Politics & Policy
NJ Transit: Atlantic City line won’t arrive until May 24
New Jersey Transit met Dec. 31 deadlines for installing positive train control, but the Atlantic City line shut for that work won’t be back until May 24.
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Trump and Kim’s second nuclear summit ends with no deal
A planned signing ceremony was canceled. The biggest sticking point was sanctions against North Korea, Trump said at a press conference Thursday afternoon local time.
7 years ago
House passes gun bill, most significant measure in 20 years
The House passed what advocates call the most significant gun control measure in more than two decades on Wednesday.
7 years ago
Philly hunting for new chief property assessor
Mayor Jim Kenney says he's looking for a new assessment chief because current property assessments have been off target by 15 percent in large swaths of the city.
7 years ago
Russia, hush money, lies: Takeaways from Cohen’s testimony
In matter-of-fact testimony, the former Trump lawyer drew a troubling picture of his former boss, implicating the president in lies big and small to the American public.
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Pa. GOP lawmakers soften opposition to minimum wage hike
One of Governor Tom Wolf’s perennially-unsuccessful policy suggestions may face better odds this year.
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Lest we forget, we would not have heard from Cohen today, in a public session, if the midterm electorate had not thrown the House Republicans out of power.
7 years ago
Shore town seeks to end outdoor dining ban
Surf City is the only municipality on Long Beach Island that prohibits outdoor dining.
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Second Trump-Kim summit kicks off in Hanoi with a handshake
President Trump and Kim Jong Un struck an upbeat note at the launch of their second summit in Hanoi Wednesday.
7 years ago
Michael Cohen testifies before House Oversight Committee
Michael Cohen suggested that Trump also implicitly told him to lie about a Moscow real estate project.
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Maria Quiñones-Sánchez vs. Philadelphia ward leaders … again
Philly City Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez again faces a re-election battle without support from Democratic Party leaders.
7 years ago
House OKs Democrats’ bill blocking Trump emergency on wall
Thirteen House Republicans joined all voting Democrats Tuesday to support the resolution. It now moves to the GOP-controlled Senate.
7 years ago
How a Green New Deal could exploit developing countries
Should this legislative concept be transformed from the hypothetical framework into actual policies, some of the solutions it engenders could make global inequality worse.
7 years ago
One-on-One: Trump, Kim confront North Korea’s nuke plans
There was palpable, carnival-like excitement among many in Hanoi as final preparations were made for Wednesday's summit opening.
7 years ago
Senators chastise drug company executives over high prices
Representatives from AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck, Sanofi, and AbbVie, attended during Tuesday's Senate Finance Committee hearing.
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