
Politics & Policy
Philly police will no longer hold immigrants on behalf of ICE
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has publicly signed an executive order that the city will no longer keep immigrants in police custody a ...
11 years ago
McCord wants to nearly triple Pa. spending on early education
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob McCord stopped by a Philadelphia nursery school on Wednesday to stress Pennsylvania’s need f ...
11 years ago
Fracking dialogue has been a classic case of nobody listening
Politics are Newtonian. That is, they follow ol’ Isaac’s Third Law of Motion. To wit: For every action there is ...
11 years ago
Pa’s latest attempt at gift ban leaves capitol observer skeptical
The Pennsylvania House will take up a ban on cash gifts passed by the state senate yesterday. NewsWorks Tonight Host Dave Heller sp ...
11 years ago
ListenThe time I nearly OD’d, and the thing that saved me
Narcan is in the news. It’s a drug that counters the effects of an opiod overdose. Since it needs to be injected, it hasn ...
11 years ago
ListenNewcomer aiming to take on Rep. Fitzpatrick in Bucks County
Pennsylvania Democrats hoping to pick up a Congressional seat this year are targeting Republican Mike Fitzpatrick in Bucks County, and on ...
11 years ago
The latest 5 to 4 Supreme Court ruling lifting the overall limit on direct contributions to federal political campaigns is not the end of ...
11 years ago
Judge promises ruling soon on GOP challenger to Gov. Tom Corbett
A Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court judge plans to rule “quickly” on whether Gov. Tom Corbett’s only Republican challenge ...
11 years ago
Moving day tugs at even a Vulcan heart
Last week, my wife and I moved out of the house where we raised our kids. In the busy run-up to the moment when the moving van edg ...
11 years ago
ListenStill hard to stand out in Pa. governor’s race, even with smaller field
The race for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Pennsylvania is now a four-way contest. The size of the field doesn’ ...
11 years ago
Old debate over taxing Marcellus Shale getting new life
A Republican state representative from Bucks County has introduced legislation to create a severance tax on shale gas. Democrats r ...
11 years ago