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Billy Penn

Philadelphia youth anti-violence efforts lack coordination at city level, panelists say

Activists at a community conversation pushed for more centralized resources.

5 years ago

Ameera Shaheed is suing the city of Wilmington and its towing contractors, accusing them of selling her car for scrap because she owed $320 in parking fines. (Institute for Justice photo)
Courts & Law

Lawsuit accuses Wilmington of scrapping cars over unpaid parking tickets

Two Wilmington residents are suing the city and its towing contractors for scrapping cars worth thousands of dollars over unpaid parking tickets.

5 years ago

President Joe Biden disembarks Marine One upon arrival at the Gordons Pond in Rehoboth Beach, Del., Friday, Sept. 17, 2021
Politics & Policy

One stunning afternoon: Setbacks imperil Biden’s reset

The wave of bad headlines came just as the White House aimed to implement a September reset.

5 years ago

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Right-wing extremists and the January 6th investigation

Supporters of the Jan. 6th rioters are rallying at the Capitol this weekend. We'll talk about investigation into the insurrection and about right-wing domestic extremism.

Air Date: September 16, 2021 10:00 am

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Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman stands at a podium
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. GOP lawmakers to subpoena personal information on every voter in controversial 2020 election review

They are requesting the name, address, and partial social security number of every voter registered as of last November.

5 years ago

California Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses reporters after beating back the recall attempt that aimed to remove him from office, at the John L. Burton California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
Politics & Policy

California Gov. Gavin Newsom beats back GOP-led recall

Newsom cast it as a win for science, women’s rights and other liberal issues, and it ensures the nation’s most populous state will remain in Democratic control.

5 years ago

The Philadelphia skyline is seen from the Market Frankford platform at 63rd Street
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

SEPTA spent $7 million on McKinsey consulting contract amid COVID fiscal crisis

Nearly one year and thousands of work hours after the regional transit agency started work with McKinsey, the $7 million initiative is under review.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol building
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Wolf creates new redistricting oversight panel ahead of fraught map-drawing process

The panel will review how redistricting works in other states and develop standards for determining integrity and fairness.

5 years ago

Legislative Hall in Dover. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Delaware ethics committee clears lawmaker who emailed racist, sexist slur

A House ethics committee has dismissed a complaint against a Delaware State Rep. Gerald Brady who used a racist, sexist term against Asian women in an email.

5 years ago

Dept of Labor and Industry building
Money
Spotlight PA

Pa. to refund $19 million to 109,000 people it overcharged in unemployment error

An independent state agency that investigated the matter determined the mistake was the result of “human error” and lack of oversight.

5 years ago

House Select Committee Chair Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., right, and Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., listen during the panel's first hearing last month. The committee has asked 35 social media and communication companies to preserve records associated with the Jan. 6 insurrection. (Bill O'Leary/Pool/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

House panel investigating the Capitol attack orders 35 companies to preserve records

The companies include telecom giants AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless, as well as other platforms where communications tied to the siege may have taken place.

5 years ago

Demonstrators demand action on voting rights.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Fed up with inaction over voting rights, thousands are planning a march on Washington

Thousands of activists are expected to converge Saturday in Washington and other cities across the country on the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington.

5 years ago

Pa. Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Corman (left), and Pa. state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin (Commonwealth Media Services; AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Despite infighting, Pa. GOP senators push forward with vague idea of 2020 election audit

A Trump ally in the Pa. legislature has been stripped of power, but the leading Republican in the State Senate is still promising a full “forensic audit” of the 2020 election.

5 years ago

January 6th insurrectionists at the Capitol.
Courts & Law

Capitol Police officers sue Trump, allies over insurrection

They allege Trump “worked with white supremacists, violent extremist groups, and campaign supporters to violate the Ku Klux Klan Act, and commit acts of domestic terrorism.

5 years ago

Reps. Bennie Thompson (right) and Liz Cheney, joined by fellow committee members, speak to the media after a July 27 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Jan. 6 select committee probe expands to Trump and top officials in a wave of demands

They target communications by Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence and other top officials as well as White House visitor and call logs related to the day of the attack.

5 years ago

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