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Government Accountability

A worker bolts on a sign changing a block of Broad Street Patti LaBelle Way. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community

City misspells Patti LaBelle’s name on honorary street sign

Philadelphia honored singer Patti LaBelle with her very own street earlier this week. Unfortunately, the signs didn't get her name right.

6 years ago

Dr. Christian Macedonia led the military's Gray Team of doctors and scientists charged with finding the
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law
PA Post

Whistleblower: Lancaster General settlement with DOJ fails to address core problems

Penn Medicine has agreed to pay $275,000 to the Department of Justice to settle allegations that Lancaster General Hospital submitted false claims to Medicaid

6 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart (Lindsay Lazarski/WHY)
Money

Philly Controller: City has worst accounting controls of 10 largest U.S. cities

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart called Philadelphia’s internal accounting practices a “red flag” that indicates vulnerabilities to corruption and waste.

6 years ago

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Monday, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Courts & Law

Advocates say high court ruling on census citizenship question ‘helps us move forward’

The court says the Trump administration's explanation for wanting to add the question was "more of a distraction" than an explanation.

6 years ago

E. Jean Carroll is photographed, Sunday, June 23, 2019, in New York. Carroll, a New York-based advice columnist, claims Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a dressing room at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. Trump denies knowing Carroll. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
Community

Friends: Trump accuser told us of attack in the ’90s

Two women have confirmed that the writer E. Jean Carroll told them in the 1990s that she'd been sexually assaulted by Trump in the dressing room of a NYC department store

6 years ago

Holtec International building
Money

N.J. agency asks tax break recipients for more information after allegations of abuse

The N.J. Economic Development Authority has the power to reduce, suspend, or terminate tax breaks if companies misled regulators on their applications.

6 years ago

In December 2018, Katie Brennan, the chief of staff at the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, raises her hand as she is sworn in to testify before the Select Oversight Committee at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J. (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
The Why
Politics & Policy

N.J. official’s rape allegation could change state law

Should the Murphy administration have done more in response to Katie Brennan's allegation that a campaign staffer assaulted her? N.J. legislative committee says yes.

Air Date: June 25, 2019

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Governor Tom Wolf says he doesn't want to get rid of the General Assistance program, but he's navigating tricky negotiations with Republicans. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Wolf meets with protesters outside his home to talk General Assistance

The General Assistance program gives small sums of cash — roughly $200 a month — to the poorest people in Pa. who don't have dependents and don't qualify for other assistance.

6 years ago

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PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Bills would boost gender-neutral bathroom access at Philly City Hall, charter schools

City Councilwoman Helen Gym introduced two bills to advance gender-neutral accommodations in Philadelphia schools and City Hall itself.

6 years ago

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Courts & Law
Billy Penn

Philly courts refuse to name security firm hired to fix infected systems

In a move experts call highly unusual, Philadelphia officials are refusing to name the cybersecurity firm the city has contracted to help clean up the court system.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump waves as he steps off Air Force One after arriving, Friday, June 7, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.  (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Democrats debate impeachment and ramp up oversight

We discuss the Mueller report hearings, the House vote to hold Don McGahn and AG Barr in contempt of Congress, and the pros and cons of beginning impeachment inquiries.

Air Date: June 11, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 49:15
The state Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Tom Downing/WITF)
Politics & Policy

Amid calls for Leach to resign, Pa. lawmakers push anti-harassment bills

Pa. House and Senate members are pushing a slate of anti-harassment bills amid calls for Montco Democratic Sen. Daylin Leach to resign.

6 years ago

NJ state capitol complex at night in Trenton, New Jersey.  (Tashka/BigStock)
Politics & Policy

After override threat, N.J. ‘dark money’ bill on its way to becoming law

A bill that would require more nonprofit groups in N.J. to publicize their donors is on its way to becoming law, after Gov. Phil Murphy avoided a veto override.

6 years ago

Lawyers gather in the hallway at Philadelphia City Hall that houses the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania. A computer virus has shut down the court's website. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
The Why
Courts & Law

Computer virus still crippling Philly courts and their online systems

Normal court proceedings have slowed or stopped since Philly's First Judicial District shut down the court websites after getting a virus almost a month ago.

Air Date: June 10, 2019

Listen 12:48
About 200 protesters gather at Philadelphia police headquarters to call for action against police officers who posted racist comments on Facebook. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

Hundreds protest at Philly police HQ, call for action on intolerant Facebook posts

Hundreds showed up at Philadelphia Police headquarters on Friday for a protest calling for a response to the city officers allegedly linked to hateful Facebook posts.

6 years ago

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