Politics & Policy
Obama’s non-enforcement of immigration law and its consequences
I was walking past city hall in Cambridge, Massachusetts recently. I looked up and saw this inscription just above the main entrance at 7 ...
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Why does Pa. have so many local governments?
Seeking a better understanding of Pennsylvania’s issues and proposed solutions? S ...
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Is Philly too quick hitting delete key on employee emails?
Emails have shone a light on some of our public institutions’ darkest recesses. Former Pennsylvania state Sen. Vince Fumo ta ...
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State lawmakers face hurdles to expanding economic development program for cities
State legislators have been pushing to increase the number of CRIZ designations, but financial and political factors could keep these str ...
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Pelosi, Christie to attend ribbon-cutting ceremony at prisoner re-entry center
Drug addiction is drawing Gov. Chris Christie, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and former Govs. Jim McGreevey and Tom Kean together. ...
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What I’ll miss most – and there is so much that I’ll miss about Tony Auth – is the joy. The buoyant joy th ...
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ListenChange in Pa. laws sought after woman gets jail term for giving daughter ‘abortion pills’
A Montgomery County lawmaker wants to see Pennsylvania reform its abortion laws. State Sen. Daylin Leach said Wednesday that abort ...
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Voting machine challenge goes before Pa. Supreme Court
Pennsylvanians who dislike the electronic voting machines used in much of the state had their day in court on Wednesday. ...
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Philly education advocates, kids press for more Pa. school funding
As Philadelphia students returned to school, children’s advocates rebuked Gov. Tom Corbett for not spending more on education. ...
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Future of Medicaid alternative uncertain in Pa.
A plan by Pennsylvania Gov. Corbett to provide subsidized health insurance to hundreds of thousands of residents could die shortly after ...
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A summer beset by crisis, or simply drenched in media?
Ukraine. ISIS. Beheadings. Ebola. Gaza. Ferguson. This seems a particularly grim time in our world. Yet is it, really ...
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Pa. to hear electronic voting challenge
Pennsylvania voters have cast ballots electronically for years, but a voter-rights group plans to argue before the state’s highest ...
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Obama defends decision to delay immigration action
President Barack Obama is defending his decision to delay taking executive action on immigration until after November’s congression ...
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Anti-federal message to be delivered by horseback
A rural Nevada county will send a message the old-fashioned way to Washington about what it calls federal overreach on public lands: by h ...
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