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PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Realtors association mailer attacks Kenney’s budget plan

8 years ago

President Donald Trump talks with reporters before boarding Air Force One, Thursday, May 31, 2018, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Maryland judge to hear foreign payments case against Trump

Maryland federal judge will hear arguments in a case accusing President Donald Trump of violating the Constitution by accepting payments from foreign and state governments.

8 years ago

PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Rebuild legislation passes City Council, this time quietly

8 years ago

In this 2017 photo, protesters in Harrisburg call on lawmakers to support redistricting reform. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Congressional redistricting bill in Pa. Senate pits purists vs. realists

After ...

8 years ago

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., told reporters at a press conference on June 6 that he sees
NPR
Politics & Policy

Ryan says there’s ‘no evidence’ the FBI informant spied on Trump’s campaign

Speaker Paul Ryan disputed President Trump's attacks on the Justice Department and their handling of an ongoing investigation into his 2016 presidential campaign

8 years ago

The State Capitol Building in Harrisburg. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

With deadline looming, Pa. redistricting overhaul attempts are still scattershot

There's a hard July 6 deadline for lawmakers to pass the measure through both chambers. If they don't make it, the redistricting process stays as-is for another decade.

8 years ago

Scott Wagner has resigned his Senate seat early to devote more time to running for governor. (AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Scott Wagner gives conciliatory farewell speech, departs Pa. Senate

The now-former York County lawmaker sent leadership his resignation last week, saying he wants to devote more time to running against incumbent Democrat Tom Wolf.

8 years ago

Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the Federal District Court after a hearing, late last month, in Washington.
NPR
Courts & Law

Mueller’s team accuses Manafort of witness tampering

They asked a judge to end his house arrest and consider pre-trial detention.

8 years ago

Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, waves to people during White House Sports and Fitness Day on the South Lawn of the White House, on Tuesday in Washington.
NPR
Politics & Policy

Giuliani: President Trump has Constitutional authority to pardon himself

Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said in an interview Sunday that the president holds Constitutional powers to pardon himself in, or terminate the Russia investigation.

8 years ago

Ashley Oleson, with the League of Women Voters of Maryland, carries signs of the state's districts, before oral arguments in the Supreme Court in March.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

On heels of Pa. congressional map changes, U.S. Supreme Court to rule on gerrymandering

This month the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to deliver two highly anticipated decisions on cases involving partisan gerrymandering.

8 years ago

Listen 04:20
Special counsel Robert Mueller (J. Scott Applewhite/AP, file)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Report: In a letter to Mueller, Trump’s lawyers say he can’t be compelled to testify

Lawyers for President Trump informed special counsel Robert Mueller that Trump will not comply with requests for an interview.

8 years ago

Jeff Miller
Politics & Policy

New swamp: Ex-Perry adviser lobbies for energy firm bailout

At a West Virginia rally on tax cuts, President Donald Trump veered off on a subject that likely puzzled most of his audience.

8 years ago

A tree toppled by Hurricane Maria rests over damaged graves in the Villa Palmeras cemetery in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in December 2017. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Study puts Puerto Rico death toll from Hurricane Maria near 5,000

Perhaps 5,000 died in Puerto Rico for reasons related to Hurricane Maria according to a study that dismisses the official death toll of 64 as "a substantial underestimate."

8 years ago

Congressional districts in Southeastern Pennsylvania as they were adopted in 2011 and then ruled unconstitutional by the Pa. Supreme Court in January 2018.  (Google Maps)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Ohio advocates find Pa. ‘instructive’ in quest to overturn congressional map

Advocates for changing congressional maps are looking to Pennsylvania’s recent redistricting case as an examp ...

8 years ago

Members of Fair Districts PA, which advocates for redistricting reform, rally on the Capitol steps. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. lawmakers advance redistricting reforms as June deadline looms

Pennsylvania lawmakers have advanced a bill that would change the state’s constitution to put its congressional district map in the ...

8 years ago

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