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Main Street in Marcus Hook dead ends at the Monroe Energy refinery. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Sen. Toomey raises alarms about Trump’s new ethanol policy

The issue pits corn-growers against refiners

8 years ago

U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Jr. (left) and Congressman Lou Barletta both hail from Northeastern Pennsylvania's coal region. Their philosophies, though, are worlds apart. (Abby Drey/Centre Daily Times via AP and loubarletta.com)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Casey, Barletta rooted in same region, but see vastly different worlds in U.S. Senate bid

Hailing from neighboring counties in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the two major candidates are rooted in the same challenges, but are coming up with very different solutions.

8 years ago

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Democrat U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, Green Party candidate Demitri Theodoropoulos, Libertarian Nadine Frost, and Republican Rob Arlett debated Tuesday night at Theatre N in Wilmington. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Carper faces off against three challengers in Delaware U.S. Senate debate

A mostly congenial discussion dominated the Tuesday night debate featuring all four candidates running for U.S. Senate in Delaware.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania's new congressional map as drawn by the Pa. Supreme Court.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

U.S. Supreme Court rejects another GOP appeal over changes to congressional map

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider another appeal by Republican state lawmakers over this year’s changes to Pennsylvania ...

8 years ago

Candidates for Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District, incumbent Republican Brian Fitzpatrick (left) and Democrat Scott Wallace. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Suburban Philly congressional race more expensive than U.S. Senate contest

With midterm elections a week away, political action committees that have no campaign contribution limits ...

8 years ago

Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and Senate Appropriations Chair Pat Browne, both Republicans, tell reporters that the Senate hasn’t been able to produce a version of SB 261 that the House will support. Senate Democrats are now using the bill’s failure to pass as fodder to attack vulnerable members of the Senate GOP Caucus. (Marc Levy/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Pa. Senate Dems are using a stalled sex abuse bill in campaign ads. Will it help them?

The new commercial is running in competitive districts in suburban Philadelphia.

8 years ago

It's not too late to learn about the candidates running in your district. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Election Day freebies not allowed for the 2018 midterms

In previous election years, sporting an 'I Voted' sticker on Election Day could get you some free stuff, but it turns out that's illegal during elections for federal office.

8 years ago

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Like several of his GOP colleagues in Congress, U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Bucks, is trying to maintain some distance from President Donald Trump. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly-area GOP congressmen trying to keep distance from President Trump

While one prominent U.S. representative from South Jersey is running on the Trump record, most of the GOP members of Congress are distancing themselves from the president.

8 years ago

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Pennsylvania doesn't allow early voting — but it does let voters send in absentee ballots as long as they have a good reason for needing one. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

So far, Pa.’s absentee ballot returns point to high-turnout midterm

The DOS said as of Friday, the total number of absentee ballots requested is approaching 200,000.

8 years ago

The Penn Votes Project is a volunteer-run initiative out of Penn Medicine that secures absentee ballots for hospitalized patients (Penn Votes Project)
Politics & Policy

A prescription for Philly voters hospitalized on Election Day

Volunteers help Philadelphia patients confined to their hospital rooms cast their votes.

8 years ago

Listen 2:09
Sahle-Work Zewde walks with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed after being appointed Ethiopia's first female president at the country's parliament in Addis Ababa on Thursday.
(Eduardo Soteras/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Ethiopia gets its first female president

"It should have happened a long time ago, but the next best time is now."

8 years ago

Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The bomb scare: rhetoric and reactions

Guests: Indira Lakshmanan, Dick Polman, Will Sommer The news that pipe bombs were sent to prominent Democrats, in ...

Air Date: October 26, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:57
Voting machines at the Office of the City Commissioner's warehouse (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pa., N.J., and Del. upgrading voting machines — not in time for midterms

The three states use electronic voting machines that can be hacked, and don’t have a paper trail to facilitate vote audits.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. (WITF)
Politics & Policy

Pa. Democrats launch ads criticizing GOP for Senate’s lack of action on abuse bill

A new political ad that’s hitting TVs across southeastern Pennsylvania is ripping on Republican state senators for ...

8 years ago

(At left) Members of Mom Demand Action pose with Democratic lawmakers and candidates; (right), Delaware Gun Rights members man a table at a recent gun show. Founder Mitch Denham is at far right of photo. (Cris Barrish/WHYY; Courtesy of Mitch Denham)
Politics & Policy

Both sides of gun control debate mobilized for Delaware races

Delaware’s 2018 legislative season was dominated in large part by Gov. John Carney’s quest to reform the state’s gun laws in the wa ...

8 years ago

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