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Billy Penn

With 1,000 federal convictions in 40 years, corruption is ever-present in Philadelphia

Philly isn’t the worst U.S. city, but the pace doesn’t seem to have slowed.

4 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn
Courts & Law

Manhattan prosecutor gets Trump tax records after long fight

The Manhattan district attorney’s office enforced a subpoena on Trump’s accounting firm within hours of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon
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Indicted Philly Councilmember Bobby Henon outraised council colleagues in 2020

The pandemic slowed campaign fundraising for Philly City Councilmembers. Henon managed to buck the trend.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks on U.S. supply chains, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Biden revokes Trump orders on ‘anarchist’ cities and more

President Joe Biden on Wednesday formally revoked a series of presidential orders and memorandum signed by Donald Trump.

4 years ago

Anthony Voci speaks at a podium.
Courts & Law

White Philly prosecutor ‘lost nothing’ after exploiting his position to arrest Black driver

Prosecutor Anthony Voci still makes the same six-figure salary after he was reassigned amid criticism that he abused his power to have a Philly woman arrested.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy

‘Stalin-like cancel culture’: Infighting among Pa. GOP pits ‘Never Trumpers’ against loyalists

Regrouping in the wake of Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential election loss, Pa. Republicans have become locked in a cycle of infighting over the party’s direction.

4 years ago

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A close-up of the 2020 census.
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Spotlight PA

Delay in census data could put transparency in Pa.’s redistricting process at risk

Lawmakers will likely get half as much time to draw the state’s new legislative and congressional maps, worrying advocates who have long fought for a more open process.

4 years ago

Michael Salemno sits on a stoop outside
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

The inside story of how Pa. failed to deliver millions in coronavirus rent relief

A review of thousands of emails reveals the program was doomed to fail from the start, depriving desperate tenants of relief as they lived in fear of losing their homes.

4 years ago

Sen. Pat Toomey
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania GOP may meet to discuss Toomey impeachment vote

Several county parties already voted to censure Toomey even before Saturday's vote. In Washington County, GOP chairman Dave Ball said party members felt betrayed by Toomey.

4 years ago

Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., with impeachment managers Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., and Rep. Joe Neguse, D-Colo., right, speaks to members of the media
Politics & Policy

Support grows for Capitol riot inquiry after Trump acquittal

The Senate verdict Saturday hardly put to rest the debate about the Republican former president’s culpability for the Jan. 6 assault.

4 years ago

A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

DEP head recuses himself from permitting decisions for South Jersey LNG terminal

Acting Commissioner Shawn LaTourette represented port developer when he was in private practice. Environmentalists say they didn’t know and have concerns.

4 years ago

Jamal Johnson continues to protest for more resources to combat gun violence in Philadelphia at City Hall despite snow and more forecast for later today. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community
Billy Penn

26-day hunger strike ends after activist extracts Kenney promise to act on gun violence

Philly radio host Purple Queen facilitated the truce with Jamal Johnson, through the mayor stopped short of declaring gun violence a citywide emergency.

4 years ago

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo President Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President in Washington. Arguments begin Tuesday, Feb. 9, in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump on allegations that he incited the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Impeachment trial preview

On day one of the second impeachment trial of former President Trump, we discuss the proceedings and the legal arguments on both sides.

Air Date: February 9, 2021 10:00 am

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Rep. Madeleine Dean (left) and Bruce Castor (Matt Slocum and Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump impeachment trial makes Montco ‘center of the universe’ as Dean battles Castor

Rep. Madeleine Dean, an impeachment manager, is considered a rising Democratic star. Bruce Castor, a former DA and county commissioner, will defend Trump.

4 years ago

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The number of Wilmington shootings rose in 2019 from a year earlier but were far below the record bloodshed of 2017. (WHYY file)
Politics & Policy

Is gun violence a health crisis in Delaware? Republicans say ‘no’

Republican state senators bristle at a resolution calling Delaware’s gun violence a public health crisis. Don’t “pick on” guns, says one GOP lawmaker.

4 years ago

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