek 2nd term as NRA president

National Rifle Association leader Oliver North announced on Saturday that he will not seek a second term as president of the gun rights group, as is typically customary.

7 years ago

When legislative districts are drawn, inmates are counted as residents of the community where they are housed, despite the fact that they cannot vote or participate meaningfully in civic life. (AP Photo)
Criminal Justice
Pennsylvania

Study finds Pa. prisons give home districts power, take it from poor urban areas

If Pennsylvania counted inmates as part of their home counties, not where they’re jailed, four state House districts would legally be too large and four would be too small.

7 years ago

More than 200 attendees filled the seats at the Ulmer Planetarium at Lock Haven University Friday night to hear Nigel Farage, member of the European Parliament and leader of the Brexit Party, give a speech on the rise of populism. (Min Xian/WPSU)
International

In Lock Haven, Brexit leader Nigel Farage talks populism in America, Europe and worldwide

More than 200 attendees filled the seats at the Ulmer Planetarium at Lock Haven University Friday night to hear Nigel Farage.

7 years ago

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