
Politics & Policy
Guests: Sarah Ferris, Paige Winfield Cunningham, Judy Dempsey President Trump released his first budget proposal ...
Air Date: May 30, 2017
Listen 00:49:11Bipartisan work underway in Pa. on pensions; bill likely won’t pay down debt
A bipartisan group of legislative leaders has been working on a major proposal to change how state employee pensions are structured. ...
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Thomas Ricks on ‘Radio Times’: ‘Let a thousand Trumpian failures bloom’
On Radio Times Friday, while talking with host Marty Moss-Coane about his new book “Churchill and Orwell,” Ricks took time to ...
8 years ago
Congressional delegation from Pa., N.J. gives Trump budget mixed reviews
President Donald Trump is proposing massive cuts to Medicaid, Meals on Wheels and other “safety net” programs in order to pay ...
8 years ago
ListenAdvocates for poor: Trump budget plan will make dire situation even worse
Life could soon become harder for tens of thousands of low-income residents in the Delaware Valley. President Donald Trump’s ...
8 years ago
ListenAt testy Camden mayoral debate, a choice between business as usual or the ‘reset button’
One candidate vowed to carry on the policies of outgoing Camden Mayor Dana Redd. Two other mayoral hopefuls said it was time for a change ...
8 years ago
ListenAppeals court: NSA surveillance challenge can move forward
A federal appeals court says Wikimedia’s case challenging the government’s practice of collecting certain internet communicat ...
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Congressman quits post in GOP group over health care bill
A New Jersey Republican who helped push the House health care bill to passage has quit as a chairman of the chamber’s moderate Tues ...
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With temporary status extended for six months, Haitians in Philly cast wary eye toward future
Haitians in the Philadelphia region breathed a sigh of relief Monday as the U.S. government announced it was extending a kind of temporar ...
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ListenOn ‘Radio Times:’ Has Trump changed America?
It may seem like a silly question, but when it comes to actual changes to the country, how much of an effect has the Trump presidency act ...
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Watchdog groups maintain Philadelphia City Commissioners shouldn’t oversee some elections
Government watchdogs Philadelphia 3.0 and The Committee of Seventy aren’t giving up on their legal push to limit how often the Phil ...
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The White House’s very bad week
Guests: Julian Zelizer, Jonathan Landay, Mara Liasson, Amie Ferris-Rotman It’s been a rough week for the White ...
Air Date: May 19, 2017
Listen 00:49:01Krasner spars with FOP, promises new hires in DA’s office
Larry Krasner, the civil rights attorney who won the Democratic nomination for Philadelphia district attorney Tuesday, said he’ll w ...
8 years ago
Progressive, anti-Trump surge takes Philly in surprising political directions
In this week’s primary elections, Democratic voters in Philadelphia took the city in some surprising directions. First, they ...
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