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Politics & Policy

President Donald Trump visits a new section of the border wall with Mexico in Calexico, Calif., Friday April 5, 2019. Gloria Chavez with the U.S. Border Patrol, center, and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen listen. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
Immigration
National

Trump struggles with a growing problem on the border

Tensions are rising, fingers are pointing and the search for solutions is becoming increasingly fraught.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania state Sen. Daylin Leach. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP)
Pennsylvania

Pa. Treasurer Torsella calls for embattled Sen. Leach’s resignation

In an unusual move, Pennsylvania's treasurer is calling on a state Senator to resign.

7 years ago

PennDot snowplow (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Infrastructure

PennDOT asks for feedback on winter weather cleanup

A glutton for punishment? PennDOT is asking for feedback on how it did clearing roads of ice and snow over the winter.

7 years ago

Sheriff Jewell Williams pictured in a 2007 photo (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Philadelphia

Citing sexual harassment allegations, Philly Dems dump sheriff from endorsed ticket

Citing sexual harassment allegations, Philadelphia’s Democratic ward leaders have dumped incumbent Sheriff Jewell Williams from the party’s endorsed ticket.

7 years ago

Stacey Abrams speaks about politics and her life during an interview with Marty Moss-Coane for Radio Times, in front of a live audience at WHYY in Philadelphia, Pa., April 5, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
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Stacey Abrams: Public introvert and ‘old-fashioned Democrat’

Former candidate for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams discussed the future of the Democratic party in appearance on Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane.

7 years ago

Delaware County District Attorney Katayoun Copeland speaks on behalf of a new
Law
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Pa. lawmakers, activists urge passage of ‘red flag’ law following deadly Wawa shooting

The high-profile gun fatality spurred calls for Emergency Removal Protection Order laws similar to those on the books in more than a dozen other states.

7 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney presents his budget to City Council. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Government Accountability
Philadelphia

Super PAC airs first TV ad of Philly mayor’s race

The first ad in the Philadelphia mayor’s race comes from a labor-backed super PAC supporting Mayor Jim Kenney’s re-election bid.

7 years ago

In this April 26, 2018 file photo, Michael Cohen leaves federal court in New York. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo, File)
National

Cohen asks lawmakers to help keep him out of prison

Attorneys for Michael Cohen are asking members of Congress to help keep him out of prison.

7 years ago

Radio Times
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Stacey Abrams: her politics and her life

Stacey Abrams talks about her book, "Lead from the Outside" and about current politics, voting rights, and her personal story.

Air Date: April 5, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:31
Pennsylvania's congressional map as drawn in 2011. In 2018, it was deemed an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander by the Pa. Supreme Court (Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Creating a fairer map: Pa. Redistricting Reform Commission kicks off public input tour

The first of nine meetings drew more than 50 people in Williamsport Thursday evening.

7 years ago

WURD radio host Vincent Thompson hosted the mayoral debate organized by the Muslim League of Voters Tuesday (Michael D'Onforio/The Philadelphia Tribune)
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Williams, Butkovitz talk policies at mayoral debate; Kenney a no-show

Democratic mayoral candidate and state Sen. Anthony Williams wants to give every high school senior a $10,000 check at graduation.

7 years ago

More states are legalizing marijuana, and Pennsylvania already allows the drug for medical use.  (Ted S. Warren/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

Why legalize weed? F&M poll respondents say it’s a sign of the times.

F&M’s pollsters said it’s not every day they see public opinion on recreational marijuana morph — or skyrocket 30 percent — so rapidly.

7 years ago

Council at-large candidate Vinny Black stands and responds to a question from a representative speaker. Twenty candidates for city council attended a candidates forum at Congregation Rodeph Shalom on March 24, 2019. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Philadelphia

30 Democrats scramble for five Philly Council nominations

Trump-driven activism drives a surge in Philly Council candidates. It's the highest number since 1979, which was in response to Frank Rizzo.

7 years ago

A group of immigrants detained at the Berks County Residential Center in Leesport, Pennsylvania, respond to a protest of the detention center occurring across the street from the facility on the afternoon of July 15. On the left, a man holds a handmade drawing of the Honduran flag. (Rachel Wisniewski for WHYY)
Immigration
Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, a border ‘meltdown’ looks like empty beds at Berks Center

ICE officials said they are no longer sending immigrant families from the border to the Berks Family Residential Center. Now, only nine of its 96 beds are filled.

7 years ago

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Movita Johnson-Harrell, shown here while she was the supervisor of the Philadelphia district attorney's Victim/Witness Services unit. An invocation given before Johnson-Harrell's swearing-in to the state House was broadly construed as Islamophobic. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
The Why
Pennsylvania
Politics
Religion

Why prayers are allowed in government meetings — including the Pa. Legislature

A Republican Pennsylvania state Rep. has been under fire after her prayer opening a recent voting session. A look into the constitutional debate over religious invocations.

Air Date: April 4, 2019

Listen 12:24
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