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Government Accountability

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NPR
Money

Scathing report on Dept. of Education's handling of student loans

Instead of safeguarding borrowers' interests, the report says, FSA's inconsistent oversight allowed these companies, known as loan servicers, to potentially hurt borrowers.

7 years ago

David Thornburgh, President and CEO of the Committee of Seventy, address the crowd at aDraw the Lines  PA event in Harrisburg on February 6, 2019. (Photo courtesy of Draw the Lines PA)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Pa. citizens ‘slay the gerrymander’ in congressional mapping competition

Draw the Lines PA is a civic group that plans to host a biannual competition where people can make their own congressional district maps.

7 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Noah K. Murray/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Just a year into tenure, New Jersey Gov. Murphy’s popularity plummets

One reason for Gov. Phil Murphy’s dip in popularity may be that voters believe he has national political aspirations that distract him from governing the Garden State.

7 years ago

Volunteers load food into cars at the Food Bank of Delaware’s mobile food pantry in Georgetown, Delaware on Friday. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Hundreds line up for mobile food pantry in Delaware after food stamp confusion

Hundreds of cars lined up outside a southern Delaware church for a mobile food pantry. The Food Bank is handing out trunk-loads of food to those affected by the shutdown.

7 years ago

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Sen. Richard Shelby (center), is the top Republican in a bipartisan group of lawmakers working to craft an agreement on border security. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Border security funding talks stalled, government shutdown looms

If an agreement isn't reached by Friday at midnight, the government could partially shut down again, just three weeks after the end of a 35-day partial government shutdown.

7 years ago

A California woman has accused Virgina Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax of sexually assaulting her 15 years ago, saying in a statement Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, that she repressed the memory for years but came forward in part because of the possibility that Fairfax could succeed a scandal-mired governor. (Steve Helber/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Virginia lieutenant governor resists calls to step down

Virginia's embattled lieutenant governor has urged authorities to investigate sexual assault allegations made against him but hasn't heeded calls to resign.

7 years ago

Commissioners in Sandusky, Ohio, have voted to make Election Day a city holiday, in place of Columbus Day. Sandusky resident Moses Croom is seen here voting at a polling station at a local library in November 2008.
(Jason Werling/Sandusky Register)
NPR
Community

Sandusky, Ohio, makes Election Day a paid holiday — by swapping out Columbus Day

Sandusky, Ohio, is a small city on the shores of Lake Erie. Last week city leaders declared Election Day a paid holiday – by swapping out Columbus Day.

7 years ago

Duquesne University students wait to cast their votes in Pittsburgh during the 2016 Election. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Paper chase: Fearing hacked election, Pa. officials scramble ahead of 2020 to bolster security

While there is no case of results being tampered with in Pennsylvania, reports of Russian interference in 2016 have raised concerns that the digital totals could be hacked.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Judge Elect Kevin Dougherty (left) hugs his brother John Dougherty at a post-election party at the Stagehands Union Hall in South Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Report: Pa. Supreme Court justice got benefits from Johnny Doc’s Local 98

Report says indicted Pennsylvania union leader John Dougherty’s brother, a Supreme Court justice, may have received stolen perks.

7 years ago

Listen 1:25
Residents of Reading, Pennsylvania wait in line at the St. James Chapel Church food bank. Four in ten households in Reading receive SNAP benefits. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Government shutdown is over, but neediest Pennsylvanians on SNAP still scrambling due to payment disruptions

Nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians on food stamps have to wait until March before the next round of SNAP benefits.

7 years ago

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Philadelphia City Hall (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy
PlanPhilly

Developers, unions fill City Council war chests ahead of 2019 elections

Who runs Philadelphia City Council? If campaign spending is any indication, the answer is labor unions and the real estate industry.

7 years ago

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy Kraninger speaks to media in Washington, D.C., in December 2018. (Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Consumer Protection Bureau aims to roll back rule for payday lending

Critics say the Consumer Protection Bureau is siding with the very industry it is supposed to regulate and is scrapping a rule that would have protected borrowers.

7 years ago

A California woman has accused Virgina Lt. Governor Justin Fairfax of sexually assaulting her 15 years ago, saying in a statement Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019, that she repressed the memory for years but came forward in part because of the possibility that Fairfax could succeed a scandal-mired governor. (Steve Helber/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Woman details sex accusation roiling Virginia politics

A California woman went public with her sexual assault accusation against Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax on Wednesday.

7 years ago

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks with reporters after his panel voted in a closed session to send more than 50 interview transcripts from its now-closed Russia investigation to special counsel Robert Mueller, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019.  (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Democrats charge ahead with investigations unbowed by Trump

The chairman of the intelligence committee, Rep. Adam Schiff, announced a broad new investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

7 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)
Politics & Policy

Report lets Murphy officials off the hook, fails to uncover who hired Alvarez

A report says Phil Murphy's transition team could have looked into sexual assault allegations more before hiring a top state official, according to a legal investigation.

7 years ago

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