Government Accountability
The census citizenship question / ACA contraceptive coverage / Philly’s deadliest roadway
Guests: Ari Berman, Allison Hoffman, Jason Laughlin ...
Air Date: January 17, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Furloughed IRS workers must return to work ahead of tax season
The U.S. Treasury Department has asked nearly 50,000 employees to work without pay as the historic government shutdown continues.
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Listen 1:57Federal watchdog finds government ignored emoluments clause with Trump hotel
Agency lawyers allegedly decided to ignore the constitutional issues when they reviewed the lease after Trump won the 2016 presidential election.
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Pelosi calls for postponement of State of the Union address due to shutdown
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., sent a letter to President Trump on Wednesday, suggesting a postponement until after the shutdown is over.
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At his inauguration, the governor called for politicians to find common ground, for Pennsylvanians to hold them accountable, and for the state to keep reinventing itself.
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PPA makes millions ticketing drivers for blocking street sweepers that rarely show
PPA tickets cars parked in street sweeping zones, despite the fact Philly’s Streets Department doesn’t show up to clean those streets most of the time.
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Listen 2:24The shutdown will harm the health and safety of Americans, even after it’s long over
With the U.S. federal government shutdown now the longest in history, it’s important to understand what a shutdown means for the health and safety of Americans.
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Shutdown: SNAP funded through February but outage glitch unfixed
The Trump administration has said that SNAP would be funded through February, despite the shutdown. But if the closure continues to March, millions will be left scrambling.
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Heightened scrutiny of Trump’s Russia connection; federal workers hit by the shutdown
Guests: Max Boot, Masha Gessen, Christopher Perks Two big stories digging into President Trump’s alleged connec ...
Air Date: January 15, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 48:57As shutdown enters fourth week, Pa. federal workers file for unemployment
More than 12,000 federal workers are furloughed in Pennsylvania as lawmakers in Washington struggle to figure out a way to end the longest-ever partial government shutdown.
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Judge blocks Trump birth control policy in 13 states and D.C.
A federal judge has blocked a Trump rule that would greatly expand the number of employers that could decline to offer contraceptive coverage on moral or religious grounds.
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Don’t panic: The government shutdown isn’t making food unsafe
A lot of domestic food companies are subject to inspections carried out by a parallel food safety system — a private one that's similar, and sometimes even tougher.
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Pa. readies for the start of Wolf’s second term
In his inaugural speech, Wolf is expected to renew calls for a higher minimum wage and natural gas severance tax.
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It’s official: The partial government shutdown is the longest in U.S. history
The previous record was 21 days, set in the winter of 1995-'96 when President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Newt Gingrich were at odds over budget cuts.
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Philadelphia museums and theaters are offering freebies to furloughed government workers as the shutdown continues.
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