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Politics & Policy

Few surprises at small Toomey town hall

In a much-anticipated town hall held Thursday night in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Pat Toomey said little that would surprise hi ...

9 years ago

Only 16 percent of New Jersey voters surveyed in the latest Rutgers-Eagleton poll approve of the job the Republican governor is doing. (AP file photo)
New Jersey

Christie approval rating sinks to record low … again

A new poll shows Gov. Chris Christie’s approval rating sinking to its lowest level yet. Only 16 percent of New Jersey voters approv ...

9 years ago

Delaware

Delaware’s top environmental official joins group decrying Trump EPA cuts

Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn Garvin joined Environment America in criticizing budget cut ...

9 years ago

 (Photos courtesy of the Delaware General Assembly)
Delaware

Democratic control over Delaware Senate at risk [audio]

Delaware state Senator Brian Bushweller announced he will retire from public service when his term expires next year, opening the door fo ...

9 years ago

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 A view of Reading, Pennsylvania from Museum Road. The city is carved out of the 6th U.S. Congressional District and included with Lancaster and Chester Counties. (Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads

Pa. court to decide whether to hear partisan gerrymandering suit similar to case before U.S. Supreme Court

Leaders in the Pennsylvania General Assembly have asked Commonwealth Court to stay all proceedings until the U.S. Supreme Court issues a decision in a similar case.

9 years ago

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 Mamadu Balde, a Sierra Leonean man who's lived in the U.S. for nearly two decades, has been held in York County Prison since June 23. (Image courtesy of Balde's family)
Keystone Crossroads

Feds fighting lawsuit over detention of Sierra Leone refugee in York County Prison

The ACLU of Pennsylvania is suing the federal government over the allegedly illegal detention of Mamadu Balde, a Sierra Leonean man who ...

9 years ago

 A man walks down the median as trucks navigate floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey along Interstate 610 Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
New Jersey

Trump order undermines rebuilding better for future floods

Two weeks before Harvey’s flood waters engulfed much of Houston, President Donald Trump quietly rolled back an order by his predece ...

9 years ago

 Members of New Jersey's National Guard are on their way to Texas to help those displaced by the flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey. (AP file photo)
New Jersey

More N.J. resources bound for Texas to aid in recovery

New Jersey is providing more manpower and supplies to help with the emergency response to flooding in Texas caused by Tropical Storm Harv ...

9 years ago

 Lawmakers heard from several panels — from both inside, and outside state government — on how the unemployment compensation funding situation is affecting people, and how it can be improved. (Katie Meyer/WITF)

Calls for Pa. jobless program funding, but few specifics at hearing

More than eight months after a fight over funding for Pennsylvania’s jobless program, the Wolf administration says the program is still ...

9 years ago

Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf (AP, file)

Tension rises between Pa. House GOP and Wolf; state’s general fund teeters near zero

The main fund Pennsylvania uses to pay its bills would have hit zero this week, if not for a $700 million transfer from the state’s Mot ...

9 years ago

 Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is shown in Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017. The Republicans of New York and New Jersey are pledging unconditional support for those devastated by Hurricane Harvey in Texas, but their resentment lingers. As historic floods wreaked havoc across the Southwest on Tuesday, Northeastern Republicans recalled with painful detail the days after Superstorm Sandy ravaged their region in 2012. At the time, the Texas congressional delegation, led by Cruz, overwhelmingly opposed a disaster relief package they said was packed with wasteful spending. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
National Interest

GOP credo: Big Guvmint is bad until red states need help

It’s an old story, freshened anew by Hurricane Harvey: Republicans profess to hate Big Guvmint as a matter of principle — until c ...

9 years ago

New Jersey

Ted Cruz who opposed aid for Sandy victims now thinks Texas deserves it

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is calling Ted Cruz and other Texas lawmakers “hypocrites” for their votes against ...

9 years ago

 President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on Air Force One at Corpus Christi International Airport in Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, for briefings on Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)

Trump’s turn to face tricky politics of natural disasters

George W. Bush never recovered from his flyover of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation. Barack Obama got a bipartisan boost late in his ...

9 years ago

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, who favors a reversal of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, plans to make that a campaign issue in his quest to unseat U.S. Sen. Bob Casey. (loubarletta.com)

Pennsylvania Rep. Barletta set for Senate run against Casey

U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, a former small-city mayor in Pennsylvania who shot to national prominence by trying to combat illegal immigration ...

9 years ago

International
Military

South Korea says North fires ballistic missile over Japan

South Korea’s military says North Korea fired a ballistic missile from its capital Pyongyang toward the sea between the Korean Peni ...

9 years ago

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