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Government

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney at City Council. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Philly mayor undergoes medical procedure

City officials said they do not expect the situation to require anyone to take over the mayor’s duties.

4 years ago

FILE - Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., speaks before President Joe Biden signs the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill into law during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on Nov. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
Politics & Policy

Last straw: Fed-up Arizona Democrats censure Sen. Sinema

Sinema is growing increasingly isolated from some of her party’s most influential officials and donors after helping to scuttle voting rights legislation

4 years ago

Zoë Patchell of the Delaware Advocacy Cannabis Network hopes lawmakers ''finally listen to the majority of their constituents.'' (Courtesy of Zoë Patchell)
Politics & Policy

Advocates for recreational marijuana in Delaware ‘optimistic’ this is the year

Gov. Carney opposes legalization but if the bill receives the required three-fifths majority to pass, that would be enough to override a veto.

4 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to a reporter at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)
Politics & Policy

McConnell responds to uproar over comment about Black voters

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the criticism he received over a comment made about African American voters is outrageous and offensive.

4 years ago

A worker processes mail-in ballots at the Cumberland County Bureau of Elections on Nov. 4, 2020. (Cumberland County Bureau of Elections)
Politics & Policy
WITF

Election experts say Pennsylvania’s voting process is well-protected from ballot tampering

State election law and Dept. of State guidance show ballots are counted and re-counted, a process that's open to a representative for each candidate and party.

4 years ago

Pharmacist Kenni Clark prepares a booster dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at City of Lawrence's
Health

Philly delays vaccine mandate for city workers (again) due to union disputes

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has indefinitely postponed the vaccine mandate for the city’s unionized employees.

4 years ago

People attend the March for Life rally on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. The March for Life, for decades an annual protest against abortion, arrives this year as the Supreme Court has indicated it will allow states to impose tighter restrictions on abortion with a ruling in the coming months. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Courts & Law

Anti-abortion protesters optimistic at March for Life in DC

Thousands of anti-abortion protesters marched in the nation’s capital with a growing sense of optimism about the prospects this year of a sweeping rollback of abortion rights.

4 years ago

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus October 14, 2021 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Federal court blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal workers

A federal judge in Texas has blocked President Biden's vaccine mandate for federal workers nationwide. The requirement had been in place since November.

4 years ago

A United States government website is displayed on a computer, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, in Walpole, Mass., that features a page where people can order free, at-home COVID-19 tests. The website, COVIDTests.gov, allows people to order four at-home tests per residence and have them delivered by mail
NPR
Health

There’s now a phone line to order your free at-home COVID tests

The phone number — 1-800-232-0233 — follows the launch earlier this week of a federal website to order the tests.

4 years ago

State Rep. Gerald Brady (D-Wilmington) sent a racial slur referring to Chinese women in an email from his official legislative account. (Rep. Brady/Facebook)
Politics & Policy

Delaware State Rep. Gerald Brady will resign after sending racist, sexist email

State Rep. Gerald Brady will step down Feb. 4 more than six months after using anti-Asian language in an email.

4 years ago

ICE Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, David Marin and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Fugitive Operations team arrest a Mexican national at a home in Paramount, California, U.S., March 1, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden’s limits on ICE offered hope. But immigrant advocates say he’s broken promises

4 years ago

Studio shot of white grey ferret isolated over white background
The Pulse
Health

Unusual Pets

Americans love their pets — as many as seven out of 10 households are home to cats, dogs, birds… or more unusual animal choices. ...

Air Date: January 21, 2022

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(Left to right) Camden City Councilmembers Marilyn Torres, Felisha Reyes-Morton, and Shaneka Boucher link arms
Politics & Policy

Fighting to be ‘an independent voice’ in Camden politics: Behind the #IMWITHER coalition

The inside story of three women who’ve formed a coalition on Camden City Council to challenge the South Jersey Democratic machine — and what’s at stake for the city.

4 years ago

Governor Tom Wolf
Community

Gov. Wolf announces $15M for gun violence prevention to fund community programs

Pennsylvania is using federal stimulus funding to put another $15 million dollars toward violence intervention and prevention programs.

4 years ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Bobby Henon. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

How will Bobby Henon be replaced? There’ll be a special election, and ward leaders get to pick the nominees

The timing is up to Council President Clarke.

4 years ago

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