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Politics & Policy

Congressional districts in Southeastern Pennsylvania as they were adopted in 2011 and then ruled unconstitutional by the Pa. Supreme Court in January 2018.  (Google Maps)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability

Ohio advocates find Pa. ‘instructive’ in quest to overturn congressional map

Advocates for changing congressional maps are looking to Pennsylvania’s recent redistricting case as an examp ...

7 years ago

New Jersey 7th Congressional District candidates Tom Malinowski, Peter Jacob, and Goutam Jois (WHYY/Dave Davies).
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Elections
New Jersey

3 Democrats gunning to unseat N.J. Congressman Leonard Lance

A look at the three Democrats in the primary for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District seat.

7 years ago

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Governor Phil Murphy swears in Mayor Chuck Chiarello and delivers remarks at the New Jersey Conference of Mayors where he encouraged Mayors to preserve property tax deduction at the Masonic Temple in Trenton in New Jersey on Thursday, February 8th, 2018. Edwin J. Torres/Governor's Office.

UPDATE: ‘Ask Governor Murphy’ show canceled

An announcement from WHYY, WBGO, and WNYC concerning the  “Ask Governor Murphy” program: Thursday night’s edition o ...

7 years ago

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, who favors a reversal of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, plans to make that a campaign issue in his quest to unseat U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. (loubarletta.com)
Pennsylvania
Politics

Koch brothers turn on Pa. conservative running for U.S. Senate

Vote to keep government running angered Republican powerbrokers who now are financing six-figure ad campaign against Lou Barletta in his race against U.S. Sen. Bob Casey.

7 years ago

Members of the San Francisco 49ers kneel during the national anthem as others stand prior to an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, in Glendale, Ariz.
National Interest

Trump and the NFL don’t understand that protest is patriotic

I almost feel sorry for the NFL owners. They’ve dutifully bowed to Trump, concocting a new policy that consigns protesting players ...

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Law
Pennsylvania

Wolf set to sign updated Pa. law on sex offenses

The General Assembly has passed a second version of a measure designed to fix a flaw in Pennsylvania’s sex offender law.

7 years ago

A woman walks by a huge screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, in Tokyo, Friday, March 9, 2018. (Koji Sasahara/AP Photo)
International

Trump cancels summit, citing ‘open hostility’ by North Korea

President Donald Trump is canceling the planned June 12 summit.

7 years ago

A satellite photo of the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea on May 23, 2018. (Digitalglobe)
NPR
International

North Korea demolishes its nuclear test site in a ‘huge explosion’

Longtime watchers of North Korea's nuclear program say the closing of the site will have little impact on the nation's capabilities.

7 years ago

Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati. (AP file Photo/Matt Rourke)
Elections
Law
Pennsylvania

Opening primaries in Pa. could boost turnout, but may be a tough sell

A proposal to open Pennsylvania's primaries to independent voters could boost turnout, but could be a tough sell with lawmakers.

7 years ago

Malcolm Kenyatta, who won the Democratic nod for the 181st district in the Pa. Legislature, cheers during the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in 2016. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Elections
Pennsylvania

Pa. Statehouse likely getting first openly gay lawmaker of color

The Pennsylvania Legislature is poised to soon make history as it welcomes its first openly gay lawmaker ...

7 years ago

Listen 2:05
Gov. Phil Murphy signs legislation committing up to $300 million a year from New Jersey ratepayers to three nuclear power plants in Salem County.  The subsidy is needed to keep the plants functioning in light of increasing competition from natural gas-generated energy. (Phil Murphy/WHYY)
Energy
New Jersey

N.J. governor OKs $300 million annual bailout from ratepayers to Salem nuke plants

Ratepayers will foot the bill for assistance to three nuclear energy-generating plants in South Jersey.

7 years ago

U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey urged her colleagues in the House to take action on gun-safety legislation rather than staging moments of silence for victims of mass shootings.  (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
National
New Jersey
Public Safety

Moment of silence won’t save lives, N.J. congresswoman shouts. ‘Do something!’

It was as if 'God kicked her out of her seat,' and U.S. Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman heard herself yelling.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks to the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 23, 2018, en route to a day trip to New York.   Trump will hold a roundtable discussion on Long Island on illegal immigration and gang violence that the White House is calling a
National Interest

Did we just pass the tipping point toward autocracy?

Let’s stipulate that Trump is not another Hitler. Nevertheless, there’s something disturbi ...

7 years ago

Legislative Hall in Dover. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Delaware
K-12
Public Safety

Delaware lawmaker introduces plan for $65M school safety fund

Hoping to prevent a mass shooting at Delaware schools, state Sen. Dave Lawson wants to establish a $65 million school safety fund.

7 years ago

Borgata casino

Borgata to take sports bets on 1st day regulators allow it

Atlantic City’s top casino says it will take sports bets on the first day state regulators allow it.

7 years ago

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