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The Pennsylvania Capitol is shown in Harrisburg, Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021.
Politics & Policy

Wolf, lawmakers launch Pa. budget season with billions to spend

It is a particularly unusual spot for a state that has been largely mired in deficits since the Great Recession and is struggling with a shrinking workforce.

4 years ago

President Joe Biden speaks at a podium.
Politics & Policy
6abc

President Biden to visit Philadelphia on Tuesday, speaking at AFL-CIO convention

The convention brings 57 unions together to debate, vote on resolutions and chart the course for the labor movement's future.

4 years ago

Delaware State Capitol Building in Dover. (Paul Brady/Bigstock)
Politics & Policy

‘We don’t want mass shootings.’ Delaware poised to enact gun control package, including assault-style weapons ban

The package of gun bills has the support of leadership in the Democrat-controlled House and Senate, and Gov. John Carney.

4 years ago

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., listens as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds its first public hearing to reveal the findings of a year-long investigation, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Washington.
Courts & Law

Jan. 6 panel says evidence it gathered enough to indict Trump

Rep. Adam Schiff says the department should be investigating “any credible allegation of criminal activity" by Trump, which he and the committee think there are.

4 years ago

Burlington County's Human Services Building in Westampton, N.J.
Politics & Policy

Council to advise Burlington Co. on how to spend J&J settlement

Burlington Co. is set to receive $13.6 million from N.J.’s share of the Johnson & Johnson opioid settlement. An advisory council will tell them how to spend it.

4 years ago

A closeup of City Hall
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Legislative effort to rehire retired Philly police officers is on ice

Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration could take action on its own, but it’s unclear if or when that might happen.

4 years ago

View of an empty shelf in a grocery store where usually baby formula products are available.
Politics & Policy

New baby formula plant gets another $8 million from Pa.

The new funding comes amid a nationwide shortage of infant formula.

4 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw (left) briefly joined council member Kenyatta Johnson (center), other lawmakers and activists at a meeting to talk about solutions to gun violence in the city on June 9, 2022. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Gun violence activists, city officials brainstorm a way forward on gun violence prevention

In the spirit of collaboration, gun violence activists met with city leaders and law enforcement Thursday to share ideas for confronting the crisis.

4 years ago

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Ryan Kelly, a Republican candidate for governor, attends a rally in support of First Amendment rights and to protest against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, outside the Michigan State Capitol in Lansing, Mich., on May 15, 2021. (Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Courts & Law

Michigan candidate for governor, Ryan Kelley, arrested by FBI for Jan. 6 involvement

He's one of a few remaining GOP candidates running for governor in Michigan who hasn't been accused of signature fraud.

4 years ago

The top of the Pa. State Capitol building
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. is sitting on billions in stimulus money. Lawmakers may actually agree on a plan to spend some of it

With the June 30 deadline to pass a budget approaching, Republican lawmakers who had previously shunned additional spending seem to be warming to the idea.

4 years ago

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy speaks in front of an American flag.
Politics & Policy

N.J. Gov. Murphy addresses midterm primaries, political reform on monthly show

The governor defended his support of Rob Menendez, son of New Jersey’s senior U.S. senator and a primary process that inhibits incumbent challenges.

4 years ago

Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidates David McCormick (left) and Mehmet Oz during campaign appearances in May 2022 in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/File)
Politics & Policy

Oz wins GOP Senate primary recount ahead of showdown with Fetterman

The state revealed the results of the recount Wednesday, which determined that Oz had beaten David McCormick by 951 votes out of more than 1.3 million cast.

4 years ago

Donald Trump, left, his son Donald Trump Jr., center, and his daughter Ivanka
Courts & Law

Trump set to undergo questioning in July in NY civil probe

Former President Donald Trump, his namesake son and his daughter Ivanka have agreed to answer questions under oath next month.

4 years ago

People dance in Detroit as the sun sets behind the skyline in November 2020. (David Goldman/AP Photo)
Community
Billy Penn

What can Philly learn from Detroit? Local leaders are heading to the Midwest to find out

The two cities have a lot in common, so organizers say this year’s GPLEX conference has a ton of potential.

4 years ago

Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh stands during a group photo at the Supreme Court in Washington last year. (Erin Schaff/AP)
NPR
Courts & Law

Police arrest an armed man outside Justice Kavanaugh’s house

An armed man arrested near Kavanaugh's home was charged with "attempts to kidnap or murder, or threatens to assault, kidnap or murder" the justice.

4 years ago

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