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Politics & Policy

There are now more than 19,000 patients in New Jersey’s medical marijuana program. (Brennan Linsley/AP Photo, file)
Delaware

Issues around Delaware cannabis legalization not resolved

A task force exploring legalizing cannabis in Delaware asks for an extension to complete its work.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney speaks at City Hall in Philadelphia, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017.  (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
K-12
Philadelphia

Philadelphia moves to retake control of city school system

Mayor Jim Kenney on Thursday took steps to take control of the city's struggling public school system after 16 years of state oversight.

8 years ago

Dick Polman and Yevgenia Albats (UPenn Kelly Writers House)
National Interest
International

Life in Russia, under the heel of Trump's hero

If you're wondering what life is really like in Russia, meet Yevgenia Albats, a Moscow-based journalist.

8 years ago

The Pennsylvania state capitol building in Harrisburg  (AP Photo)
Economy
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

After another impasse, many seek change in Pennsylvania budgeting process

While lawmakers passed a budget by the June 30 deadline, the state spending plan was $2 billion out of balance for four months.

8 years ago

Hunter shooting wild hens.
Speak Easy
Law
National

Gun culture’s dirty secret

It’s really important to blow smoke about how we’re the last true defense of freedom against tyranny. That, however, is complete and utter BS.

8 years ago

Community members held signs in support of a DREAM act and DACA recipients outside Rep. Glenn Thompson's Centre County office in September. (Min Xian/Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Changing Communities
Immigration
Race & Ethnicity

Local leaders in State College urge congressman to support DREAM Act

State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham asked Congressman Thompson to support the passage of a DREAM act.

8 years ago

Kayla Watkins took part in a roundtable discussion on ways of ending harassment on the street. Watkins says it's a
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Public Safety

‘A form of daily terror’: Pa. lawmakers gather to address street harassment

Street harassment is defined on a continuum that starts with catcalls and sexually explicit remarks and extends to slurs, groping, stalking and assault.

8 years ago

Radio Times
Elections
International
Law
Taxes

Pa. Ballot Question / Conservative media / Foreign lobbying

Guests: Ryan Briggs, Callum Borchers,  Theodoric Meyer        We begin today’s show discussing the ball ...

Air Date: November 2, 2017

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 Pennsylvania State Capitol (WITF, file)
Economy
Pennsylvania

Federal tax uncertainty casts doubt on Pa. revenue estimates

Four months into the fiscal year, Pennsylvania’s revenues are more or less on target. A new report from the state Independent Fi ...

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Government Accountability
Transportation

With profits way up, but patronage way down, will GOP-controlled PPA keep interim executive director?

8 years ago

Jimmy Tayoun (Facebook)
Pennsylvania

Former Philadelphia City Councilman Jimmy Tayoun dead at 87

He reinvented himself after pleading guilty to corruption and serving time. Most recently Jimmy Tayoun was best known for his newspaper the Philadelphia Public Record.

8 years ago

Philadelphia district attorney candidates Larry Krasner and Beth Grossman.
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Philadelphia
Policing

DA's race comes to a close: An upset possible?

With six days left in the Philly district attorney's race, both candidates are running hard, and Republican Beth Grossman is hoping for a historic upset.

8 years ago

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The feet of a woman at in a voting booth
Keystone Crossroads
Economy
Elections
K-12
Pennsylvania

Pa. voters could take step toward property tax elimination Tuesday

When Pennsylvanians go to the polls next Tuesday, they’ll have a rare opportunity to vote to change the state constitution.

8 years ago

From l-r., Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Rep. Mike Bishop, R-Mich., meet with reporters to announce the Republicans' proposed rewrite of the tax code for individuals and corporations, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017.
National Interest

Republican reckoning: Rule of law or rule of Trump?

Yogi Berra reputedly said, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it." The Republicans on Capitol Hill can only wish it were that easy to choose indecision.

8 years ago

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-New Jersey,,  and Beverly Brown Ruggia with New Jersey Citizen Action say price gouging after a natural disaster is despicable. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Business
New Jersey

U.S. lawmaker wants to extend N.J. law against post-disaster price gouging

U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone, D-New Jersey, says thousands of price-gouging cases have been reported in Florida and Puerto Rico in the aftermath of massive storms there.

8 years ago

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