Politics & Policy
Nominee to lead N.J. Health Department promises better medical marijuana program
Shereef Elnahal said increased access to medical marijuana could result in diminished opioid use.
6 years ago
Despite some perceptions, Delaware students aren’t lazy millennials
Students at about 20 schools throughout Delaware will walk out of their school simultaneously on Wednesday to protest gun violence at schools around the country.
6 years ago
Air Date: March 12, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:29Pennsylvania Dems see surge of legislative candidates
Democrats hoping to claw their way out of a deep minority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives got some good news this week.
6 years ago
With thousands still out of power, N.J. governor orders review of what went wrong
Gov. Phil Murphy says he’s frustrated and angered by uneven levels of storm preparation by the utility companies.
6 years ago
New Jersey thinks now might be the time to raise corporate taxes
New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney has put forward a proposal that would have the state’s highest-earning corporations staring at a tax hike.
6 years ago
Listen 4:39Trump’s executive order on tariffs
Air Date: March 9, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:29Trump formally orders tariffs on steel, aluminum imports
President Trump ordered steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from every country in the world except Canada and Mexico.
6 years ago
Auditor General to take deep dive into school safety issues
Eugene DePasquale says his office will take a deep dive on the security procedures at all of the commonwealth's public schools.
6 years ago
Allentown mayor resigns office following corruption conviction
Democrat Ed Pawlowski said Thursday he is leaving the office he's held for a dozen years, effective 5 p.m. Friday.
6 years ago
Listen 4:33Ronald Reagan’s son says it best: ‘We the people are the problem’
The late president’s second son nails an incontrovertible truth about our current political sinkhole.
6 years ago
Pa. grapples with potential Medicaid work requirements
As more states begin creating work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients, calls to do the same in Pennsylvania are building.
6 years ago
City: ‘Too soon’ to say if soda tax shortfall will hit parks & rec makeover
There will be no Rebuild without the soda tax. That’s been the message coming from Mayor Jim Kenney over the last several months
6 years ago
If N.J. legalizes pot, lawmaker proposes clearing all possession convictions
Assemblywoman also wants to create a tax-credit program for marijuana businesses that locate in urban enterprise zones.
6 years ago
No surge in candidates for Philly Democratic committee posts
Despite the efforts of activists to get people more involved in the party, roughly the same number of Democrats have filed to run for committee posts as four years ago.
6 years ago