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Government Accountability

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Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Businesses tied to Gov. Tom Wolf, top Pa. senator close after questions about how they qualified as ‘life-sustaining’

Wolf's office said the state had rescinded a waiver granted to the governor's former cabinet supply company after inquiries from Spotlight PA and PA Post.

6 years ago

Fast food and retail workers rally for a 'fair workweek' in 2018 JAMES BLOCKER / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER VIA BROKE IN PHILLY
Community
Billy Penn

‘I’m an essential worker’: Nannies, Uber drivers and other low-wage earners ask Philly for coronavirus relief fund

Nearly 400 people gathered remotely on a Zoom call with city lawmakers.

6 years ago

The Postal Service says gloves and surgical masks are made available to all employees who request them, but many postal workers say they don't have what they need. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Postal workers say they lack supplies, training to protect themselves from virus

The USPS says that employee safety is its highest priority. But some workers still fear becoming carriers of another kind — catching and spreading the virus themselves.

6 years ago

Dr. Monica Taylor is the vice chair of Delaware County Council. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pandemic spotlights Delco’s long-standing health department fight

Delaware County doesn’t have a health department, and Democratic county officials say that’s a problem in the time of coronavirus.

6 years ago

Listen 1:37
Gov. Tom Wolf (Commonwealth Media Services)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Challenges to Gov. Tom Wolf’s mandatory shutdown mount from businesses

A Harrisburg-based law firm is asking the state Supreme Court for an emergency injunction.

6 years ago

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

Listen 13:28
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

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