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Politics & Policy

FILE - In this Monday, March 31, 2014 file photo, SEIU-UHW worker Kathy Santana, left, assists Ruben Torres, 27, during a health care enrollment event at the SEIU-UHW office in Commerce, Calif.
National Interest
Health Care
National

Trump loses again: Americans flock to ‘dead’ Obamacare

Obamacare enrollment stats are a reminder that an historically unpopular president and a manifestly unpopular party cannot simply compel Americans to behave like sheep.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Elections
Politics

The fate of the Mueller investigation; Putin’s motivation

With some observers predicting that the President will fire Special Prosecutor Mueller despite official denials from the White House, we ...

7 years ago

Listen 26:15
Radio Times
Performing Arts
Politics

Doogie Horner / Mueller’s investigation and Putin’s motivation

Guests: Doogie Horner, Julia Ioffe, David Corn Today we’ll meet comedian and Philadelphia-native ...

Air Date: December 22, 2017

Listen 49:14
As a master of old-school politics, U.S. Rep. Bob Brady is a fascinating throwback in Washington. But an array of circumstances could make it difficult for him to win another term in Congress. (AP file photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
Law
Philadelphia

2018: Trouble for Congressman Brady?

For nearly 20 years, Bob Brady's been re-elected to Congress without a serious fight, but next year may be different. We look at whether he's vulnerable.

7 years ago

Listen 4:01
Catherine McCabe says she looks forward to helping Phil Murphy deal with the state’s environmental issues. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Environment
New Jersey

New Jersey’s governor-elect taps Obama EPA administrator for state DEP

Democratic Gov.-elect Phil Murphy says Catherine McCabe, a former acting EPA director, will lead New Jersey's counterpart department.

7 years ago

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-WIs., right, applauds as President Donald Trump hugs Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as he speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, to acknowledge the final passage of tax overhaul legislation by Congress.
National Interest

Two reasons why Republicans could survive their tax bill in 2018

Last week I suggested that the GOP tax "reform" law is a "suicide pact" that will snuff them in the '18 midterm elections. But today I play devil's advocate with myself.

7 years ago

A recovery home on Gooseneck Road in Bristol Township. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Addiction
Housing
Pennsylvania

Wolf signs law to regulate recovery homes in Pa.

Many of the homes, often run by people in long-term recovery themselves, operate in good faith, but others have unsafe living conditions and do little to further sober living.

7 years ago

Mayor Jim Kenney speaks before giving away new bikes Wednesday at a City Hall ceremony. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Infrastructure
Philadelphia
Transportation

Kenney: Protected bike lanes needed, but so is funding to pay for them

The death of a cyclist who was struck by a privately owned trash truck last month has spurred demands for safer bike lanes.

7 years ago

A woman, right, scavenges on the beach while workers labor on the new seawall construction project to protect Mantoloking, New Jersey, from the Atlantic Ocean. As the third anniversary of Superstorm Sandy approaches, New Jersey says it has acquired 90 percent of the easements it needs to do shore protection work along the coast. New Jersey is beginning to exercise its power of eminent domain to secure other easements. (AP file photo)
Down the Shore
New Jersey

Stockton report analyzes 30 years of N.J. shoreline change

Since 1986, Stockton's Coastal Research Center has conducted beach surveys each fall and spring to document the shoreline position and sand volume.

7 years ago

During an appearance Thursday night at Rowan University, former Gov. Chris Christie blasted New Jersey's current Gov. Phil Murphy, claiming Murphy is casting too much blame on him. (AP, file)
Law
New Jersey

Christie signs bills to loosen rules on erasing criminal records

Three new laws will make it easier for New Jerseyans to wipe clean their criminal records.

7 years ago

After senators worked past midnight to pass the Republican tax bill, Walter Arandia distributes copies of the daily legislative calendar before lawmakers return, on Capitol Hill, in Washington, early Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Taxes

GOP Reps in region split as tax bill passes

All U.S. House Republicans from Pennsylvania voted for the tax package; four of five in New Jersey opposed it.

7 years ago

Listen 1:47
Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap
National Interest

Whatever happened to Trump’s fraudulent voter fraud commission?

An old Yiddish quip comes in handy during times of misfortune: "It could always be worse."

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Petri, R-Bucks
Business
Pennsylvania

Rep. Petri, who chaired House Gaming Committee, will resign seat

The Bucks County Republican says he's stepping down from the legislature to become executive director of the Philadelphia Parking Authority.

7 years ago

(PLANPHILLY)
Radio Times
Philadelphia

Philly’s poverty problem

Guests: Sister Mary Scullion, Mariana Chilton, Maria Quinones-Sanchez Philadelphia remains the poorest major U.S ...

Air Date: December 20, 2017

Listen 49:15
Pa. state Sen. Daylin Leach has ended his congressional campaign more than two months after multiple women accused him of inappropriate touching and making sexually-suggestive jokes. (WHYY file photo)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Pennsylvania
Politics

Will Pa. Senate probe Leach accusations?

State Sen. Daylin Leach says he'll work with Senate leaders to address accusations of sexual misconduct, but it's not clear how that will happen.

7 years ago

Listen 2:12
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