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Government

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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

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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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Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. election 2022: Where governor candidates Mastriano and Shapiro stand on mail ballots, election security, and voting rights

Election administration is especially important in the 2022 race for Pennsylvania governor.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy
WITF

Bill to simplify medical insurance in Pennsylvania heads to Gov. Wolf’s desk

The measure aims to help doctors get insurance approval to treat patients.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy

‘Trend that Jawn’ highlights political issues that matter to young Philadelphians: ‘I can’t just not do anything’

According to the Pew Research Center, Gen Z voters made up 8% of the electorate during the 2020 presidential election, while millennials and Gen Xers made up 47%.

4 years ago

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U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (left.) and Republican challenger Lee Murphy.
Politics & Policy

Race to watch: Delaware’s U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester faces GOP challenger Lee Murphy, in rerun of 2020

Murphy, for the third time, is running to replace Lisa Blunt Rochester as Delaware’s lone representative in the U.S. House.

4 years ago

Listen 1:36
DA Larry Krasner speaks outside of the State Capitol in Harrisburg.
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

House Republicans officially introduce articles of impeachment against DA Krasner

The resolution pushing for his removal didn’t come from the committee investigating the district attorney, but from Philly Rep. Martina White.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson leaves Federal Court after the judge in his bribery trial declared a mistrial, following the jury's failure to reach a unanimous verdict on the charges. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law
Billy Penn

As Kenyatta Johnson’s retrial comes to a close, some constituents say they’d vote to reelect him — whether or not they think he’s guilty

Kenyatta Johnson, the District 2 council member who represents part of South Philadelphia, is facing federal bribery charges.

4 years ago

Undergraduate students in Rob McMonagle’s State and Local Government class at Neumann University in Delaware County, Pa., organized a debate watch party at a residence hall lounge on campus to watch the debate between U.S. Senate candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman on Oct. 25, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Education

College students on Fetterman-Oz debate: ‘I don’t feel like they were talking to us’

Students at Neumann University, in Delaware County, gathered for a debate watch and discussion Tuesday night. Ultimately, most felt neither candidate was speaking to them.

4 years ago

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Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (left) and Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Politics & Policy

Fetterman faces Oz at Senate debate 5 months after stroke

In the opening minutes of the Tuesday debate, Fetterman addressed what he called the “elephant in the room": the stroke he suffered five months ago.

4 years ago

File photo: Election worker Monica Ging processes a ballot for Pennsylvania's primaries this month at the Chester County Voter Services office in West Chester, Pa. (Matt Slocum/AP)
Courts & Law

Justices to sort out if mail-in ballot envelopes need dates

The brief filed with the state Supreme Court on Tuesday says that's partially because the Legislature in 1968 acted to deemphasize the importance of dates on envelopes.

4 years ago

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