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Politics & Policy

Former Vice President Joe Biden has yet to announce whether he will run for president in 2020, but this past week may indicate an opening in the field. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
NPR
National

As possible rivals pass on 2020 race, Biden may see a path clearing

Questions remain about how much the former Delaware senator could appeal to a changing Democratic Party.

6 years ago

New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney  (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Sweeney on Murphy budget: More savings, no millionaire’s tax

While Sweeney is praising Murphy for incorporating several savings initiatives into his 2020 spending plan, he said he will be pushing for more cuts.

6 years ago

Credit: Satellite image (taken Feb. 22) ©2019 DigitalGlobe Inc. Analysis by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. (Graphic by Alyson Hurt/NPR)
NPR
International
Military

Activity at 2nd North Korean missile site indicates possible launch preparations

Commercial satellite imagery of a facility near Pyongyang suggests that North Korea is preparing to launch a missile or space rocket in the near future.

6 years ago

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., sits with fellow Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee during a bill markup, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Omar stirred controversy last week saying that Israel's supporters are pushing U.S. lawmakers to take a pledge of
Radio Times
International
Politics

Ilhan Omar’s Israel comments and the reaction to them

Rep. Ilhan Omar's comments about U.S.-Israel relations have drawn accusations of antisemitism. Today we discuss her comments and reactions to them, in government and beyond.

Air Date: March 8, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:45
The Montgomery County Republican Committee hosted a candidate's forum at the Upper Merion Township Building in King of Prussia, Pa. on Thursday, February 28, 2019. (Kriston Jae Bethel for WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Pennsylvania

Montgomery County GOP candidates square off in party primary

Montgomery County Republicans will decide in the party primary whether to back county Commissioner Joe Gale, who beat party leaders four years ago.

6 years ago

Listen 5:12
Mayor Jim Kenney presents his budget to City Council. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s budget proposal focuses on education, police, and fire

Mayor Jim Kenney wants to invest more in education and career development with no tax increases during the last budget address of his first term.

6 years ago

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., meets with reporters during her weekly news conference, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 7, 2019. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
National

Pelosi: House to condemn ‘forms of hatred’ after Omar words

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday the House will vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, white supremacy and other forms of hate.

6 years ago

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy is pictured here in a file photo at a press conference in Elmwood Park, N.J. on January 31, 2019 (Photo by Kyle Mazza/NurPhoto/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
Business
Government Accountability
New Jersey

Murphy says N.J. reaches 4-year, $120M deal with state workers

Gov. Phil Murphy says he's reached a four-year, $120 million labor agreement with the biggest state worker union in New Jersey.

6 years ago

Cory Booker poses for a portrait at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. Underlying many of Booker's points is a belief that it's possible to create bipartisan consensus, even while the partisan divide in America seems to grow ever wider. (Amr Alfiky/NPR)
NPR
National

Cory Booker promises to bring America together. But how?

Speaking to NPR about his run for the presidency, the New Jersey Democrat used phrases like "coalitions of conscience," "sacred honor" and "courageous empathy."

6 years ago

Levine, a former pediatrician, had fellow pediatricians join her for a last-minute press conference defending the importance of vaccines. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Health Care
Kids
Pennsylvania

Pa. Health Sec: Don’t listen to Rand Paul on vaccines

In a recent health committee hearing, the Republican U.S. Senator said vaccines shouldn’t be mandatory, and suggested they give people a false sense of security.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney
PlanPhilly
Government Accountability
Philadelphia
PlanPhilly

7 takeaways from Mayor Jim Kenney’s $5 billion spending plan

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney proposes his last budget before running for re-election Thursday. Here are the top seven items to expect.

6 years ago

Dozens of abortion rights advocates and abortion opponents gathered in Dover, Del. to debate legislation aiming to ban late-term abortions. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Delaware
Health Care
Public Health

Delawareans debate late-term abortion ban before Senate committee

Abortion opponents, abortion rights activists plead their cases before Delaware legislators considering a ban on the procedure after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

6 years ago

Listen 1:41
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman asks for a show of hands with all in favor of adult recreational use marijuana at the conclusion of a listening session on recreational marijuana with community members Mar. 2, 2019, at Penn State Scranton in Dunmore, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Pennsylvania
Politics

Support for legal marijuana defies party politics in Pa. — among residents, not lawmakers

With signals from the Wolf administration, momentum is building for legalizing marijuana in Pennsylvania, but top lawmakers have vowed to block the effort.

6 years ago

Listen 3:55
John E. Boyd, 61, lived on the streets for many years. He’s been in recovery for 17 months, has an apartment in West Philadelphia, and receives general assistance, which he says he uses to buy food, clothes and transportation. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Cash for the poor? General Assistance welfare again under threat in Pa.

General Assistance is for low-income residents who need help, but don’t qualify for traditional welfare because they don’t have dependents.

6 years ago

Listen 4:04
Following a report about the close relationship between the network and the Trump White House, DNC Chairman Tom Perez said the party will not allow Fox News to host any of its primary debates in 2020.
(Charles Dharapak/AP Photo)
NPR
Media

DNC bars Fox News from hosting 2020 primary debates

Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez cites a report in The New Yorker about close ties between the Trump administration and the conservative cable news network.

6 years ago

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