
Politics & Policy
Fair funding advocates decry Pa. leaders for playing politics with specialty school money
For years in Pennsylvania, school funding coming from state government was criticized as being irrational, unpredictable, and too-tied to ...
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Union: Thousands of firefighters didn’t work during Harvey
Thousands of Houston firefighters were told to stay home at the height of Harvey’s flooding even as calls for help overwhelmed 911 ...
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Pennsylvania delays payments as general fund balance nears zero
Pennsylvania is putting off paying over a billion dollars to insurers who administer Medicaid benefits, because its main bank account is ...
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Judge: Sessions can’t deny grant money for ‘sanctuary cities’
Attorney General Jeff Sessions can’t follow through — at least for now — with his threat to withhold public safety grant money ...
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Sen. Pat Toomey a key player in Trump tax overhaul effort
As President Donald Trump and Congress undertake an overhaul of the U.S. tax code this fall, Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey is likely ...
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Four years after state takeover, Christie boasts about progress in Camden schools
About four and a half years after his administration took control of the Camden school district, Gov. Chris Christie returned to the city ...
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Gallup: Americans less sure a diplomatic solution can be reached with North Korea than in past years
NewsWorks Tonight host Dave Heller sits down for his weekly conversation with Gallup’s Frank Newport to talk about trends in U.S. o ...
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ListenPoll: Only 20 percent of N.J. voters would re-elect Menendez
Even if Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey is acquitted of federal corruption charges, a Quinnipiac University poll finds he ...
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On Delaware County visit, Trump emissaries point to progress on opioids
President Donald Trump campaigned on lifting the United States from the depths of the opioid epidemic. Amid criticism that his adm ...
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ListenNew Pa. Senate candidate among 900 Republican women meeting in Philly
The National Federation of Republican women is meeting this week in Philadelphia, bringing about 900 grass-roots GOP activists together t ...
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‘It’s hard to take pride in a war that, by any definition, we lost’
“The Vietnam War” heaps ineptness upon ignorance upon immorality by policymakers and the military brass — all gui ...
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Trump, Sessions, and stupidity lessons
Mark Twain reputedly said, “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. ...
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Since when is it a ‘fireable offense’ to knock a president?
There I was yesterday, all set to spoon out a dollop of praise for Trump, who reportedly plans to sign a newly passed congressional resol ...
8 years ago
Novelist Nicole Krauss; the Caribbean post-Irma
Guests: Luis Ferré-Sadurní, Nicole Krauss NICOLE KRAUSS, author of t ...
Air Date: September 14, 2017
Listen 0:00Challenger says Rep. Brady paid debt to get him out of 2012 race
The man who federal authorities say agreed to drop his 2012 Democratic primary challenge of U.S. Rep. Bob Brady in return for $90,000 in ...
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