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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Community

Louisiana group to spend summer in Rehoboth Beach to draw support for their fight against Gulf Coast gas terminals

A Louisiana environmental group will be at Rehoboth Beach all summer to gain support for its fight against natural gas shipping terminals on the Gulf Coast.

4 years ago

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

N.J. Gov. Murphy signs bills protecting abortions for out-of-staters

The legislation moved swiftly in the Democrat-led Legislature, just a week after the Supreme Court's ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.

4 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Under GOP-proposed amendment, the Pa. Constitution would not ensure abortion rights

Any attempt to amend the Pa. constitution bypasses the governor and goes to a referendum, which often passes easily as it draws little attention at the polls.

4 years ago

AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka and United States Olympic gymnast Simone Biles. (Alex Brandon and Natacha Pisarenko/ AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Trumka, Biles, McCain, Giffords

Richard Trumka had been president of the 12.5 million-member AFL-CIO for more than a decade at the time of his August 2021 death.

4 years ago

Delaware Gov. John Carney signs a package of gun safety bills. (Johnny Perez-Gonzalez/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Ban on assault-style weapons gets Del. Gov. John Carney’s signature, along with other gun bills

Anti-gun violence advocates cheered as Gov. John Carney signed a package of six bills designed to reduce the threat of gun violence in Delaware.

4 years ago

New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy (seated) signs the $50.6 billion fiscal year 2023 budget, Thursday, June 30, 2022, in Cranford, N.J. The bill sets aside $2 billion for property tax relief and carries a nearly $7 billion surplus into the new year. Flanking the governor from left to right are state Treasurer Elizabeth Muoio, Assembly member Eliana Pintor Marin, state Senate Majority Leader Teresa Ruiz, Senate President Nicholas Scutari, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin and state Sen. Paul Sarlo. (AP photo/Mike Catalini), (
Politics & Policy

Gov. Murphy signs $50.6 billion budget with property tax relief

The giveback to taxpayers reflects Democrats’ desire to address what they and others call an “affordability crisis” in the state.

4 years ago

Philadelphia School District headquarters
Education
Billy Penn

How Philly schools are funded — property taxes play a huge role — and why state budget negotiations are key

Philadelphia’s school district will spend more than $4 billion this year to educate city kids.

4 years ago

Voters line up to cast their ballots in the 2020 presidential election in Durham, N.C. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a North Carolina redistricting case this fall about how much power state legislatures have over how federal elections are run. (Gerry Broome/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

How the Supreme Court could radically reshape elections for president and Congress

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Thursday that it has agreed to hear a case next term that could upend election laws across the country.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol building
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania to begin fiscal year without a budget

Without new budget legislation signed into law by Friday, the state will lose the authority to make some payments.

4 years ago

The dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol is visible in Harrisburg.
Politics & Policy

Bills limiting LGBTQ instruction, trans athletes pass Pa. Senate

The bills passed nearly along party lines Wednesday and Democrats warned that Gov. Tom Wolf will veto them.

4 years ago

File photo: Philadelphia's Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia, on Jan. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Politics & Policy

House sets up committee to consider Philly DA Krasner’s impeachment

The divided House of Representatives voted Wednesday to establish the five-member Select Committee on Restoring Law and Order.

4 years ago

Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. ((AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Courts & Law

High court noon: Jackson to be sworn in as Breyer retires Thursday

The first Black woman confirmed for the Supreme Court, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is officially becoming a justice.

4 years ago

A view of the State Capitol and
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

New N.J. budget: A look behind the numbers of $50.6B spending proposal

Largest spending plan in state history funds school construction, pension obligations, tax relief — and lawmakers’ pet projects

4 years ago

Kathy Jennings, Delaware’s Attorney General. (Cris Barrish/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Delaware judge overturns Seaford abortion ordinance after state AG sued

A Seaford ordinance that required burial or cremation of fetal tissue following an abortion or miscarriage has been invalidated by a Delaware judge.

4 years ago

New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton
Politics & Policy

N.J. lawmakers are set to vote on state budget, gun reform, and abortion protection. Here’s what you should know

The budget for fiscal year 2023 includes a historic $9 billion surplus.

4 years ago

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