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New Jersey's aid-in-dying legislation for terminally ill patients takes effect August 1. (Bigstock)
Health

N.J. terminally ill patients can now legally end their lives with medical help

New Jersey is now the eighth state, plus the District of Columbia, to allow terminally ill patients to acquire lethal medication to end their lives.

7 years ago

In this Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, photo, job seekers wait in line at a job fair (Alan Diaz/AP Photo)
Money

New Jersey bans employers from requiring salary history from applicants

People seeking jobs in New Jersey will no longer be required to divulge their salary history during the application process.

7 years ago

Special counsel Robert Mueller makes a statement about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election at the Justice Department on May 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. Photo by Olivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Mueller’s testimony: a preview

Ahead of Wednesday’s testimony, we'll get up to speed on what Congress has been doing since the release of the report and what line of questioning Democrats plan to pursue.

Air Date: July 23, 2019 10:00 am

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With tear-filled eyes, Mothers in Charge Executive Director Dorothy Johnson-Speight joins Pennsylvania Attorney Genteral Josh Shapiro to announce grant funding for Operation LIPSTICK, aimed at educating women about the dangers of straw purchases. Johnson-Speight's son was killed with a gun purchased by the shooter's girlfriend
Courts & Law

Pa. initiative targets the biggest pipeline for illegal guns — women

Attorney General Josh Shapiro is teaming up with anti-violence groups to educate women about the risks of buying a gun for someone else.

7 years ago

The exterior of the state Capitol building
Politics & Policy

Bipartisan pair looks to take Pa. Clean Slate a step further

Philadelphia Democrat Sharif Street and Beaver County Republican Camera Bartolotta think the new law should go a little further.

7 years ago

While New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, (left), speaks, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal looks on after a bill signing ceremony in Berkeley Heights, N.J., Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Murphy has signed a measure aimed at making so-called smart guns available in the state. He also signed three other measures aimed at reining in gun violence. (Seth Wenig/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Murphy signs latest batch of N.J. laws aimed at gun control

New Jersey has some of the strictest gun laws in the U.S. On Tuesday, Gov. Murphy signed measures aimed at reducing gun suicides and restricting gun sales.

7 years ago

In this Friday, April 5, 2019, file photo, a protester gathers containers that look like OxyContin bottles at an anti-opioid demonstration in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy
NJ Spotlight

Signing three bills, Murphy adds weapons to war against addiction

The new measures boost awareness of opioid misuse, add warning labels on medicine bottles containing opiates, and write MAT into law in New Jersey.

7 years ago

Keith and Keren Byrne are pictured with their youngest child. (Courtesy of Keren Byrne)
Courts & Law

ICE to deport Irish father-of-three after a decade in Montco

Keith Byrne has lived in Pennsylvania for more than a decade and could be deported any minute. He’s one of an estimated 50,000 unauthorized Irish immigrants in the U.S.

7 years ago

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Martha Stringer holds a photo of her daughter, Kim, from when she was in high school. Kim is 27 now. (Brett Sholtis/WITF)
Health

Praying for involuntary commitment: One family struggles to help their bipolar daughter

On a rainy day in June, Kim stood in her house in Levittown. The room was unlit, smelled of rotting food and was cluttered with things Kim had collected.

7 years ago

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Gov. Murphy signs bill limiting solitary confinement in N.J. prisons and jails

The new law exempts certain “vulnerable” inmates from being kept in isolation and lessens use of the practice on prisoners for whom it is deemed necessary.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro (left) and Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

AG Shapiro distances himself from bill to override Philly DA Krasner on gun crimes

Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro pledged to continue collaborating with his Philadelphia counterpart to stem the rising tide of gun violence in the city.

7 years ago

Buses arrive at South Boston High School, Jan. 8, 1975. Police were on hand to provide protection as black students arrived. (AP Photo)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

The legacy of busing

We discuss Vice President Joe Biden's record on busing and desegregation in schools and whether the policy has achieved racial integration in schools across the country.

Air Date: July 3, 2019 10:00 am

Listen 48:58
Personal online security and password encryption data transfer as an internet secure technology for private information in the dark web transfer in a 3D illustration style.
Politics & Policy

What’s your data worth to Big Tech? Bill would compel answer

As Congress bears down on big tech, two senators want to force giants like Google, Facebook and Amazon to tell users what data they're collecting and how much its worth.

7 years ago

Los Angeles artist Erik Brunetti, the founder of the streetwear clothing company
NPR
Courts & Law

Supreme Court strikes down ban on trademarking ‘immoral,’ ‘scandalous’ words, symbols

In a win for advocates of free speech, the Supreme Court struck down a ban on trademarking words and symbols that are "immoral" or "scandalous."

7 years ago

In this Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, gun silencers are on display at the Sig Sauer booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas. Gun silencers like the one used in a recent lethal shooting in Virginia Beach would be banned under legislation that U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey introduced Friday, June 21, 2019. (John Locher/AP Photo, File)
Politics & Policy

Gun silencers would be barred under new federal legislation

New Jersey already bans silencers, but they're lawful in many other states, including neighboring Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

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