Politics & Policy
Govs reach compromise: Delaware Memorial Bridge toll to increase to $5
Following a disagreement over a toll hike at the Delaware Memorial Bridge, local governors have reached a compromise.
8 years ago
Pa. citizens ‘slay the gerrymander’ in congressional mapping competition
Draw the Lines PA is a civic group that plans to host a biannual competition where people can make their own congressional district maps.
8 years ago
Congress awaits final border bill with shutdown deadline looming
Spending negotiators may have reached an agreement on an outline to avoid a government shutdown, but the final legislation is still incomplete.
8 years ago
There's a Yiddish saying that "a schlemiel is somebody who often spills his soup." Which brings us to Donald Trump.
8 years ago
Michael Tomasky on political polarization and how to end it
Michael Tomasky on political polarization and how to end it
Air Date: February 13, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:29As Democrats emphasize diversity, South Carolina is a key early campaign stop
Cory Booker and Bernie Sanders spent the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with the South Carolina NAACP.
8 years ago
Soul-searching after Parkland, Dick’s CEO embraces tougher stance on guns
Ed Stack is a gun owner who was a longtime Republican donor. A year after Dick's Sporting Goods became an unlikely face of gun control, it sees the fallout from its policy.
8 years ago
McConnell plans to bring Green New Deal to Senate vote
The Senate majority leader wants to put the massive progressive climate change framework to vote. Its Democratic sponsor is not pleased by the move from the Republican.
8 years ago
Philadelphia could expand residential tax-abatement program
The Longtime Owner Occupants Program, which seeks to help homeowners who are facing rising tax bills as their properties grow more valuable, could be expanded.
8 years ago
Trump says he’s not ‘happy’ with budget deal, but thinks shutdown unlikely
Trump noted that regardless of what happens with the budget deal, a Southern border wall will be built.
8 years ago
Just a year into tenure, New Jersey Gov. Murphy’s popularity plummets
One reason for Gov. Phil Murphy’s dip in popularity may be that voters believe he has national political aspirations that distract him from governing the Garden State.
8 years ago
Political polarization and the American way
Writer Michael Tomasky argues that political polarization was baked into the American political process from the beginning.
Air Date: February 12, 2019
Former Attorney General Eric Holder close to 2020 decision as he heads to Iowa
Former Attorney General Eric Holder travels to Iowa on Tuesday as he weighs whether to join a growing field of Democrats seeking the presidential nomination in 2020.
8 years ago
Lots of support for legal weed at Fetterman’s first town hall stop
Fetterman asked for a show of hands from the people who supported legalization, and from those who didn't. Legalization supporters were in the clear majority.
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