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Government Accountability

The state house floor inside the Capital building in Harrisburg, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pa. House passes bill to require electronically filed campaign finance reports

The bill passed Tuesday, 102-101, on party lines, with Democrats voting for it.

3 years ago

Cleta Mitchell speaks at a conference in Camp Hill, Pa., on April 1, 2022. The influential conservative attorney helped former President Donald Trump as he sought to overturn the 2020 election. She's now working to dismantle ERIC.
NPR
Politics & Policy

The far right’s growing influence and 4 other takeaways from NPR’s ERIC investigation

Why are Republicans abandoning one of the best tools the government has to catch voter fraud? That question is the focus of a new NPR investigation.

3 years ago

The House Oversight Committee plans to vote Thursday to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt over what they say is the bureau's refusal to hand over records tied to the GOP-led panel's investigation into President Biden and his family.
NPR
Politics & Policy

House panel sets hearing to hold FBI director in contempt of Congress

If approved, the full House would vote on the charge.

3 years ago

An up-close view of a pitcher of water with Philadelphia Water written on it.
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

City Council grills officials on response to chemical spill that threatened Philly’s drinking water

In a City Council hearing, officials admitted there’s work to be done to prepare Philly’s drinking water system for future threats.

3 years ago

Screenshot of board meeting
Courts & Law

Secret meetings by board overseeing Pa.’s $1 billion in opioid settlements draw criticism

The oversight board also does not let the public speak at meetings and says it’s not subject to the state’s Right-to-Know Law.

3 years ago

Donald Trump at the golf course
Courts & Law

Reports: Prosecutors have tape of Trump discussing holding onto classified doc after leaving office

He suggested on the recording that he wanted to share information from the document with others but he knew there were limitations about his ability to declassify records.

3 years ago

Workers near the top of the 526 ft. Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center spruce up the NASA logo standing on scaffolds in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, May 20, 2020. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket scheduled for May 27 will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first test flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Science

NASA talks UFOs with public ahead of final report on unidentified flying objects

NASA is holding its first public meeting on UFOs a year after launching a study into unexplained sightings.

3 years ago

A 'vote here' sign outside of a polling place.
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

18 Pa. candidates who spread election misinformation are poised to oversee local voting in 2024

In three Pennsylvania counties, election skeptics will likely hold majorities on key county panels that set voting rules after the November 2023 general election.

3 years ago

Josh Shapiro speaking at a podium.
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Shapiro won’t share daily calendar, a departure from previous Pa. governor’s transparency

The Democratic governor’s decision to withhold details about who he meets behind the scenes is legally sound, though experts said he could choose to reveal more.

3 years ago

Stacy Garrity speaking at a podium
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. is sitting on billions in unclaimed property. This bill would get some of it back to its owners

State Treasurer Stacy Garrity has proposed legislation that would allow Pa. to automatically return some unclaimed money to people with no action required on their part.

3 years ago

Cole Lyle (left), a Marine Corps veteran and executive director of the veterans advocacy group Mission Roll Call, says a U.S. default would have devastating consequences for former military members who stand to see their benefits suspended.
(Courtesy of Cole Lyle)
NPR
Politics & Policy

These are some of the people who’ll be impacted if the U.S. defaults on its debts

3 years ago

A person reading the book 'Philadelphia, Corrupt and Consenting'
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

How Philly was shaped by a lengthy rogues’ gallery of corruption

Did you know the failed 1926 sesquicentennial celebration is basically why we have a wage tax?

3 years ago

Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy at the White House
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden and McCarthy say debt limit meeting was productive but it ends without a deal

Biden noted that while there are areas of disagreement, the pair, their lead negotiators and their staffs "will continue to discuss the path forward."

3 years ago

How Local Government Works series illustration
(Dan Nott/Spotlight PA)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

How Local Government Works: Are government officials’ personal social media posts public records?

A recent decision by the Pa. Commonwealth Court established a new three-factor test to judge when social posts on public officials' personal accounts are public records.

3 years ago

A dune at the beach
Urban Planning

New Jersey blinks in Wildwood dune repairs standoff, allows emergency erosion fixes in defiant town

North Wildwood can reshape three blocks worth of dunes and repair public access points so they can be safely used in time for the approaching Memorial Day holiday weekend.

3 years ago

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