Politics & Policy
Capitol recap: Pennsylvania municipal pensions overhaul outlined in new bill
A measure just introduced in the state Senate hits nearly every point in the platform championed by local pension reform advocates. < ...
11 years ago
Echoing Kickstarter, Crowdpac aims to recruit rivals for Fattah’s seat in Congress
A new nonpartisan website has its sights set on taking down a veteran Philadelphia lawmaker – at the polls. U.S. Rep. Chaka Fatt ...
11 years ago
Revolutions fall like snowflakes across the media landscape
One day a short while ago, my wife and I were watching a network TV drama, the Good Wife perhaps. A commercial came on. “C ...
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Will Kenney’s big win enable him to say ‘no’ when he has to?
So, Jim Kenney it is. To observe the niceties, I’ll duly note that Philadelphia will not officially elect its new mayor unti ...
11 years ago
ListenChristie criticizes Senate’s failure to extend Patriot Act
Gov. Chris Christie says the U.S. Senate’s failure to extend the Patriot Act could have dangerous consequences. The Senate f ...
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Green will be regular at Philly City Council meetings to get peek at new job
Philadelphia City Council will have a visitor each week for the rest of the year. Derek Green won in the Democratic primary ...
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ListenObama: Iran nuclear deal ‘will have my name on it’
President Barack Obama says he has a personal stake in making sure that a nuclear agreement with Iran delivers on its promise. He ...
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Obama to address anti-Semitism at Jewish congregation
President Barack Obama is addressing one of the largest Jewish congregations in Washington to highlight efforts to combat anti-Semitism, ...
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Terror suspect, ‘Jihad Jane’ recruiter avoids extradition
An Algerian-born terror suspect has walked free from a Dublin court after winning a two-year legal battle to avoid being extradited to th ...
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House presses Senate to pass domestic surveillance changes
House leaders are pressing the Senate to take up a bill that ends the National Security Agency’s collection of American telephone r ...
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State pension crisis: Where do we go from here?
There may not be three more yawn-inducing words in the English language than: “public employee pensions.” But co ...
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Just 27 percent of Philly’s registered voters turn out for primary
Philadelphia mayoral candidate Jim Kenney won Tuesday night’s all-important Democratic primary in a historic landslide. Voter turno ...
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