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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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Rep. Mike Doyle
Politics & Policy

Doyle, Pennsylvania congressional delegation dean, to retire

The 68-year-old Doyle was first elected in 1994. His district includes all of Pittsburgh and some of its increasingly leftward-leaning suburbs.

5 years ago

David W.C. MacMillan, one of two winners of the Nobel Prize for chemistry, smiles as he is interviewed outside the Frick Chemistry Laboratory and Department of Chemistry at Princeton University, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, in Princeton, N.J. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 10/18/21

A Nobel Prize winner joins us. And, what does the American Heart Association have to say about salt and aspirin?

Air Date: October 18, 2021 10:00 am

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OTANGE CA OCTOBER 17, 2021 - Former President Bill Clinton, standing with his wife, Hillary, and doctors, was discharged from UC Irvine Medical Center Sunday morning, six days after he was admitted and treated for a urological and blood infection. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Former President Bill Clinton released from the hospital

Clinton, 75, had been hospitalized at the UC Irvine Medical Center since Tuesday for a "non-COVID-related infection."

5 years ago

Tamanend Middle School in Warrington, Pa., Bucks County (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Pa. school boards leave national group after it asks Biden for help with violence threats

The decision comes after the National School Boards Association sent a letter to President Biden asking for federal assistance responding to threats against school officials.

5 years ago

Kathy McGuiness (left) and AG Kathy Jennings
Courts & Law

Indicted Delaware auditor accuses attorney general of violating her right to fair trial

Kathy McGuiness faces felony charges for abuse of her office. She says AG Kathy Jennings had no right to tell the public she would not answer investigators’ questions.

5 years ago

SAN PABLO, CA -  APRIL 24: Dr. Melina Beaton wears full personal protective equipment while administering a swab test on a patient at a walk-up coronavirus testing site at West County Health Center in San Pablo, Calif. Friday, April 24, 2020. California Governor Gavin Newsom says the state will need to test 60,000 to 80,000 each day in order to safely reopen society, with essential workers being tested more frequently than others. The state plans to open 86 new testing sites in
NPR
Health

The federal government pledges $100 million to address health care worker shortages

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is now committing $100 million through the American Rescue Plan to help solve the problem.

5 years ago

Election workers, left, check in voters before they cast their ballots in the Pennsylvania primary in Philadelphia
Politics & Policy

Time is running out for Pennsylvanians to apply for a mail ballot in the general election

Acting Secretary of State Veronica Degraffenreid says voters who choose to vote by mail should submit their application as soon as possible.

5 years ago

The exterior of the Pennsylvania Capitol
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. lawmakers hand out millions in public contracts to law firms that fill their campaign coffers

The mutually beneficial system, entirely legal, enriches the campaigns of Pa. lawmakers, who in turn hire firms for all types of legal matters — and all paid for by taxpayers.

5 years ago

Delaware County Courthouse (Google Maps)
Health

Delco Council to vote on establishment of health department — pending state approval in January 2022

Delco’s health department could be created this month, but it won’t have any power until the Pennsylvania Department of Health gives the final stamp of approval.

5 years ago

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 06: A view of the U.S. Capitol at dawn on Wednesday morning October 6, 2021 in Washington, DC
NPR
Politics & Policy

The House passes a short-term fix to the looming debt ceiling crisis

The bill heads off fiscal calamity and puts an end — for now — to tense negotiations over the federal debt limit.

5 years ago

Delaware State Auditor Kathleen McGuiness
Courts & Law
6abc

Delaware State Auditor Kathleen McGuiness accused of nepotism, fraud, witness intimidation

A Delaware official has been indicted by a grand jury for offenses that the state AG said represented a "clear and disturbing pattern of behavior."

5 years ago

Protesters storm the Capitol on Jan. 6. (John Minchillo/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

The White House authorizes the National Archives to share documents with Jan. 6 panel

President Biden determined that asserting executive privilege was "not warranted" for the first set of documents gathered by the archives.

5 years ago

A man pulls up to drop off mail at the mailboxes at the Portland Post Office
NPR
Politics & Policy

The Postal Service is slowing the mail to save money. Critics say it’s a death spiral

As of Oct. 1, some first-class mail has been delivered more slowly. Some say between that and recent price increases, it spells trouble for the agency.

5 years ago

City Hall is pictured from afar
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Everything you need to know about Philly City Council redistricting

The process was notoriously fraught in 2001, and the end result was considered a gerrymander. This year, onlookers are not expecting fireworks, but have concerns.

5 years ago

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks to a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in Washington
Politics & Policy

Senate dodges U.S. debt disaster, voting to extend borrowing

The Senate has dodged a U.S. debt disaster by approving legislation to lift the federal limit on new borrowing by nearly a half-trillion dollars.

5 years ago

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