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Politics & Policy

In this Dec. 12, 2012, photo released by the Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's Unha-3 rocket lifts off from the Sohae launch pad in Tongchang-ri, North Korea. (AP)
NPR
International
Military

North Korea seen reassembling rocket test site

Satellite imagery suggests North Korea may be taking steps to reactivate a partially decommissioned long-range rocket test site on the west coast of the country.

7 years ago

Honduran migrants react as they surrender to the U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the border wall into the United States. According to new federal data, the number of migrants apprehended crossing the border in recent months has surged.
(Ramon Espinosa/AP)
NPR
Immigration
National

Migrant families arrive in busloads as border crossings hit 10-year high

The U.S. Border Patrol apprehended more than 66,000 migrants at the Southern border in February, the highest total for a single month in almost a decade.

7 years ago

New Jersey state Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, left, D-Teaneck, stands with Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor Marin, second from left , D-Newark, N.J., state Sen. Nancy F. Munoz, second from right, R-Summit, N.J., and Kristin M. Corrado, R-Totowa, N.J., as they address a gathering after Katie Brennan, not seen, the chief of staff at the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, testified before the Select Oversight Committee at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, in Trenton, N.J. Brennan, a top staffer at the state's housing agency who came forward as a sexual assault victim, and has said too little was done about her complaints, which she reported to law enforcement. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Pension forfeiture in cards for N.J. public officials who commit sex offenses

The proposed legislation that was inspired by the #MeToo movement predates the Katie Brennan case but is overshadowed by it.

7 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during a joint meeting of the Democratic-led Assembly and Senate in Trenton, N.J., Tuesday, March 5, 2019. Murphy unveiled his second budget Tuesday, calling for about $1 billion in increased spending that would be financed by higher income tax rates on wealthy residents and savings in public worker benefits. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Government Accountability
New Jersey

In his second budget, Gov. Murphy again calls for a higher tax on N.J. millionaires

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy wants those making $1 million a year to pay more. Currently those making $5 million pay the top tax rate.

7 years ago

At a public forum at VietAID in Dorchester, Mass., Vietnamese immigrants learn more about changes to immigration policies under President Trump. (Shannon Dooling/WBUR)
NPR
Immigration

40 years after the Vietnam War, some refugees face deportation under Trump

More than 40 years after the Vietnam War brought expatriates to the U.S., the White House wants to deport thousands of Vietnamese immigrants because of years-old convictions.

7 years ago

Inside one of Pennsylvania's state-run Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores. (Nathaniel Hamilton for WHYY)
Food & Drink

Pa. Liquor Control Board’s latest move to draw consumers? Auctioning really old Scotch

The state legislature's last serious bid to break up state control of the liquor industry came in 2017.

7 years ago

In this March 16, 2017 photo, customer Fran Flanagan is interviewed as he shops for soda at the IGA supermarket in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia. The city's tax on sweetened drinks remains controversial two years later. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The Why
Philadelphia
Politics

Sweetening the city’s pot: Why Philadelphia is still grappling with the soda tax

Philly's sweetened beverage tax, better known as the "soda tax" passed almost three years ago. So why are politicians, business owners, and lobbyists still fighting about it?

Air Date: March 5, 2019

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With less than six months to Census Day, federal officials have finished their preparatory work in the state. (Michelle R. Smith/AP Photo)
New Jersey
NJ Spotlight

Accurate census count in N.J. needs state money, governor is told

There is concern that New Jersey could lose out on federal funds — and even lose a seat in Congress — if special efforts not made in ‘hard-to-count’ areas.

7 years ago

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerrold Nadler D-N.Y., sent out 81 document requests to individuals, business entities and agencies related to President Trump for a far-reaching investigation. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
NPR
National

House Judiciary launches probe of allegations of obstruction by President Trump

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler says his panel is investigating allegations of obstruction of justice, corruption and abuse of power by the administration.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump hugs the American flag as he arrives to speak at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2019, in Oxon Hill, Md., Saturday, March 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
National Interest

Trump’s ‘frightened world’ of the ‘happily stupid’

Trump begins his re-election bid with 90 percent support from the GOP base (despite his demagoguery, lies, and serial failures), and that blind fealty cannot be underestimated

7 years ago

(Lucy Schaly/Beaver County Times via AP)
Radio Times
Elections
K-12

Minimum wage for Pa., raising teacher salaries, dark money in NJ

Today's Regional Roundup: making campaign contributions more transparent in NJ, Pa. Republican State Majority Leader on raising the minimum wage, teacher pay in Pa.

Air Date: March 4, 2019 10:00 am

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John Hickenlooper, Former Governor, The State of Colorado, speaking at a forum on
Elections
National
Pennsylvania

Narberth native, former Colorado Gov. Hickenlooper declares 2020 presidential bid

John Hickenlooper casted himself as a can-do uniter who's used to overcoming adversity and accomplishing liberal goals in a politically divided state.

7 years ago

In this file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is brought up on stage by President Donald Trump as he takes the stage at a rally at Alumni Coliseum in Richmond, Ky., Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
Immigration
National

Senate seems to have votes to reject Trump’s wall move

Opponents appear to have enough Senate votes to reject his move, now that Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky has said he can't go along with the White House.

7 years ago

In this Aug. 7, 2018, photo, Mark Robbins, the sole member of the Merit Systems Protection Board, walks through the supply closet, pointing to boxes full of cases, in his office in Washington. Robbins reads through federal workplace disputes, analyzes the cases, marks them with notes and logs his legal opinions. He then passes them along to nobody. He’s the only member of a three-member board that legally can’t operate until the president and Congress give him at least one colleague.  (Juliet Linderman/AP Photo)
Government Accountability

Board that handles federal worker disputes is now vacant

The Merit Systems Protection Board, a quasi-judicial government body tasked with settling workplace disputes for federal workers, is vacant for the first time in 40-years.

7 years ago

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., speaks during a commemorative service Sunday, March 3, 2019, at Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Ala. Several Democratic White House hopefuls are visiting one of America's seminal civil rights sites to pay homage to that legacy and highlight their own connections to the movement. (Julie Bennett/AP Photo)
History
National
Race & Ethnicity

Democratic presidential candidates marking Selma anniversary

Sens. Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders are gathered at one of America's seminal civil rights sites on Sunday to pay homage to that legacy.

7 years ago

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