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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

State Rep. Fred Keller, (left), with U.S. Rep. G.T. Thompson in Williamsport Saturday, March 2, 2019. Thompson announced that Keller was selected by conferees to be the nominee for the U.S. House 12th Congressional district. (Anne Danahy / WPSU)
Pennsylvania

Republicans pick Pa. state Rep. as nominee to fill open U.S. House seat

The seat has been open since Republican Tom Marino stepped down in January.

7 years ago

Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., questions Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker as he appears before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill, Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, in Washington. Democrats are eager to press him on his interactions with President Donald Trump and his oversight of the special counsel's Russia investigation. (Andrew Harnik/AP Photo)
National

House to query 60 Trump officials in obstruction probe

Declaring it's "very clear" President Trump obstructed justice, the chairman of the House committee in charge of impeachment says the panel is requesting documents Monday.

7 years ago

In this Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019 file photo, House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, D-Md., right, speaks as he gives closing remarks with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the ranking member, at left, as the hearing for Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer, at the House Oversight and Reform Committee concludes, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo, File)
National

Looking beyond Mueller, Democrats cast investigative nets

Emboldened by their new majority, Democrats are undertaking several broad new investigations into President Donald Trump and setting the stage for a post-Robert Mueller world.

7 years ago

Sen. Chuck Grassley
National

Analysis: GOP senators struggle to escape no-win border vote

As a deadline for voting looms, it's increasingly clear that Republican senators are deeply uncomfortable with Trump's use of executive power to build the wall.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Sen. Vincent Hughes (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Income Inequality
Pennsylvania

Senator Hughes wants to flood Pa. Capitol with data on poverty

A top Senate Democrat is launching two bills he hopes will prompt his fellow lawmakers to think more carefully about poverty.

7 years ago

In this Thursday, June 14, 2012 file photo, James Stern of Jackson, Miss., at a news conference in Jackson, Miss. One of the largest and oldest neo-Nazi groups in the U.S. appears to have an unlikely new leader: Stern, a black activist who has vowed to dismantle it. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP Photo)
National
Race & Ethnicity

Black activist takes the lead of neo-Nazi Socialist group, vows to dissolve it

James Hart Stern wants to use his new position as director and president of the National Socialist Movement to undermine the Detroit-based group.

7 years ago

This old building had until now served as the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem, which oversaw a key diplomatic line to Palestinian officials. (Wikipedia)
NPR
International

As U.S. Jerusalem Consulate shuts, pro-Israel envoy takes on Palestinian relations

The Consulate General in Jerusalem is the U.S. government's de facto representative office to the Palestinian Authority.

7 years ago

A fake wall, made of cardboard bricks, is on display with a quote by former president Ronald Reagan that reads:
NPR
National

At CPAC: Abortion, immigration, and warnings about socialism

CPAC has evolved over the years. Always a gathering place for young activists from around the country, the emphases have changed.

7 years ago

The money in the special funds Wolf wants to use to plug budget gaps goes toward things like community and park revitalization and municipal recycling. (AP Photo)
Environment
Pennsylvania

Lawmakers question Wolf’s ‘intricate web’ of environmental funding

Pa. lawmakers remain skeptical about a provision in Governor Tom Wolf's budget plan to transfer money out of special environmental funds to fill financial gaps.

7 years ago

Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Trump, has been talking to lawmakers about his own wrongdoings and those he alleges Trump has committed. But he is not the only Trump associate lawmakers probably want to interview. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
National

Who from ‘Trump World’ do House Democrats want to talk to next?

Michael Cohen was just the beginning.

7 years ago

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