Politics & Policy
Teamsters, Keel cited for failing to report lobbying
The Philadelphia Ethics Board has cited Teamsters union Local 830 communications man Frank Keel for failing to follow the city’s lo ...
9 years ago
French official: Officers in Paris deliberately targeted
The French Interior Ministry says the shooting attack on the famed Champs-Elysees boulevard in Paris deliberately targeted police officer ...
9 years ago
Reacting to proposed Planned Parenthood cuts, Governor Wolf holds joint event with Cecile Richards
Seated in the lobby of Planned Parenthood in Warminster, Bucks County, a patient who only gave the name “Shay” said as an uni ...
9 years ago
Four families held at Berks detention facility win temporary delay from deportation
What happens when a child brought into the country illegally earns legal status, but the parent who brought that child hasn’t? ...
9 years ago
Candidate for Philly DA fined $1,500 for late campaign filing
The campaign of former Municipal Court Judge Teresa Carr Deni has paid a $1,500 penalty to the Philadelphia Board of Ethics for filing it ...
9 years ago
On ‘Radio Times:’ North Korea’s failed missile launch
Escalating rhetoric and confrontational behavior between the U.S. and North Korea have dominated international headlines over the past we ...
9 years ago
Bill O’Reilly has lost his job at Fox News Channel following reports that five women had been paid millions of dollars to keep quie ...
9 years ago
Rendell backs challenger in Philly controller’s race [updated]
Rebecca Rhynhart, who’s challenging incumbent Philadelphia City Controller Alan Butkovitz in the May Democratic primary received a ...
9 years ago
Climate Solutions Caucus begins bipartisan quest to combat climate change
Many Republicans deny climate change exists — or at least that humans are driving it. And many contend nothing can be done to combat ri ...
9 years ago
ListenOne year since medical marijuana legalization, and still much to do
It’s now been a year since medical marijuana was legalized in Pennsylvania. The drug’s still not available for prescription in ...
9 years ago
Lawmakers continue to protest lack of information on agency mergers
Several House committees held the latest in a string of hearings Monday about Governor Tom Wolf’s plan to consolidate four state agenci ...
9 years ago
Butkovitz says politics work for him and taxpayers
For a long time, opponents have been calling Philadelphia City Controller Alan Butkovitz a professional politician, thinking it’s g ...
9 years ago
ListenFederal concealed carry reciprocity is wrong for Pennsylvania and the country
I was heartened to hear U.S. Rep. Charles Dent, R-Allentown, say he believes in the Second Amendment at his recent Lehigh Valley town hal ...
9 years ago