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Government Accountability

Chester County election workers process mail and absentee ballots
Politics & Policy

Pa. GOP’s election inquiry: Courts, conspiracies, and more costs

A GOP inquiry into Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election spurred on by former President Trump’s election lies shows signs it will drag well into 2022.

4 years ago

Kermit O stands in Clark Park in the snow
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Meet the 17 Philadelphians on the city’s new Environmental Justice Advisory Commission

The residents who will help push the city to address issues like extreme heat and air pollution bring a wide range of experiences and expertise.

4 years ago

Staff members hold the certification of Electoral College votes from Tennessee
Politics & Policy

Trump attacks spur Congress to bolster electoral count law

Lawmakers are working furiously to update the 135-year-old law that was put in place in the aftermath of the Civil War and came perilously close to unraveling on Jan. 6, 2021.

4 years ago

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Conroe, Texas, on Saturday. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Georgia district attorney calls for FBI security help after Trump’s rally comments

Willis was recently granted a special grand jury for her office's criminal probe into the efforts of Trump and his allies to overturn the election results in Georgia.

4 years ago

The former Fairmount Water Works in 2020, with the Schuylkill at flood levels (Mark Menninger / Imagic digital)
Community

The average water main in Philadelphia is 76 years old, and January sees an average of more than 175 breaks

Facts and figures about the city’s aging water supply system.

4 years ago

Supporters of President Donald Trump arrive for a campaign rally at the Kenosha Regional Airport on November 02, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 14 people in fake electors scheme tied to Trump

The 14 people are tied to an effort to put forth false electors as President Donald Trump sought to stay in office after losing the 2020 election.

4 years ago

Willie Stokes, center, walks from a state prison in Chester, Pa., on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022 after his 1984 murder conviction was overturned because of perjured witness testimony. Stokes was serving a life sentence and spent decades in prison before learning the witness who testified against him at a 1984 court hearing soon pleaded guilty to perjury over the testimony.
Courts & Law

Philadelphia man cleared after 37 years in prison, sues city

Willie Stokes' lawyers say that prosecutors at the time never disclosed they had charged his chief accuser with perjury after the trial.

4 years ago

A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language” and an illustration of a nude woman. (wikimedia commons)
Education

Book about Holocaust banned in Tennessee school district

A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language" and an illustration of a nude woman.

4 years ago

Thousands of people rally at Pershing Square in downtown Los Angeles, part of the nationwide March for Science, taking place Saturday, April 22, 2017. They chanted
Science

Americans’ trust in science now deeply polarized, poll shows

Republicans' faith in science is falling as Democrats rely on it even more, with a trust gap in science and medicine widening substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

4 years ago

A closeup of Philadelphia City Hall.
Politics & Policy

Advocates demand transparency, different counting of prisoners at Philly redistricting hearing

Some who testified were dismayed that City Council isn’t doing more to address prison gerrymandering in the map plan it’s poised to pass.

4 years ago

State Rep. Gerald Brady smiles for a portrait
Politics & Policy

Delaware Rep. Brady resignation announcement followed shoplifting accusations

The lawmaker has been dogged for months by criticism for his racist, sexist comments about Asians in an email last summer. He cited PTSD in resignation announcement Friday.

4 years ago

Supporters of then-President Donald Trump gather outside the Michigan State Capitol in 2020. (Rey Del Rio/Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Prosecutors in multiple states are investigating false Electoral College submissions

The efforts, which in many cases seem to have been coordinated by high-ranking members of Trump's campaign team, weren't successful.

4 years ago

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a photo at her Atlanta office last February. (John Bazemore/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

A special grand jury has been granted in Fulton County’s Trump investigation

A special grand jury is also devoted to just one case. In its response Monday, the court said the special grand jury would begin on May 2 and continue for up to 12 months.

4 years ago

A homeless camp on the edge of downtown Seattle.
Martin Kaste/Martin Kaste
NPR
Politics & Policy

Homeless camps are often blamed for crime but experts say it’s not so simple

4 years ago

President Donald Trump listens during an event on Operation Warp Speed
NPR
Politics & Policy

Jan. 6 panel is investigating a Trump administration plan to seize voting machines

Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi confirmed that an executive order was drafted for Trump to sign that would have used the military to seize machines in battleground states.

4 years ago

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