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Government

Close-up of election workers' hands handling ballots.
Politics & Policy
WITF

Pennsylvania’s midterm election results may not be known on Election Night. Here are the facts

Counties and the Department of State say ballot processing and due diligence take time to do properly.

4 years ago

Close-up of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy as he speaks.
Politics & Policy

Gov. Murphy weighs in on N.J. police at polling stations, ballot counting process

On the governor’s monthly radio show with tri-state NPR affiliates, Murphy addressed changes to how elections are run in the Garden State.

4 years ago

File photo; Erik Furness meets with Antoinette Kraus with the Pennsylvania Health Access Network to begin the process of signing up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Health

Open enrollment for Affordable Care Act health insurance kicks off in the Delaware Valley. Here’s what you need to know

The open enrollment period for health insurance coverage in 2023 through the Affordable Care Act begins Nov. 1 and ends in January.

4 years ago

Democratic incumbent Kathy Jennings (left) is being challenged by Republican Julianne Murray. (Cris Barrish/courtesy of Julianne Murray)
Politics & Policy

Race to watch: AG Kathy Jennings and challenger Julianne Murray battle to be Delaware’s chief crime fighter

Jennings says her approach to equal justice has earned the right to a second term. Julianne Murray says the incumbent is soft on gun criminals.

4 years ago

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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks after winning the presidential runoff election in São Paulo on Sunday. (Nelson Almeida/AFP / Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

How an ex-president who had been jailed rose back to power over Brazil’s far right

President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made a stunning political comeback by defeating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. But he could face a short honeymoon.

4 years ago

File photo: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and her husband, Paul Pelosi, arrive at the State Department for the Kennedy Center Honors State Department Dinner, on Dec. 7, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf, File)
Politics & Policy

Police: Pelosi suspect wanted to break speaker’s knees

The announcement of the federal charges on Monday came as San Francisco’s district attorney was set to announce state criminal charges as well against David DePape.

4 years ago

File photo: First lady Jill Biden wears a Philadelphia Phillies jersey as she and President Joe Biden walk on the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One, Oct. 23, 2022, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Politics & Policy

Phillies fan Jill Biden to attend World Series game

The White House says Jill Biden will attend Tuesday's game, during which Major League Baseball will honor those affected by cancer.

4 years ago

A voter wrapped in a Brazilian flag arrives to vote in a presidential a run-off pitting President Jair Bolsonaro against former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Politics & Policy

Polls close in Brazil’s polarizing Bolsonaro-Lula contest

The incumbent vows to safeguard conservative Christian values, while the challenger promises to return the country to a more prosperous past.

4 years ago

(Janice Chang/NPR)
NPR
Education

You asked us about Biden’s student debt relief plan. We found the answers

There's been some confusion over what loans – and which borrowers – qualify.

4 years ago

A sign is visible on a sunny day with trees with fall colors in the background.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

Philadelphia mail ballots will be counted by a mix of workers and machines at a Roosevelt Boulevard facility

It’s a different counting location than the one the city used in 2020, when election workers spent days tallying ballots at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City.

4 years ago

Police stand at the top of the closed street outside the home of Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. Paul Pelosi, was attacked and severely beaten by an assailant with a hammer who broke into their San Francisco home early Friday, according to people familiar with the investigation. In the background is the Transamerica Pyramid.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Politics & Policy

Pelosi attack shocks country on edge about democracy threats

A new assessment from the Dept. of Homeland Security and other agencies says extremists, fueled by election falsehoods, “pose a heightened threat" to the upcoming midterms.

4 years ago

File photo: Polling place in Deptford, N.J. on primary election day, June 7, 2022. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

What Google search data says about New Jersey voters ahead of midterm elections

In the last two weeks, wages dominated Google’s ranking of the most searched political topics in New Jersey, only edged out by health care on a few occasions.

4 years ago

A man wearing a Phillies jersey sits at a bar.
Politics & Policy

Philadelphia’s suburbs will be key for Oz and Fetterman. What do voters think about the candidates?

A reporter walks into a church and a bar in Delco on a Sunday. Voters had a lot to say about the U.S. Senate race between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Election 2022: Early voting kicks off in Delaware Friday

Early voting will be open from Friday, Oct. 28 through Sunday, Nov. 6.

4 years ago

A green landscape is visible with a drilling rig in the background.
Politics & Policy
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa.’s natural gas industry set to get billions in state tax credits

Environmental groups criticize the tax credits because they would heavily subsidize natural gas production, a process that emits the potent greenhouse gas methane.

4 years ago

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