Politics & Policy
Guests: Chris Potter, John Baer, Holly Otterbein There are a lot of primary elections in Pennsylvania on the ho ...
Air Date: March 12, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:29Pennsylvania Dems see surge of legislative candidates
Democrats hoping to claw their way out of a deep minority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives got some good news this week.
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With thousands still out of power, N.J. governor orders review of what went wrong
Gov. Phil Murphy says he’s frustrated and angered by uneven levels of storm preparation by the utility companies.
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New Jersey thinks now might be the time to raise corporate taxes
New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney has put forward a proposal that would have the state’s highest-earning corporations staring at a tax hike.
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Listen 4:39Trump’s executive order on tariffs
Guests: Heather Long, Edward Alden, Josh Bivens President Trump signed an executive order imposing tariffs on s ...
Air Date: March 9, 2018 10:00 am
Listen 49:29Trump formally orders tariffs on steel, aluminum imports
President Trump ordered steep tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from every country in the world except Canada and Mexico.
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Auditor General to take deep dive into school safety issues
Eugene DePasquale says his office will take a deep dive on the security procedures at all of the commonwealth's public schools.
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Allentown mayor resigns office following corruption conviction
Democrat Ed Pawlowski said Thursday he is leaving the office he's held for a dozen years, effective 5 p.m. Friday.
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Listen 4:33Ronald Reagan’s son says it best: ‘We the people are the problem’
The late president’s second son nails an incontrovertible truth about our current political sinkhole.
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Pa. grapples with potential Medicaid work requirements
As more states begin creating work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients, calls to do the same in Pennsylvania are building.
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City: ‘Too soon’ to say if soda tax shortfall will hit parks & rec makeover
There will be no Rebuild without the soda tax. That’s been the message coming from Mayor Jim Kenney over the last several months
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If N.J. legalizes pot, lawmaker proposes clearing all possession convictions
Assemblywoman also wants to create a tax-credit program for marijuana businesses that locate in urban enterprise zones.
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No surge in candidates for Philly Democratic committee posts
Despite the efforts of activists to get people more involved in the party, roughly the same number of Democrats have filed to run for committee posts as four years ago.
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Business-incentive program proposed for small New Jersey towns
Towns with a population under 11,000 and that are more than 70 percent developed would be eligible, says bill sponsor Assemblyman Dan Benson, D-Mercer.
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The Israel – U.S. relationship
Guests: Josepf Federman, Dan Shapiro Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received a warm welcome when he me ...
Air Date: March 8, 2018 10:00 am
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