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Cashiers, cooks, delivery people, fast-food workers and their supporters rallied outside New York City Hall in 2017. Their influential union, the Service Employees International Union, also includes about half a million home health aides. (Pacific Press/LightRocket/Getty Images)
NPR
Health Care
National

Medicaid officials target home health aides’ union dues

Medicaid home care aides are emerging as the latest target in the ongoing power struggle between some conservative lawmakers and organized labor.

8 years ago

Shown is the Pennsylvania Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability

Pennsylvania will allow Harrisburg to keep special taxing authority — but not forever

A Pennsylvania state agency says it’s willing to let Harrisburg keep its uncommonly high taxes through 2020 ...

8 years ago

In this May 23, 2018 file photo, Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the Federal District Court after a hearing, in Washington. (Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Criminal Justice
Politics

The trial of Paul Manafort

We get the latest on the trial of Paul Manafort beyond the handmade ostrich and python jackets. The Washington Post’s ...

Air Date: August 10, 2018 10:40 am

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The HealthCare.gov website main page. The Trump administration is clearing the way for insurers to sell short-term health plans as a bargain alternative to pricey “Obamacare” for consumers struggling with high premiums. But the policies don’t have to cover pre-existing conditions and benefits are limited. It’s not certain if that’s going to translate into broad consumer appeal among people who need an individual policy. (HHS via AP)
NewsWorks Tonight
Health Care

With Obamacare seriously wounded, politicians seek a healthy way forward

Now that President Donald Trump’s administration has halted more than $10 billion in payments intended to help insurance companies unde ...

8 years ago

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Protesters surround a Trump supporter on S. Almaden Boulevard outside the San Jose Convention Center as Presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a rally in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, June 2, 2016. (Patrick Tehan/Bay Area News Group Archives)
Radio Times
Politics
Race & Ethnicity

Imagined opposition

Guests: Perry Bacon Jr. American’s political affiliations are generally a good indicator of how people vote but ...

Air Date: August 10, 2018 10:00 am

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A portion of the Pennsylvania legislative district map. (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania)
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Redistricting reformers in Pa. look outside the box for legislative options

After a year of campaigning and months of legislative debate, it’s likely too late for state lawmakers to p ...

8 years ago

The statue of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo drips with egg  in this August 2017 file photo. Last summer, the statue was increasingly the target of vandals and protesters who see it as a symbol of racism. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Architecture & Design
Philadelphia
Public Spaces

Rizzo statue to move in 2 to 3 years, Kenney says

Mayor wants move to coincide with a renovation of Thomas Paine Plaza, just across from City Hall where the statue stands.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles' Malcolm Jenkins, center left, raises his fist during the national anthem before the team's preseason NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Thursday in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Continuing protest, Jenkins raises fist before Eagles preseason game

Before the Eagles’ preseason opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers Thursday night, Philadelphia safety Malcolm Jenkins raised his ...

8 years ago

Sen. Rand Paul, center, and his communications director Sergio Gor, right, enter a hall during their meeting with Russian lawmakers in Moscow Monday. (Pavel Golovkin/AP)
NPR
International

Rand Paul goes to Russia and delivers letter for Trump, marking our era of irony

Many have also seen the visuals of Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul hobnobbing in Moscow this week with members of the Russian Council, sometimes called his "counterparts."

8 years ago

The former Gallery Mall parking garage has been transformed into the Parkade at 8th. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Philadelphia
Streets & Roads
Transportation
PlanPhilly

Parking Authority chief Petri offers up a sweeping legislative agenda for change

For most of the Parking Authority’s history, its legislative agenda was little more than maintaining the status quo.

8 years ago

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This undated file photo provided by the Calixto family shows Lucas Calixto. The U.S. Army has suspended discharging immigrant reservists and recruits promised a pathway to citizenship when they enlisted. A memo shared with The Associated Press on Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018, spells out orders to high-ranking Army officials to stop processing discharges of enlistees in the special immigrant program, effective July 20. In mid-July the Army reversed one discharge, for Brazilian reservist Calixto, who had sued. (Courtesy of the Calixto Family via AP, File)
Military
National

For now, Army suspends discharges of immigrant recruits

The U.S. Army has stopped discharging immigrant recruits who enlisted seeking a path to citizenship — at least temporarily.

8 years ago

Young people register to vote outside a March for Our Lives gun control town hall at Universal Audenreid High School, in Greys Ferry
Keystone Crossroads
Elections
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania

Will youth voting surge in Pa.? The data is mixed

One analysis suggests a wave of youth enthusiasm. But a step-back look at the overall electorate may temper expectations.

8 years ago

Listen 3:59
In this photo released by official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani addresses the nation in a televised speech in Tehran, Iran, Monday Aug. 6, 2018. The U.S. is bracing for cyberattacks Tehran could launch in retaliation for sanctions President Donald Trump has slapped back on Iran, cybersecurity and intelligence experts warn (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
International
Technology

U.S. braces for possible cyberattacks after Iran sanctions

U.S. intelligence agencies have singled out Iran as one of the main foreign cyber threats facing America

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announces the formation of a federal, state and local task force to reduce gun violence.
Criminal Justice
Policing
Public Safety

Pa. attorney general targets straw purchases, gun violence in Philly

More cooperation from Pennsylvania and the U.S. will help disrupt the flow of guns to those prohibited from owning them, attorney general says.

8 years ago

Rashida Tlaib, pictured in 2008 outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Mich., served as a state legislator for six years. On Tuesday, Democrats picked her to run unopposed for the congressional seat that former Rep. John Conyers held for more than 50 years. Tlaib would be the first Muslim woman in Congress. (Al Goldis/AP)
NPR
Gender
National
Religion

Detroit’s Rashida Tlaib poised to become first Muslim woman in Congress

"I am at a loss for words," she tweeted overnight. "I cannot wait to serve you in Congress."

8 years ago

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