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Politics & Policy

Former Delaware State Treasurer Chip Flowers speaks during a news conference in Dover in August 2014. (File/WHYY)
Delaware

Delaware settles FOIA lawsuit with ex-treasurer

Delaware has agreed to pay its former treasurer $22,500 in taxpayer money to drop a public records lawsuit over former Gov. Jack Markell's correspondence.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump, left, greets Rick Saccone after speaking at H&K Equipment, Co. on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 in Coraopolis, Pa. Saccone is running for the U.S. Congressional seat vacated by Tim Murphy.
National Interest

Republicans panic in southwest Pennsylvania

A loss or tight win for the GOP in Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District would be evidence that few Republican seats should be considered safe in 2018.

8 years ago

Map of the state of Pennsylvania showing county boundaries and names, county seats and rivers from the U.S. Geological Survey.
Keystone Crossroads
Government Accountability
Pennsylvania
Politics
Taxes

Pa. counties call on state government to better support local public services

Pa.'s 67 counties signed on to a list of priorities they hope to achieve in 2018. But the local leaders say they cannot achieve their goals alone.

8 years ago

First
Delaware
Environment
Public Spaces

Offshore oil and gas drilling in Delaware?

Earlier this month, the Trump administration okayed new offshore oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic, including waters off the Delaware coastline.

8 years ago

As a bitterly-divided Congress hurtles toward a government shutdown this weekend, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, speaks to the media outside the Capitol after meeting with President Donald Trump, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018, in Washington.
NPR

Schumer says there’s still ‘a good number of disagreements,’ as shutdown looms

The meeting began less than 12 hours before the midnight deadline for Congress to pass a new spending bill.

8 years ago

At a public information session in Dover, Delaware, Thursday, Charlotte Reid looks over information about the Trump administration's plan to expand oil and gas drilling along the Atlantic coastline. She fears that could put Delaware at risk of a spill.
Delaware
Energy
Environment

Delaware residents tell Washington they oppose offshore drilling

The goal of a public meeting in Dover was to listen to local experts and residents.

8 years ago

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., answers questions Thursday on the possibility of a government shutdown. After receiving assurances from Ryan, a key group of conservative House Republicans said they would support a short-term-funding bill.
NPR
National

House Passes Bill To Avoid Government Shutdown, But Senate Prospects Uncertain

Republicans need 60 votes in the Senate to proceed on the four-week continuing resolution, which would extend funding only until Feb. 16.

8 years ago

Protesters chant slogans inside the terminal at Philadelphia International Airport.
NewsWorks Tonight
Public Spaces

Huge protests of ’17 lead to individual activism, expectations of bigger rallies

The protests were fast and furious once Donald Trump became president. Some say that momentum has slowed considerably, while others forecast larger demonstrations.

8 years ago

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 President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with House and Senate leadership in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Washington. From left, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Trump, and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R- Wis. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, file)
PBS

What happens during a government shutdown?

The world won’t end if a dysfunctional Washington can’t find a way to pass a funding bill before this weekend.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump welcomes Ivanka Trump to speak at H&K Equipment Company during a visit to promote his tax and economic plan, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, in Coraopolis, Penn. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania

Trump wades into Pa. race seen as test of GOP strength

Saccone's name would not appear in Trump's prepared remarks, although he greeted Trump at the airport and attended the speech.

8 years ago

(Gary Lindstrom/WHYY)
Delaware
Politics

Gov. Carney’s State of the State speech focuses on economy, education

Gov. John Carney, D-Delaware, delivered his first State of the State speech Thursday. He focused on jobs, education and how to address Delaware's budget shortfalls.

8 years ago

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(File/WHYY)
Delaware

WATCH: Delaware Gov. John Carney delivers State of the State Address

Watch live as Delaware Gov. John Carney delivers his first official State of the State Address to a joint session of the General Assembly in Dover.

8 years ago

The Department of Health and Humans Services is adding a Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom to protect doctors, nurses and other health care workers who refuse to take part in some kinds of care because of moral or religious objections. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Law
Medicine
Religion

Trump will protect health workers who reject patients on religious grounds

The Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom will protect workers who refuse procedures like abortion, or treat certain people, like transgender patients.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania's oddly-shaped 7th Congressional district is often cited as an extreme example of gerrymandering.(via govtrack.us)
National Interest

Will Pennsylvania’s high court zap the rigged Republican map?

The practice of rigging congressional maps for extreme partisan advantage — known, of course, as gerrymandering — is under attack on a number of fronts.

8 years ago

Phil Murphy gives his address after being sworn in as governor of New Jersey during his inauguration, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, in Trenton, N.J.
New Jersey

Murphy toughens rule on disclosing gifts as N.J. governor

If Murphy and the gift giver were friends at least three years before his inauguration, he would not have to disclose those gifts.

8 years ago

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