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Government Accountability

Gregg Shore, First Assistant District Attorney for Bucks County, Pa., leaves a preliminary hearing at the Bucks County Courthouse, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, in Doylestown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Politics & Policy

Bucks County prosecutor demoted for DoorDash moonlighting during work

Bucks County District Attorney Matt Weintraub said Shore had been working for DoorDash, delivering food during work hours, from October to February.

5 years ago

Jamal Johnson (Courtesy Jamal Johnson; Kimberly Paynter / WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

Meet the North Philly-raised Marine veteran who forced the city’s hand on gun violence

The activism of hunger striker Jamal Johnson is known nationwide.

5 years ago

Democrats Rep. Mark Longietti (left) and Chris Sainato (center) raise their right hands
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

During height of coronavirus pandemic, Pa. lawmakers still cashed in big on meals, lodging

They collected $726,877 from taxpayers in per diem payments, in addition to being among the highest paid in the country. House Democrats received the most.

5 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks during his 2021 budget address
Politics & Policy

COVID-19 leads to burst of info, but some data blocked in N.J.

The pandemic has sparked an explosion of public data. But the Murphy administration has blocked information from the public.

5 years ago

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo a woman works at a computer in New York. The Biden administration is not planning to step up government surveillance of the U.S. internet even as state-backed foreign hackers and cybercriminals increasingly use it to evade detection, a senior administration official said Friday. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
Politics & Policy

Despite hacks, U.S. not seeking widened domestic surveillance

Instead, the administration will focus on tighter partnerships and improved information-sharing with private-sector companies.

5 years ago

Former President Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 28 in Orlando, Fla. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Newly revealed call details how Trump pressed Georgia investigator to find vote fraud

"Whatever you can do, Frances, it would be — it's a great thing," Trump said to Georgia Secretary of State chief investigator Frances Watson.

5 years ago

Jeffrey Bossert Clark during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in 2017. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Whistleblowers allege improper hiring at Justice Department during Trump’s last days

The whistleblowers accuse Jeffrey Bossert Clark of conducting a "sham" process and elevating a person who volunteered to defend a controversial Trump policy on abortion access

5 years ago

Close up hands of caregiver doctor helping old woman at clinic.
Health

As N.J. expands vaccine eligibility, advocates say older adults are being left behind

As N.J. expands the pool of those eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine, many of those most at risk are expected to have an “awful” time getting an appointment.

5 years ago

Listen 2:04
A worker prepares a syringe with the COVID-19 vaccine
Health

Philly suburbs, state health officials spar over accusations of ‘short-changed’ vaccine doses

Officials in Philly’s suburban collar counties say they are being “short-changed” when it comes to vaccine doses, encouraging residents to “shop around.”

5 years ago

Philly Fighting COVID CEO Andrei Doroshin inside his apartment building
Politics & Policy

Philly Fighting COVID vaccine partnership put city ‘at great risk,’ says inspector general

Philadelphia’s inspector general said the Health Department ignored numerous red flags that could have avoided the scandal, yet stopped short of recommending sanctions.

5 years ago

Listen 1:09
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Top Pa. senator appoints colleague’s wife to lucrative Gaming Control Board seat

The top Republican in the Pennsylvania Senate has quietly appointed the spouse of a colleague to a coveted spot on the state’s Gaming Control Board.

5 years ago

(Commonwealth Media Services)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

The placeholder: Meet the man Wolf taps to (temporarily) hold key appointments

In less than four months, the top staffer in Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration has been nominated to serve on 28 different state-appointed boards.

5 years ago

Federal courthouse
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

With 1,000 federal convictions in 40 years, corruption is ever-present in Philadelphia

Philly isn’t the worst U.S. city, but the pace doesn’t seem to have slowed.

5 years ago

Then-President Donald Trump waves at the crowd during the 2020 Conservative Political Action Conference. This year, Trump is out of office but is still headlining the event. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

It’s all about Trump: CPAC seems poised to ignore Republican identity crisis

The former president will headline the event with a Sunday afternoon keynote address, his first speech since leaving office last month.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn
Courts & Law

Manhattan prosecutor gets Trump tax records after long fight

The Manhattan district attorney’s office enforced a subpoena on Trump’s accounting firm within hours of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday.

5 years ago

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