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Philadelphia City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart is auditing the city's payouts to settle claims of sexual harassment.  (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia

Philly controller reviewing city payouts to settle sexual harassment claims

Philadelphia’s city controller is taking a look at city payouts in sexual harassment cases. In the wake of several complaint ...

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Changes in U.S. immigration policy are keeping this married Congolese couple apart

Twendele was fortunate to get to the U.S. before new refugee restrictions went into place. But a woman he married in the refugee camp is still stuck in southeastern Africa.

9 years ago

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Stewart Greenleaf Jr., a Republican attorney, announces he will run for the 12th District state Senate seat his father will vacate; his wife Heather by his side. (Dana DiFilippo/WHYY)
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Like father, like son? MontCo attorney to run for retiring dad’s Pa. Senate seat

State Sen. Stewart Greenleaf is stepping down, while Stewart Greenleaf Jr. hopes to step up.

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 In this June 21, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks in Bethesda, Md. Sessions is visiting the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, which he has called a fine place to house new terrorism suspects. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo, File)
Immigration

Justice Dept ramps up pressure on so-called sanctuary cities

The Justice Department ramped up pressure Wednesday on so-called sanctuary cities seeking public safety grant money.

9 years ago

FILE - In this March 20, 2013, file photo, Rep. Patrick Meehan, R-Pa. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Pennsylvania

Listen to U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan explain his sexual harassment case

We post my awkward interview with Pat Meehan about his sexual harassment case.

9 years ago

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Pennsylvania's 18th Congressional District, southwest of Pittsburgh.
Keystone Crossroads
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Pa. Supreme Court decision to redraw congressional map adds possibly ‘chaotic’ twist in Western Pa. race

Pennsylvania’s upcoming congressional elections are in flux after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled this week that the state’s congressional map is unconstitutional.

9 years ago

Salem and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Stations (2017 Emergency Plan on the PSE&G website)
Energy
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New Jersey

Emails: Utility worked with Christie staff to shield data

PSEG spokesman Paul Rosengren said the company has an obligation to keep financial information private.

9 years ago

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Pennsylvania

Lawmakers push toward amendment to shrink Pa. legislature

This could be the year Pennsylvanians vote whether to amend the constitution and shrink the state House of Representatives by a quarter.

9 years ago

Tony Perkins, Stormy Daniels
National Interest

Hypocritical conservative evangelicals shelter themselves from Stormygate

Back in the '90s, conservative evangelicals insisted that a president's most important trait was moral character. Funny how they don't talk that way anymore.

9 years ago

State Rep. Stephanie Bolden talks at a press conference in Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware.
(Courtesy Jen Rini/Del. House Dems)
Delaware
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Gender
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Changing the perspective: Female lawmakers talk politics, disparity, sexism

Men outnumber women 49-13 in the Delaware General Assembly. Some of those women are speaking out about about why it's so important that women hold elected office.

9 years ago

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Elections
Pennsylvania

Reed joins Pa. congressional race amid redistricting chaos

State House Leader Dave Reed is officially running for congress becoming the second top Republican in the chamber to seek higher office this year.

9 years ago

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‘A Foreign Policy for the Left’

Guest: Michael Walzer Most of the discussions taking place among American leftists concern domestic issues, such ...

Air Date: January 24, 2018

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U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan
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Pennsylvania
Politics

Meehan admits ‘deep affection’ for accuser, but denies sexual harassment

U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan of Delaware County says the former staffer who accused him of sexual harassment was a 'soul mate,' but he denies wrongdoing.

9 years ago

Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter's book is published by the Unversity of Pennsylvania Press.
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Philadelphia

Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter talks about his new book, schools, taxes and flash mobs

After leaving office, two-term Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter reflects on his life in politics.

9 years ago

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Candidate Paul Mango, 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.
Elections
Pennsylvania

Mango holds conservative line, hits out at ‘insiders’

If anyone was wondering what Paul Mango—one of four Republicans vying to unseat Democratic Governor Tom Wolf—thinks about his namesake fruit, wonder no more.

9 years ago

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