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The Casa Padre facility in Brownsville, Texas, is one of more than two dozen shelters for immigrant children operated by Southwest Key. (Department of Health and Human Services)
NPR
Community

A Latino nonprofit is holding separated kids. Is that care or complicity or both?

Much to its leaders' frustration, Southwest Key became the face of a Trump administration policy.

8 years ago

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke at his confirmation hearing last year. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Emails raise questions about Interior Secretary Zinke’s link with oil exec

Whether or not this relationship was unethical may hinge on whether Zinke was still involved in the deal after his resignation from the family foundation.

8 years ago

Westminster Choir College’s Williamson Hall in Princeton, NJ. (Provided)
Community

Rider University plans to sell Westminster Choir College to Chinese firm

Two lawsuits aim to block the $40 million sale of the Princeton school by Rider University.

8 years ago

Photo shows the Wayfair website on a computer in New York. (Jenny Kane/AP)
NPR
Money

With billions at stake, Supreme Court rules states may tax online retailers

States can now collect state sales taxes from online retailers on consumer purchases.

8 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says without an agreement on a sustainable revenue source, there will be no agreement on school funding. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Disagreement over school funding could stall N.J. budget

New Jersey legislative leaders plan Thursday vote on budget plan that may not pass muster with governor.

8 years ago

N.J. State Capitol dome in Trenton (AP, file)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey accuses scrap dealers of complicity with drug users stealing recyclable metals

A state watchdog agency in New Jersey said corrupt pawn shops, secondhand goods stores, and scrap yards are taking advantage of the opioid epidemic to maximize their profits.

8 years ago

In New Jersey, several Democratic lawmakers are pushing for a state identification card for those lacking the personal documents required to get a federally compliant driver’s license. (WHYY file photo)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey may require pharma sales reps get to have state license

As a condition of getting a license, the drug reps would have to complete training on ethics and alternatives to opioids for managing and treating pain.

8 years ago

Solar panels in Hanover generate electricity for the Snyder's-Lance snack company. (Amy Sisk/StateImpact Pennsylvania
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

Solar installers in Pennsylvania weather tariff upheaval

While big solar installation companies have announced a halt to more than $2.5 billion in projects, Pennsylvania solar installers have fared better.

8 years ago

Jeff Colombini looks over bing cherries in one of his orchards in Friday, June 1, 2018, in Stockton, Calif. Colombini is worried about the financial impact of retaliatory tariffs on his 1,800 acre farm, which grows and exports apples, cherries and walnuts. Mexico, Canada and the EU are threatening tariffs on a variety of US products in response to the Trump administration's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)
Politics & Policy

From distillers to farmers, trade war would cause casualties

China is poised to penalize $50 billion in U.S. goods — many of them produced by supporters of President Donald Trump in the America's agricultural heartland.

8 years ago

Gov. Tom Wolf (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Wolf calls for looser professional licensing laws in Pa.

Pennsylvania is home to 29 boards and commissions that regulate 255 kinds of licenses.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, June 15, 2018

Jeff Sessions criticizes Philadelphia’s so-called ...

Air Date: June 15, 2018

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Casinos are seen along the boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., Monday, June 19, 2017. From left to right, Bally's, Caesars, Resorts, and the former Trump Taj Mahal. In the background is the former Revel Casino. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Radio Times
Lifestyle

Atlantic City’s makeover

Guest: Amy Rosenberg People are talking once again about an Atlantic City revival, but it’s not just about ...

Air Date: June 15, 2018 10:40 am

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This undated photo provided by the California State Lands Commission shows Platform Holly, an oil drilling rig in the Santa Barbara Channel offshore of the city of Goleta, Calif. The platform will be decommissioned and its operator is seeking bankruptcy protection, nearly two years after the platform was idled when an onshore pipeline ruptured and spilled a massive amount of oil into the ocean, the state and Venoco LLC said Monday, April 17, 2017. (State Lands Commission via AP)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

New Jersey’s offshore drilling ban

Guests: John Moor, Cindy Zipf New Jersey passed the one of the toughest offshore drilling bans in the nation in A ...

Air Date: June 15, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 31:57
A gate is all the remains of the the Garden State Park Racetrack in Cherry Hill, N.J. The site has been redeveloped into a complex of shops, restaurants, and housing. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Sports betting venue could be in the cards for popular Cherry Hill strip mall

The law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy this week allows current and former casinos and racetracks to offer sports betting.

8 years ago

Listen 2:02
City Councilwoman Helen Gym
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia could become the next city to pass a scheduling law for retail and fast-food companies

Across the country, retail and fast-food employees have said that unpredictable work schedules, the kind churned out by computer programs, wreak havoc on their lives.

8 years ago

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