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Politics & Policy

Philly controller report rips Mayor Kenney’s plans for federal recovery dollars

City Controller Rhynhart’s critique calls for more transparency in spending billions from the American Rescue Plan and alternative budget priorities.

5 years ago

Pro-Trump insurrectionists storm the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

GOP set to block 1/6 panel, stoking Senate filibuster fight

Most Republicans oppose the bill, which would establish a commission to investigate the attack by Donald Trump supporters over the election.

5 years ago

Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf in Wilkes-Barre on May 19, 2021. (Gov. Tom Wolf/Flickr)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

The Pa. legislature has new power to overrule Wolf on COVID. The two camps differ on details

Pennsylvania Republicans have chafed under Wolf’s COVID-19 orders for more than a year, and have tried repeatedly to take back some measure of control.

5 years ago

A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

After citing privacy law, Pa. backtracks and discloses wasted vaccine details

Just 0.18% of more than 10 million doses given to hospitals, pharmacies, and other providers through May 21 were discarded.

5 years ago

Then Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Tom Farley speaks with members of the media
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Philly health chief who resigned over MOVE remains to get $2,500 monthly pension

Overall, the city's retirement fund carries the fourth-highest tax burden in the country.

5 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf addresses the media while wearing a face mask
Politics & Policy

Pa. GOP tees up legislation on governor’s pandemic powers

Benninghoff's resolution aims to halt the use of no-bid contracts, force those getting jobless benefits to look for work and end social distancing mitigation orders.

5 years ago

The CDC's early coronavirus test was poorly designed and it also came with problematic instructions, NPR has learned. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Early CDC coronavirus test came with inconsistent instructions, cost U.S. weeks

The shortcomings of the test kits cost the nation precious weeks as officials sought to detect virus hotspots and manage the outbreak.

5 years ago

The Pentagon building is seen in Arlington
NPR
Politics & Policy

The Pentagon has never passed an audit. Some senators want to change that

The Pentagon went through its first independent financial audit in 2017. But after three failed attempts, lawmakers are losing their patience.

5 years ago

The US Capital is seen through punctured glass as National Guard secure the the grounds
NPR
Politics & Policy

Report: DHS division failed to analyze intelligence ahead of Capitol violence

A forthcoming report says DHS had the intel needed to predict the pro-Trump rally would become violent. What was missing was DHS telling the people who needed to know.

5 years ago

Social justice organizers and surviving members of the MOVE family march down the 6200 block of Osage Avenue on May 13, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

What you need to know about the desecration of MOVE bombing victims’ remains

How revelations regarding Penn's possession of remains from MOVE bombing victims spurred the resignation of Philadelphia's health commissioner, and what questions remain.

5 years ago

The former Patriot-News building at 1812 Market St., shown here after demolition
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

FBI probe of massive Pa. pension fund seeks evidence of kickbacks or bribery

Subpoenas reviewed by Spotlight PA and The Philadelphia Inquirer lay bare the scope of the federal investigation into Pennsylvania's $64 billion public school pension fund.

5 years ago

In this May, 1985 file photo, scores of rowhouses burn in a fire in the west Philadelphia neighborhood. Police dropped a bomb on the militant group MOVE's home on May 13, 1985 in an attempt to arrest members, leading to the burning of scores of homes in the neighborhood. (AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia says it found MOVE victims’ remains top official ordered destroyed

Former Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley had ordered the remains destroyed but the cremation never happened, Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley
Community

Philly Medical Examiner’s Office found remains of MOVE bombing victims in cardboard box before cremation

The remains of people killed in the city’s 1985 MOVE bombing were found in a storage room by employees cleaning in preparation for a move.

5 years ago

A Philadelphia police cruiser is parked between Arch and Market streets in West Philadelphia
Courts & Law

Report: Less than 1% of civilian complaints filed against Philly police result in discipline

A forthcoming report from the city’s Police Advisory Commission found that citizen complaints more often result in training and counseling for the accused officer.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Health Commissioner Thomas Farley listens during a press briefing in March 2020, at the start of the pandemic. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health
Billy Penn

Philadelphia health commissioner resigns: Tom Farley’s rise to power and fall from grace

Mayor Kenney asked his top doctor to step down after learning he mishandled remains of MOVE bombing victims.

5 years ago

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