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New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton
Politics & Policy

N.J. Civic Information Consortium could get first cash infusion in Murphy’s revised budget

Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law creating the consortium in 2018, but it still has not received state dollars as promised. That could change now.

5 years ago

The exterior of The Pennsylvania Capitol
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Thwarted at every turn, Pa. GOP lawmakers hatch new plan to undermine Wolf’s emergency powers

Republicans in the legislature unhappy with Gov. Tom Wolf’s response to the coronavirus pandemic are plotting two new efforts to curtail his emergency powers.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, speaks during a media briefing in the James Brady Briefing Room of the White House, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, in Washington.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Health

FDA chief apologizes for overstating plasma effect on virus

Trump hailed the decision as a historic breakthrough even though the treatment’s value has not been established.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in Bedminster, N.J., Friday, Aug. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Courts & Law

Appeals court won’t step in for now on Trump tax records

The case has already been to the Supreme Court and back, and Trump has said he expects it to end up there again.

5 years ago

In this image from video, U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies during a video virtual hearing before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on the U.S. Postal Service during COVID-19 and the upcoming elections, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (US Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs via AP)
Politics & Policy

Postmaster: No pre-election return of mail boxes, equipment

His testimony raised fresh questions about how the Postal Service will ensure timely delivery of ballots for the November election.

5 years ago

Pa. Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman (CHRISTINE BAKER of THE PATRIOT-NEWS)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Dark money mystery: Top Pa. lawmaker helped raise cash for nonprofit whose agenda is largely a secret

Next in line to lead the state Senate, Jake Corman helped raise cash for a nonprofit whose donors — and agenda — are largely a secret.

5 years ago

A rider waits for a SEPTA train.
PlanPhilly
Community

How your commute will get worse if the state yanks SEPTA funding

SEPTA GM Leslie Richards told lawmakers that transit services, including the Broad-Ridge Spur, would vanish without funding from Harrisburg.

5 years ago

(Commonwealth Media Services)
Health
Spotlight PA

A decades-old law is shielding the Wolf administration from scrutiny of its coronavirus response

Pa. is denying journalists' requests for COVID-19 data and records using a law authored in the heyday of syphilis.

5 years ago

Pharmacist Steven Nguyen works at Davis Pharmacy on Baltimore Ave. He’s been calling the US Postal Service’s line for days trying to track down customer packages (Hannah Chinn/WHYY)
Community

‘It’s a mess when you don’t get your mail’: Waiting on, worrying about the Postal Service in Philly

A random sampling of folks in West Philadelphia revealed frustration with delivery delays and apprehension about mail-in voting in November.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Senate Intelligence Committee report: Trump campaign’s Russia contacts ‘grave’ threat

The Trump campaign's interactions with Russian intelligence services during the 2016 presidential election posed a “grave” counterintelligence threat.

5 years ago

A protester holding a sign waits to march to the residence of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy - a major Republican donor who President Trump recently nominated to run the United States Postal Service (USPS) despite concerns about conflicts of interest and lack of experience - to demonstrate against Dejoy's changes to the USPS, which many say are acts of sabotage to increase Trump's chances in a mostly vote-by-mail election in Washington, D.C., on August 15, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. DeJoy reportedly has invested tens of millions of dollars in direct USPS competitors, and recently he has enacted many changes at the USPS that postal worker unions and election experts say will make the election difficult or impossible to carry out effectively. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)
Courts & Law

Lawsuit against Trump, postal chief seeks proper funding

The lawsuit alleges that Trump and DeJoy are trying to ensure the postal service cannot reliably deliver election mail.

5 years ago

Letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a U.S. Postal Service facility
Politics & Policy

Lawmakers: Postal changes delay mail-order medicine for vets

Policy changes to slow delivery at the U.S. Postal Service are taking a toll on military veterans, who are reporting much longer wait times to receive mail-order prescriptions

5 years ago

A Philadelphia Police Department cruiser is seen traveling down a Philly street.
Courts & Law

Gun violence hearings leave Philly councilmembers, residents ‘disheartened’ and ‘tired’

While police brass tried to shed light on what drives the violence, Philly councilmembers and residents expressed weariness with more hearings, little action.

5 years ago

In this March 1, 2017, file photo, Elon Trustee Louis DeJoy is honored with Elon's Medal for Entrepreneurial Leadership in Elon. N.C. (Kim Walker/Elon University via AP)
Politics & Policy

Postal Service loses $2.2B in 3 months as virus woes persist

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, disputed reports that his agency is slowing down election mail or any other mail and said it has “ample capacity to deliver all election mail.

5 years ago

Members of the American Postal Workers union local 89 protest in Old City on June 22, 2020, demanding the postal service be fully funded. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia’s big mail problem

Some people in Philadelphia haven’t had their mail delivered in three weeks. What's going on — and what could it mean for mail-in ballots in November?

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