Politics & Policy
Should you need to pass a social media check to get a gun?
Should hateful posts keep you from getting a gun?
7 years ago
Pa. lawmakers circulate memos in anticipation of new redistricting battle
Though the new state legislative session hasn't technically started, lawmakers are already filing memos for the bills they plan to sponsor.
7 years ago
The legacy of George H.W. Bush
Guests: Joe Watkins, Jeet Heer, John Meacham Over the weekend, President George Herbert Walker Bush died at the ...
Air Date: December 4, 2018
Listen 49:30In states they lost, some GOP lawmakers rush to limit new Democrats’ power
Less than a month after the midterm elections, Republican state lawmakers in Wisconsin and Michigan are working to limit the powers of newly elected Dem in statewide office.
7 years ago
City Council to vote on higher fines for tow trucks
Cleaner, safer roads is the goal of new legislation that would increase the fines levied on negligent Philadelphia tow truck drivers.
7 years ago
Delaware opposes U.S. effort to search for oil beneath ocean surface
The National Marine Fisheries Service has awarded permits to five marine contractors to conduct the tests in the Atlantic Ocean between Delaware and Central Florida.
7 years ago
Federal jury convicts Bob Brady associate in Philly
Political consultant Ken Smukler is found guilty of covering up payments for congressman's deal to get opponent to drop out of race.
7 years ago
Before he was ‘kinder, gentler,’ Poppy Bush pioneered TV ad lies
What Bush did during that 1988 campaign - and what we in the press allowed him to get away with - can't be whitewashed.
7 years ago
President George H.W. Bush to lie in state in Washington, D.C.
The former president’s body will arrive in Washington, D.C., today to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
7 years ago
Tears in Jamestown: A Pennsylvania company’s role in the global tear gas trade
Why a western Pa. company that's become a major player in the global tear gas trade is also embroiled in a legal battle with neighbors of its manufacturing facilities.
Air Date: December 3, 2018
Listen 16:10Office real estate is a game of chance for new House members
The lottery is the answer to how incoming freshmen get to pick their office spaces. Since no member has seniority, it's all a game of chance.
7 years ago
Macron tours damaged Arc de Triomphe after Paris hit by riot
Paris police said Sunday that 133 people had been injured and 412 had been arrested as protesters trashed the streets of the capital during a demonstration Saturday.
7 years ago
George H.W. Bush to lie in state at the Capitol, and be buried in Texas
Bush will be buried next to his wife and former first lady Barbara Bush, who died in April, along with his daughter Pauline Robinson Bush, who died in 1953 at 3 years old.
7 years ago
U.S., China put brakes on trade dispute with cease-fire
"It's an incredible deal," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One, adding, "if it happens it goes down as one of the largest deals ever made."
7 years ago
G-20 agrees on trade, migration, U.S. goes own way on climate
Only 19 agreed to support the Paris accord on fighting climate change with the United States the lone holdout.
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