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At a hearing Thursday, inmate advocates urge New Jersey lawmakers to open the state's financial aid program to prisoners. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
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New Jersey inmates may soon qualify for state scholarships, grants

'Guys were arguing on the yard about Marx and Socrates,' says former inmate who was able to study while in prison.

8 years ago

 People cross a street near a construction site on Market Street in Center City, Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Philly’s economy is growing but more people are dying from heroin and homicides

Pew Charitable Trusts released their 2018 State of the City report.

8 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf introduces a legislation package to combat both sexual harassment and assault as well as workplace discrimination. (Angela Gervasi/WHYY)
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Wolf backs bills to fight workplace sexual harassment

Wolf's announcement comes amid revelations of misconduct allegations against several lawmakers.

8 years ago

Protesters hold signs aloft as they attend the March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control in Washington, D.C., last month. (Cliff Owen/AP)
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How the NRA worked to stifle gun violence research

The 1996 law only prohibits the CDC from advocating for gun control, but it does not block research altogether.

8 years ago

Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen is accused by Turkish officials of orchestrating a coup attempt from his home in the Poconos. Gulen denies the accusation. (Selahattin Sevi/AP, file)
International
Pennsylvania

Turkish spy agency has snatched 80 people from 18 countries

The suspects are linked to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.

8 years ago

Rebecca Dallet
National Interest
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Wisconsin’s voters churn the burgeoning blue wave

We have a choice today. We could parse Cadet Bone Spurs’ faux-macho decision to militarize the Mexican border by sending the Nation ...

8 years ago

Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.'s headquarters stands  in Hunt Valley, Md.  (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark)
Radio Times
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Sinclair and the news media landscape

Guests: Patrick Murray, John Nichols, Andy Kroll, Aaron Weiss Recently a video compilation of local news anchors ...

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Tree branches and cars are tree branches are covered by heavy snow during a snowstorm last month in Jersey City, N.J. A Garden State lawmakers wants to make sure utility companies are held accountable for their response to power outages from such storms. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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New Jersey
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N.J. lawmaker wants utilities better prepared to handle storm-driven outages

Measure would establish standards for emergency preparation and restoration of service after a major power outage.

8 years ago

Mary Gay Scanlon, running to represent the newly redrawn 5th Congressional District, gets the endorsement of former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell.
Dave Davies: Off Mic

Rendell backs Scanlon for Congress in redrawn Delaware County district

Ed Rendell endorses Mary Gay Scanlon for Congress in the crowded Delco district field.

8 years ago

A member of the National Guard checks on his colleague inside a Border Patrol Skybox near the U.S.-Mexico border in Hidalgo, Texas, in this 2011 photo. President Trump is calling for troops on the southern border, something the last five presidents have all done.
(Delcia Lopez/AP)
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President Trump to sign proclamation to send National Guard troops to Mexican border

"We're going to do some things militarily," Trump said. "Until we can have a wall and proper security, we're going to be guarding our border with the military."

8 years ago

A U.S. soldier sits on an armored vehicle behind a sand barrier at a newly installed position near the tense front line between the U.S-backed Syrian Manbij Military Council and the Turkish-backed fighters, in Manbij, north Syria, Wednesday, April 4, 2018. A week ago, there was just a single house where U.S. soldiers had hoisted a U.S. flag on a hill a little ways back from a tense front line in Syria. Now on Wednesday stood a growing outpost with a perimeter of large sand barriers and barbed wire, a new watch tower and half a dozen armored vehicles, The Associated Press found. (Hussein Malla/AP Photo)
International
Military

White House says Syria mission coming to ‘a rapid end’

There were clear signs the United States was narrowing its mission in Syria.

8 years ago

China currently buys nearly a third of the U.S. soybean crop — but the country plans to impose tariffs, in response to a Trump administration plan. Here, a worker takes a sample from a truckload of soybeans in Fargo, N.D., last December. (Dan Koeck/Reuters)
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Business
International

China’s $50 billion tariff threat targets U.S. soybeans, cars, whiskey

China currently buys nearly a third of the U.S. soybean crop.

8 years ago

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Martin Luther King’s final speech, ‘standing up for the best in the American dream’

Fifty years dead, Martin Luther King reminds us that we can still see the stars.

8 years ago

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is facing investigations into his use of taxpayer funds for security and travel along with scrutiny of his ties to industry lobbyists.
NPR
Environment
Government Accountability

EPA chief Pruitt faces mounting scrutiny for ethics violations

8 years ago

StateImpact Pennsylvania
Economy
Energy
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While legislation stalls in Pennsylvania, West Virginia acts on natural gas royalties

8 years ago

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