Politics & Policy
Christie says fighting opioid addiction will be primary focus in his final months
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie leaves office in January and said the opioid crisis will be his primary focus until then. He sa ...
9 years ago
Harvey blows away Trump’s border wall
Once upon a distant time — actually, it was only last week — a demagogue stood on a Phoenix stage and titillated his acoloytes by dec ...
9 years ago
A look ahead at Pennsylvania’s 2018 political races
Statewide political party leaders are starting to hone their messaging for — and against — candidates, more than a year before the mi ...
9 years ago
Video of U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey’s town hall in Bethlehem
Pennsylvania’s Republican U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey met with voters in a town hall in Thursday evening. Toomey took questions fro ...
9 years ago
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
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’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
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
ListenFeds 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
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
Listen 04:32Trump 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
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
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
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
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 ...
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