
Politics & Policy
We should dismantle our nuclear stash, not expand it
Across the U.S., ICBM silos are just sitting there. They would be the first targets if Russia launched an attack to try to limit our retaliatory capabilities.
7 years ago
Next year’s Pa. budget projected to have $1 billion hole
Pennsylvania is already on track to have a significant budget gap to fill next year.
7 years ago
Biden brings book tour, tales of Beau, to University of Delaware
About 500 students, longtime friends and political allies packed the student center for Joe Biden's talk with Lea Carpenter, a Wilmington native who grew up with Beau Biden.
7 years ago
Philly adds sharper teeth to minority contracting rules
The measure now goes to Mayor Jim Kenney for his consideration.
7 years ago
As term nears end, Philly DA launches efforts focused on hate crimes
District Attorney-elect Larry Krasner, who takes office in January, will review the initiative.
7 years ago
Tax code overhaul: How area representatives voted
Just one congressman from New Jersey voted in favor of the GOP tax plan.
7 years ago
Listen 1:03Senate Judiciary presses Kushner in Russia investigation
The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee are saying President Donald Trump's son-in-law hasn't been fully forthcoming.
7 years ago
Roy Moore aside, what about Bill Clinton?
Lest we forget, feminists and Democratic activists in the late ‘90s mostly stayed mute, defended, or excused Bill’s notorious workplace behavior.
7 years ago
Pa. Legislature has a $95M surplus, audit finds
This year’s review showed a smaller surplus than last year’s, with overall legislative reserves decreasing from $118 million last year, to around $95 million as of June.
7 years ago
N.J. delegation split on renewing U.S. flood insurance program
The measure calls for increasing flood insurance premiums for many property owners to help firm up a program under stress from ever-more frequent and powerful storms.
7 years ago
Fetterman in race for Pa. lieutenant governor
Fetterman, who ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate last year, is now gunning for the post of lieutenant governor in 2018.
7 years ago
Dem Party will ‘wait and see’ on sex harassment claims against Philly sheriff
Philadelphia's Democratic Party is staying out of sexual harassment allegations against the sheriff, said U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, who also leads the city's Democratic Party.
7 years ago
Touring Pa.’s 7th congressional district, one of the nation’s most gerrymandered
Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional district, which has an eye-popping shape that spans five counties, has been described in terms of a Disney cartoon: Goofy kicking Donald Duck.
7 years ago
Listen 4:35This is unmistakably an historic moment when it comes to powerful men getting their comeuppance for sexual indiscretion. Today on the sho ...
7 years ago
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