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Atlantic City and New Jersey have settled on a new contract calling for the city to cut its police force by 30 officers. (WHYY file photo)
Economic Development
Economy
New Jersey

Atlantic City, N.J. reach agreement over police layoffs

Nine months after Atlantic City’s police union sued New Jersey state officials over forced layoffs, ...

8 years ago

Former President Barack Obama addresses a summit on climate change last year. He will be in Philadelphia Friday to stump for Democrats on the November ballot. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photo)
NewsWorks Tonight
National

Obama trumps the chief, takes top spot as Gallup’s ‘Most Admired Man’

NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup's Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. opinion.

8 years ago

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Britain's Prince Harry, right, interviews former U.S. President Barack Obama
National Interest
International
National

Year-end trifecta: Churchill, Trump, Obama

Let's ring out the old year by cleaning out the cupboard.

8 years ago

Gerrymandering and the Future of American Democracy at The National Constitution Center.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Pennsylvania

Measures of gerrymandering — real or bogus?

Experts on gerrymandering debate new mathematical formulas to measure bias during a forum at the National Constitution Center.

8 years ago

Listen 6:08
President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.
National Interest

The 2017 Trump prevarication pop quiz

In honor of Donald Trump's most towering achievement — no previous president can touch his talent for serial falsity — my year-end pop quiz features only one question:

8 years ago

Rep. Pat Meehan, R-Pa., with Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, left, work on the markup of the GOP's far-reaching tax overhaul, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Nov. 6, 2017.
Dave Davies: Off Mic

7th Congressional primary wide open

State Sen. Daylin Leach is a likely scratch from the Democratic primary for the 7th Congressional District. We look at the field and leaders' hopes for a new contender.

8 years ago

 New Jersey state capitol building in Trenton. (NewsWorks file photo)
PBS

The chess match for control of state legislatures

8 years ago

Heroin needles and trash litter the ground Conrail's railroad tracks in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia (Emma Lee/WHYY)
National Interest
Addiction
Public Health

Trump on the opioid crisis: Big talk, little action (big surprise)

We wonder what it will take to shake the faith of Trump's fans. His failure to tackle the opioid epidemic might conceivably dampen their ardor.

8 years ago

Individual Tax Return Forms and pen on table
New Jersey
Personal Finance
Taxes

Some N.J. tax breaks kick in Jan. 1

Residents 62 and older will be able to keep more of their income from being taxed by the state.

8 years ago

Protesters angered by President Donald Trump’s executive order that prevented refugees, visa and green card holders from entering the US chant pro-immigration slogans at Philadelphia International Airport.
Immigration
International
Pennsylvania

In 2017, Pa. resettled nearly 1,000 fewer refugees than previous budget year

Following an uptick in refugee arrivals during President Barack Obama’s last year in office, the drop-off seems especially steep.

8 years ago

Candidate Pennsylvania Sen. Scott Wagner, R-York County, seeking the Republican Party's nomination to challenge Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's re-election bid next year takes part in the Montgomery County Republican Committee gubernatorial forum in Blue Bell, Pa., Thursday, Oct. 19, 2017.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Pennsylvania

Wagner invests in early ad campaign to be GOP pick for Pa. gov

Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate invests more that $500,000 in TV ad campaign.

8 years ago

Dozens of semi-automatic rifles line a pair of walls in a gun shop Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, in Lynnwood, Wash.
Keystone Crossroads
Criminal Justice
Law
Public Safety

To halt some gun sales, cities move to force better Pentagon reports on convictions

Citing case of Texas shooter who killed 26, Philly joins New York and San Francisco in suing U.S. Department of Defense to prevent violent criminals from getting firearms.

8 years ago

The U.N. headquarters in New York City is seen here in 2003.
NPR
Economy
International

Trump administration touts a smaller U.N. budget (and takes credit for it)

The Trump Administration said Sunday that the United Nations budget has been reduced for the coming year, and framed any cuts as the product of U.S. negotiation.

8 years ago

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Pete Hoekstra greets supporters before giving a concession speech as his wife Diane, right, stands by, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, in Grand Rapids, Mich.
National Interest

Meet Peter Hoekstra, epitome of the Trump regime

There's ample time this week to assess the first long year of the Trump occupation, but perhaps one December incident tells us all we need to know about the assault on truth.

8 years ago

A man from Congo is frisked by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers after illegally entering Canada, near the border with Champlain, N.Y. (Lorne Matalon)
NPR
Immigration
International

Fearing deportation from U.S., migrants walk to Canada

They are taking advantage of a footnote in a Canada-U.S. treaty that says those who cross by foot won't be turned back from Canada until their case is heard.

8 years ago

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