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Government Accountability

A Philadelphia Gas Works sign
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

On climate change, Philly’s gas utility is working against the city that owns it

Philadelphia is actively working to cut emissions with a goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The city’s own gas utility is sabotaging its efforts.

4 years ago

Pro-Trump rioters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over Trump in the 2020 election. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The clear and present danger of Trump’s enduring ‘Big Lie’

Many are warning that over the past year, that "big lie" of a stolen election has grown more entrenched and more dangerous.

4 years ago

Protesters picket outside the N.J. State House in Trenton minutes before legislators hold public hearings on a controversial redistricting plan. (Joe Hernandez/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

N.J.’s new congressional map adopted as advocates question transparency of the process

The final stages of the map-drawing process have drawn backlash from Republicans and progressive groups, who criticized the commission for a lack of transparency.

4 years ago

Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., discusses the infrastructure bill making its way through congress during a news conference held by the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades / AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

A showdown could be brewing between U.S. Rep. Perry and the Jan. 6 committee

Perry tweeted Tuesday that he will not cooperate with the panel, calling it “illegitimate.”

4 years ago

FILE - Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., takes a question from a reporter at a news conference held by the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Aug. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades, File)
Politics & Policy

Pa. Rep. Scott Perry denies Jan. 6 panel’s request for interview

Perry is joining other allies of former President Donald Trump in trying to stonewall the committee.

4 years ago

Rep. Scott Perry, R-Penn., is the first sitting lawmaker that the the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack has sought to question. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Pa. GOP Rep. Scott Perry is the first sitting lawmaker the Jan. 6 panel wants to question

They want more information on his involvement in unsuccessfully seeking to install former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark as acting attorney general of the United States.

4 years ago

Lina holds her baby boy, Osman, as he undergoes treatment at the malnutrition ward of the Ataturk National Children's Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Dec, 2, 2021. According to U.N. figures from early November, almost 24 million people in Afghanistan, around 60% percent of the population, suffer from acute hunger, including 8.7 million living in near famine. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Politics & Policy

Philly activists help organize White House rally to combat starvation in Afghanistan

A rally outside the White House demanded the Biden administration ease sanctions in Afghanistan, to avoid millions of deaths by starvation.

4 years ago

The Delaware County Courthouse and Government Center
Politics & Policy

Want a Delco government contract? First, you must disclose political contributions

County Council members are hoping to put an end once and for all to the ‘pay-to-play’ system they say has hampered the bidding process.

4 years ago

FILE - Rioters try to break through a police barrier at the Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021. Egged on by soon-to-be former President Donald Trump, a crowd of demonstrators demanded that the electoral vote counting be stopped. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Courts & Law

Washington, D.C., sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers over Jan. 6

The District of Columbia has filed a civil lawsuit seeking harsh financial penalties against far-right groups Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.

4 years ago

Then White House chief of staff Mark Meadows speaks with reporters outside the White House, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, in Washington.
Politics & Policy

Jan. 6 panel votes for contempt charges against Mark Meadows

Documents released by Meadows include exchanges about his efforts to help Trump overturn his defeat in the presidential election.

4 years ago

Saule Omarova testifies before the Senate Banking Committee on Nov. 18 during her nomination hearing to head the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Days after withdrawing her nomination, Omarova blamed banks for leading the opposition against her in an interview with NPR's Morning Edition. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Saule Omarova gets candid: Banks sank her nomination to become a key regulator

She says they distorted her research, which led to an environment in which attacks against her became unfair and personal.

4 years ago

In this July 6, 2020, file photo a sign for the Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons is displayed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. While most criminal justice overhauls require action from local officials or legislation, reforming the federal prison system is something President Joe Biden and his Justice Department control. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Activists wanted Biden to revamp the justice system. Many say they’re still waiting

4 years ago

Rioters storm the Capitol
Politics & Policy

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas 6 who helped plan Trump rallies

Rep. Bennie Thompson, says some worked to stage the rallies and “some appeared to have had direct communication” with then-President Trump as they were planning.

4 years ago

Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier. (Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette via Spotlight PA)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

District attorney consulted with Pennsylvania State Police before shooting, then ruled it justified

The fact that Lozier was involved in the decision to shoot, and then was the one to sign off on whether it was appropriate, has raised serious alarm among policing experts.

4 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf
Courts & Law

Gov. Wolf, AG Shapiro speak on how the Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade could affect abortion-seekers

Democratic politicians in Pa. spoke on how anti-abortion policies presented by conservatives are harmful for citizens of the commonwealth.

4 years ago

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