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Politics & Policy

Thirty states have legalized some form of medical marijuana. Nine of those states and Washington, D.C., allow recreational sale of the drug. (Ted S. Warren/AP)
NPR
National

On 4/20 Chuck Schumer to introduce bill to decriminalize marijuana

Schumer's legislation would remove marijuana from the list of scheduled substances.

8 years ago

Copies of the memos written by former FBI Director James Comey are photographed in Washington, Thursday, April 19, 2018. President Donald Trump told former FBI Director James Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, according to memos maintained by Comey and obtained by The Associated Press. The 15 pages of documents contain new details about a series of interactions that Comey had with Trump in the weeks before his May 2017 firing. Those encounters include a White House dinner at which Comey says Trump asked him for his loyalty. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
National

In Comey memos, Trump talks of jailed journalists, ‘hookers’

The Associated Press has obtained 15 pages of memos that former FBI Director James Comey drafted about his interactions with President Donald Trump.

8 years ago

Radio Times

National politics roundtable

Guests: Mickey Edwards, Joe Watkins, Sam Stein This hour, we discuss the week’s news and the state of American ...

Air Date: April 20, 2018

Listen 49:46
First Presbyterian Church Boonton was one of the defendants in the legal case that challenged Morris County's use of public funds for church renovations. (Google Street View image)
New Jersey

Court finds Morris County violated N.J. Constitution in funding church repairs

The ruling means churches will have to find other ways to raise money to rehabilitate their historic buildings.

8 years ago

Wind turbines along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. (Provided)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Energy
Environment
Pennsylvania

Proposed bill takes ‘principled position’: By 2050, Pennsylvania should use only renewable energy

A bipartisan group of state legislators want Pennsylvania to aim for 100 percent renewable energy by the middle of this century.

8 years ago

A dog at grooming service. (Big Stock photo)
Business
Home & Family
New Jersey

New Jersey could require training, licensing for pet groomers

Proposal follows recent deaths of three dogs while in care of groomers.

8 years ago

In this Jan. 29, 2018, file photo, Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens speaks in Palmyra, Mo. Attorneys defending Greitens against an invasion-of-privacy charge are raising doubts about the testimony of a woman with whom he had an affair. In a court filing dated Sunday, April 8, 2018, his attorneys say the woman testified she never saw Greitens with a camera or phone on the day he is accused of taking a partially nude photo of her while she was blindfolded and bound. (Jeff Roberson/AP Photo, File)
National Interest

Missouri’s Republican sex scandal is way better than Trump’s

Need a break from Trump? Come with me to Missouri.

8 years ago

A commission of Pennsylvania lawmakers and state officials is working in Harrisburg to come up with a plan to pay down the state's pension debt. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Pennsylvania
Public Safety

Pennsylvania House searching for a response to Parkland killings

Despite some agreement on the importance of the issue, lawmakers are struggling mightily with solutions.

8 years ago

Cuban President Raul Castro waves to the room as First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Castro's handpicked successor, claps at the National Assembly session Wednesday in Havana. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
International

With end of Castro era in sight, Cuba prepares to pass power to new generation

For the first time since the Cuban revolution, the island nation will hail a leader outside the Castro family.

8 years ago

U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, left, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Sen. Cory Booker attend an event kicking off Menendez's campaign for re-election at Union City High School, Wednesday, March 28, 2018, in Union City, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Radio Times
K-12
New Jersey

New Jersey politics roundup

Guests: Ryan Hutchins, Brigid Harrison, John Mooney We’re spending this hour catching up on some of the big sto ...

Air Date: April 19, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:46
President Donald Trump
Speak Easy
National
Race & Ethnicity

This is how Trump is destroying the Republican Party

The party of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass has emerged as the party of intolerance and exclusion in the 21st century.

8 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney signs legislation Wednesday that raises the maximum sentence for the illegal purchase, transfer or possession of a firearm. (Zoe Read/WHYY)
Criminal Justice
Delaware
Politics
Public Safety

Gov. Carney signs law increasing Delaware sentences for gun crimes

Aimed at preventing gun violence, the measure is one of several the governor supports.

8 years ago

(Shutterstock photo)
New Jersey

It may take more than year for New Jersey to rejoin RGGI climate pact

The nine other states in RGGI are ready to welcome New Jersey back, but it’ll take a while to negotiate the specifics of the agreement.

8 years ago

President Donald Trump
International

Watch: President Trump hosts news conference with Japan’s Prime Minister Abe

The joint press conference begins at 6 p.m.

8 years ago

In this Saturday, April 14, 2018 file photo, UN vehicles carrying the team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), arrive at hotel hours after the U.S., France and Britian launched an attack on Syrian facilities for suspected chemical attack against civilians, in Damascus, Syria. The OPCW has been thrust once again into the international limelight by a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy in Britain and allegations of a chemical bombardment on the Syrian city of Douma. It is now attempting to investigate, but its experts have not yet been able to visit the scene. (Bassem Mroue/AP Photo, File)
International
Military

UN team fired on at suspected Syria chemical attack site

Gunmen shot at the U.N. team in Douma on Tuesday and detonated an explosive.

8 years ago

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