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Lawsuits challenge FAA drone, model aircraft rules

Model aircraft hobbyists, research universities and commercial drone operators and investors have filed lawsuits challenging a government ...

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 Republican Gov. Tom Corbett, left, and Democrat Tom Wolf shake hands at the end of a gubernatorial debate hosted by the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry Sept. 22 in Hershey. The tow will meet again Wednesday for the second of three planned debates.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

First priority for the next Pa. governor? A huge budget gap

Job No. 1 for whoever wins this fall’s election for Pennsylvania governor likely will be trying to solve the state government’ ...

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 Jan Ting at the Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C., Thursday, August 21, 2014.

The border crisis and the politics of immigration

I spoke at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, August 21, on a panel discussing the border crisis and the politics o ...

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Imagine walking many miles in Philly schools chief’s shoes

Imagine that one day someone offers you a job. Here’s the deal: You must carry some papers from Philadelphia to Los Angeles. ...

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 Mayor Michael Nutter works to convince DNC representatives that Philadelphia is the best place for the 2016 national convention. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Philly taxes could figure in paying some Democratic Convention costs

Philadelphia taxpayers will kick in money if the city wins its bid to host the 2016 Democrati ...

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 The Nikol H is a cargo ship that's been anchored in the Delaware for months. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philippine officials work to help sailors stranded on Delaware River

Philippine authorities are working to get shore leave for 17 Filipino seafarers whose ship has been stranded for months in Philadelphia d ...

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A funny thing happened on the way to the Pa. debate …

The first gubernatorial debate may not be for another month, but Pennsylvania’s candidates for governor will both be trying their h ...

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Overheated argument gets in way of good change in Philly drug law

Hey, some Philadelphia elected officials are squabbling. Yes, I know, and the sun also rose this morning. But when bad blood gets in the ...

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Obama set to begin two-week summer vacation

President Barack Obama is opening a two-week summer vacation in Martha’s Vineyard just as the U.S. is engaged in airstrikes against ...

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Long agenda awaits Pa. legislators at session’s end

The fate of hundreds of legislative proposals hangs in the balance when the Pennsylvania Legislature returns from its summer break next m ...

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Chamber dinner may include 1st Corbett-Wolf debate

A Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry dinner in Hershey next month is shaping up as the likely venue for the first debate betwe ...

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Pa. Gubernatorial Candidate Tom Wolf tours the Northeast Building Products factory in Northeast Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Tom Wolf tours Philly window factory, punches back at Corbett over pensions

Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf toured a Philadelphia door and window factory today in his campaign to unseat Republican Go ...

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Clinton leads Christie in N.J. presidential preference poll

Results of a new poll released Wednesday show New Jersey voters may not back Gov. Chris Christie for president in 2016. While the ...

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