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Government

Bruce Springsteen plays a guitar on stage.
Politics & Policy

N.J. Speaker calls for hearings over ‘exorbitant’ concert ticket prices

It comes after reports that some tickets for an upcoming Bruce Springsteen show sold for more than $4,000.

4 years ago

File photo: Wind turbines are silhouetted against the rising sun Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, near Spearville, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Politics & Policy

Unexpected deal would boost Biden pledge on climate change

The deal stunned lawmakers and activists who had given up hope that legislation could be enacted after West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said he could not support the measure.

4 years ago

Political activist Olivia Julianna, 19, was publicly shamed by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz after the congressman said women who are fat or ugly don't need to worry about getting pregnant or having an abortion. She started raising money for abortion funds across the country after Gaetz attempted to humiliate her, and has since raised over $700,000. (Callaghan O'Hare for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

A Texas teen raises over $700,000 for abortions after Rep. Matt Gaetz mocked her

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz told a crowd in Tampa that "nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb," launching him into an online battle with a teenage activist.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf speaks at a Capitol news conference
Politics & Policy

Wolf sues GOP over abortion amendment, calling it ‘radical’ and improperly passed

Republicans are moving a constitutional amendment that would make it much easier to restrict abortion. Now, Gov. Wolf wants a court to throw it out.

4 years ago

A person holds two signs that say
NPR
Politics & Policy

Corporate landlords used aggressive tactics to push out more tenants than was known

Congress finds four companies appeared to have a strategy to get tenants to leave during the pandemic.

4 years ago

A table full of boxes of mail-in ballots is visible.
Courts & Law

Fate of 800 Pa. mail-in primary votes gets 1st court hearing

A Pa. court is considering the fate of some 800 mail-in primary votes that three county elections boards threw out over the lack of handwritten dates on their envelopes.

4 years ago

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., talks with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., on March 15, 2022. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

After spiking earlier talks, Manchin agrees to a new deal on climate and taxes

The agreement is a major reversal for Democrats who had narrowed their ambitions for the package.

4 years ago

A closeup of detailing on Philly row houses
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Many still facing property tax hike, despite Philly’s revised homestead program

The homestead exemption increases to $80,000, but not everyone will benefit the same. Over 130,000 property owners are still slated to pay more in property taxes.

4 years ago

Ayinde Merrill (second from the left) said he met with Gov. Phil Murphy in 2019. Also pictured Camile Wilson (left), Gov. Murphy (second to right), and Reet Starwind (right). (Courtesy Ayinde Merrill)
Politics & Policy

Camden activists label $200 million in new state aid the ‘bare minimum’ of need

Murphy said the money would be used to create affordable housing and enhance policing efforts, among a dozen more initiatives.

4 years ago

Doug Mastriano speaks in front of an image of the American flag and PA written in the background.
Politics & Policy

As the GOP openly backs Mastriano, Jewish Dems tell them ‘there’s no coming back from this’

Gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano has personal and financial ties to spreaders of antisemitic rhetoric. Democrats want voters to know it.

4 years ago

A general view of the Pennsylvania Judicial Center
Education

What kind of education does Pa. owe its public school students? A judge will now decide

For eight years, parents, school districts, and advocates have been trying to prove Pa. funds its schools unfairly. Now it’s up to a Commonwealth Court judge to decide.

4 years ago

In this image from a Washington Metropolitan Police Department officer's body-worn video camera, and contained in the statement of facts supporting an arrest warrant for Mark Ponder, Ponder strikes an officer with a pole on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (Department of Justice via AP)
Courts & Law

Man’s 63-month prison term matches longest for Capitol riot

Ponder, a 56-year-old resident of Washington, D.C., asked the judge for mercy before she sentenced him to five years and three months in prison.

4 years ago

In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., speaks at a candidates forum in Tarentum, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Politics & Policy

Rep. Glenn Thompson says no to gay marriage, attends son’s same-sex wedding

Thompson's office says he and his wife are “very happy to welcome their new son-in-law into their family.”

4 years ago

Indicted Delaware auditor Kathy McGuiness (left) leaves Monday's abbreviated court session with defense lawyers Dean Elwell, Steve Wood and Chelsea Botsch.
Politics & Policy

Delaware House speaker calls Senate effort to oust state auditor ‘political theater,’ says his chamber won’t play along

The Senate’s vote started a lengthy process to ask the governor to remove the auditor for committing three misdemeanors. But the House speaker shut it down.

4 years ago

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2022.
Politics & Policy

What Jan. 6 probe revealed: Takeaways from summer hearings

The House committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021 has shown how the deadly Capitol attack was sparked when the incumbent president, Donald Trump, refused to cede the election.

4 years ago

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