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Government Accountability

Venita Bracy at a laundromat in Northeast Philadelphia, on Feb. 15, 2019. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Wolf administration backtracks on closing laundromats for coronavirus

When Gov. Tom Wolf first issued a new order for businesses to close, laundromats were included. After public feedback, he’s reversing course.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump
Radio Times
Health

Right wing media’s coronavirus coverage

We talk about how different right-wing media outlets have been covering the pandemic, the effect it’s having on their viewers, and ...

6 years ago

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Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Politics & Policy

Republican senators sold stock before steep market losses from virus

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-N.C., sold as much as $1.7 million in stocks just before the market dropped in February amid fears about the coronavirus

6 years ago

Magdaleno Corona puts on gloves at his fruit stand in South Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Philadelphia struggles to make coronavirus info quickly available in Spanish

In Philadelphia, where 23% of residents speak a language besides English at home, the city has not been translating information for these communities as updates happen.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine. (Commonwealth Media Services)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania’s health department is keeping coronavirus details from local officials

Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine said Wednesday counties with local departments “have complete control” about what information they release.

6 years ago

(PennLive file photo/The Patriot-News)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

Protections for vulnerable Pa. seniors lag, reforms to guardianship system ‘stuck’

In Pennsylvania, there are about 18,400 adults living under guardianship. More than half are age 60 and up.

6 years ago

The city of Harrisburg (istock via WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

‘Excuses to try to silence me’: Lawsuit alleges racial bias at Pa.’s anti-discrimination agency

The PHRC has long been haunted by allegations that it is ineffectual and that its leadership perpetuates the same kinds of discrimination it aims to combat.

6 years ago

Health Secretary Rachel Levine (Commonwealth Media Services/Natalie Kolb)
Health
Spotlight PA

Pennsylvania isn’t releasing details on coronavirus cases because of a decades-old law

Pa. officials are citing a 1955 law authored in the heyday of syphilis to withhold details about coronavirus cases, including how many people have been tested.

6 years ago

White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, pictured in September 2019. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Mick Mulvaney out as White House chief of staff

Mulvaney was President Trump's third chief of staff, a job he had held in an acting capacity. Rep. Mark Meadows will succeed him in the role, Trump said.

6 years ago

The Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg. (Kalim A. Bhatti/The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. House drops ‘legislative privilege,’ will release lawmaker spending details

After shielding spending details for months, leaders in the Pennsylvania House are reversing course and will publicly disclose why lawmakers spend millions in taxpayer money.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump signs an $8.3 billion bill to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., Friday, March 6, 2020 at the White House in Washington, as Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, looks on. The legislation provides federal public health agencies with money for vaccines, tests and potential treatments and helps state and local governments prepare and respond to the threat. The rapid spread of the virus has rocked financial markets, interrupted travel and threatens to affect everyday life in the United States. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Health

Trump signs $8.3B bill to combat coronavirus outbreak in U.S.

The bill provides federal public health agencies with money for vaccines, tests and potential treatments and helps state, local governments prepare and respond to the threat.

6 years ago

President Donald Trump reacts to questions during a town hall in Scranton, Pa. on Thursday. (Bastiaan Slabbers for Keystone Crossroads)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

‘I was all set for Bernie’: Trump hones attacks on Biden in Scranton town hall

At an event hosted Thursday night by Fox News, Trump bounced between defending his administration’s record and trolling the Democratic candidates for president.

6 years ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., flanked by Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, left, and Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus,  to discuss the 2020 Census and the concern for getting an accurate count in minority communities, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2020. The census determines how federal funding is allocated and affects the apportionment of Congressional seats.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & Policy

Facebook drops Trump ads after Pelosi cites census confusion

Facebook said in a statement that it was enforcing its policies to prevent confusion over the 2020 census, which begins for most people next week.

6 years ago

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is sworn in by Judge, Deborah Kunselman, during a Ceremony in the senate chambers at the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.Tuesday, January 15, 2019. JOSE F. MORENO / Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. Senate officials scrub details from financial records, raising alarm among open records advocates

In documents turned over to The Caucus and Spotlight PA, Senate officials edited out spending information, making it appear as though it never existed

6 years ago

New Jersey State Police remove Sue Altman, state director, New Jersey Working Families, before George E. Norcross III, left, testifies in front of the New Jersey Senate Select Committee on Economic Growth Strategies about his role in the controversial state tax incentive program, Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, in Trenton, N.J. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)
Politics & Policy

AG says activist dragged out of N.J. Statehouse was not targeted over politics

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal asked that the disorderly person charge against Sue Altman be dismissed.

6 years ago

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