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A woman pays for her groceries using a food stamp program at a supermarket  (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
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Food stamp changes in 2016 affect 100,000 Pennsylvanians

Changes are coming to the food stamp program in 2016. Starting this year, unemployed adults without children who receive SNAP or f ...

11 years ago

PlanPhilly
Government Accountability

Anne Fadullon, Building Industry Association president, to lead Dept. of Planning and Development

11 years ago

 (From left) State Rep. Scott Petri, Andy Warren, and Dean H. Malik are running as Republican candidates for an open congressional seat in Bucks County.

Three Republicans battle for Bucks County seat in Congress

Republicans, start your engines. Three candidates are in the hunt for the Republican nomination for the Bucks County congressional ...

11 years ago

 A disciplinary panel has suspended Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin from the bench while he awaits trial on misconduct charges in the

Eakin suspended while ‘porngate’ case proceeds

A disciplinary panel has suspended Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin from the bench — with pay — while he awai ...

11 years ago

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Judge tosses suit from congressman’s son convicted of fraud

A judge has tossed a lawsuit filed against the Justice Department by a veteran Philadelphia congressman’s son convicted of fraud. ...

11 years ago

 Members of Pennsylvania's House of Representatives debate budget proposals. A proposed pension deal caused the entire budget deal to collapse over the weekend  (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Pa. budget deal collapses over pension proposal

Top state lawmakers are at a loss for a way to end Pennsylvania’s nearly six-month budget stalemate after a tentative agreement was ...

11 years ago

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Government Accountability

U.S. Supreme Court decision imperils a portion of wage tax in Philadelphia and Wilmington; Officials unwilling or unable to estimate likely budget impact

11 years ago

US House under new management, but it’s business as usual

New Speaker Paul Ryan promised a fresh start for the House. But it’s looking like business as usual as lawmakers wrap up a y ...

11 years ago

Poll: Christie’s job approval hits new low

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is not finding the love back home while on the road campaigning for the Republican nomination for presiden ...

11 years ago

 Marni Helasa protests outside New York City's  The Plaza Hotel where Donald Trump is speaking (Dave Davies/WHYY)

Trump speech to Pa. GOP draws protests

When Donald Trump spoke at the Pennsylvania Republican Party’s Commonwealth Club fundraiser in New York’s Plaza Hotel Friday, ...

11 years ago

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 Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter (left) and Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump (Matt Rourke and Paul Vernon/AP Photos)

Nutter on Trump tweet: ‘He does not know me’

By now, you’ve certainly heard that Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter called Donald Trump an “a–hole” Tuesday. Th ...

11 years ago

 In 2011, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin poses for photographs with the court's other justices at Philadelphia's historic Old City Hall. A Pennsylvania ethics board is accusing Eakin of violating both judicial and constitutional codes of conduct by exchanging lewd and offensive emails with friends. The Judicial Conduct Board has filed four charges with a disciplinary court that has the power to remove judges. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo, File)

‘Porngate’ charges against Pa. high court judge

The “porngate” scandal involving emails traded among Pennsylvania state officials has resulted in formal misconduct charge ag ...

11 years ago

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 U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah is running for a 12th term in Congress. Until now, re-election has been a cakewalk for the veteran lawmaker. This time around, however, he's facing trial on federal corruption charges. (Kimberly Paynter/NewsWorks)s routinely won in November with 80 percent of the vote, often much more.

In face of indictment and four rivals, Fattah counts on record in run for 12th term in Congress

Inside the grand ballroom of the Pennsylvania Convention Center last month, U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., moved easily ...

11 years ago

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 Outgoing Mayor Michael Nutter calls being mayor a 'roller coaster' but takes pride in what his administration has done in the last eight years (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Departing Mayor Michael Nutter reflects on his ‘roller coaster’ tenure

Michael Nutter’s tenure as Philadelphia mayor is coming to a close after eight years. As he makes way for former city councilman Ji ...

11 years ago

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 A Sunday, June 14, 2015 file photo of a Syrian refugee carrying a baby over the broken border fence into Turkey (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

Pa. faith leaders call on politicans to oppose refugee restrictions

In an effort to re-frame a political debate that pits welcoming refugees against security concerns, a coalition of faith advocates have c ...

11 years ago

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