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Law

 Bensalem Mayor Joe DiGirolamo (left)announces that the township will sue pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid epidemic. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Money

Bensalem targets Big Pharma with suit to recover millions it’s spent dealing with opioid crisis

Bensalem is poised to become the first local government in Pennsylvania to sue pharmaceutical companies in an effort to recover ...

8 years ago

 Black Lives Matter protesters disrupt a City Council hearing over the death of David Jones. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Courts & Law

After protest at home of Philly cop who killed suspect, union to challenge identifying police in shootings

Normally, the loudest noise you might hear on Ryan Pownall’s sleepy Northeast Philadelphia block is the occasional roar of a lawnmower. ...

8 years ago

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 In this Jan. 26, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is joined by Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio at a campaign event in Marshalltown, Iowa. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
National Interest
Politics & Policy

Trump’s craven Joe Apraio pardon, translated

On Friday night Trump pardoned Joe Apraio, the racist Arizona sheriff whose “pervasive culture of disriminatory bias against Latino ...

8 years ago

Protesters gather at City Hall in support of undocumented immigrants. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Trump expected to decide soon on fate of young immigrants

After months of delays, President Donald Trump is expected to decide soon on the fate of young immigrants who were brought into the count ...

8 years ago

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

What will the House do? It’s Pennsylvania’s $2B question

The question of what Pennsylvania’s House Republican majority will do about a $2.2 billion hole in the state budget is sending ripp ...

8 years ago

 Andrew Wisniewski, an operations manager for Smart Start of Maryland, demonstrates how an ignition interlock device works on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016 in Annapolis, Maryland. The devices are put in cars to stop drunk drivers from operating their vehicles. (Brian Witte/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

New Pa. DUI law increases penalties on first-time offenders

A new Pennsylvania law going into effect Friday aims to cut down on drunken driving by requiring first-time offenders to have Breathalyze ...

8 years ago

 Player matchups are shown on the screen of a computer laptop in Atlantic City, New Jersey, shortly after Resorts Casino Hotel became the first New Jersey casino to launch a daily fantasy sports site. The casino hopes to attract new customers who otherwise wouldn't patronize a casino. (AP Photo/Wayne Parr
Courts & Law

Christie signs bill to regulate, tax daily fantasy sports

New Jersey Republican Gov. Chris Christie has signed into law a measure to regulate and tax daily fantasy sports. The law imposes ...

8 years ago

First
Politics & Policy

First Person: U.S. Senator Chris Coons

From the President’s new plan on Afghanistan to his latest address to the nation, Coons shares his thoughts on the President and hi ...

8 years ago

 Artists work on the mural at Feltonville Recreation Center. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly mural artists seek employment after spending time in custody

Some ex-offenders and men and women on work release are teaming up to paint a mural in Philadelphia’s Feltonville neighborhood. &nb ...

8 years ago

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Berks County Residential Center. Oct. 6, 2016. (Laura Benshoff/WHYY)
Courts & Law

After immigration judge frees kids from 22-month detention, ICE fights to bring them back

On a video-conferencing screen at an immigration court in York County Prison, a 4-year-old boy appears, sitting in a white plastic chair ...

8 years ago

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Activists block a street as police officers look on during an immigration protest outside of a detention center, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Elizabeth, N.J. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Immigration crackdown reaches deep into New Jersey communities

New data reveals that more than 90 percent of the state’s municipalities have cases pending in immigration court, the fifth-largest cas ...

8 years ago

 Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski arrives at the federal building in Philadelphia, Thursday, July 27, 2017. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Allentown council amplifies efforts to oust indicted mayor

The city council in Allentown, Pennsylvania, is taking additional steps to remove its indicted mayor from office. Federal authorit ...

8 years ago

Trenton state Capitol building. (WHYY file photo)
Politics & Policy

‘Millionaire’s tax’ likely to pass, if Dems hold Legislature and win gov’s race

Political analysts believe it’s likely Democratic gubernatorial nominee Phil Murphy’s proposed tax increases will be approved ...

8 years ago

 McKeesport is one of few municipalities that have used Act 12, a law that offers a different way to privatize water systems in Pennsylvania. (Image courtesy of the Municipal Authority of the City of McKeesport website)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Act 12, explained: Customers more likely to see rates rise with Pa.’s new water privatization process

Pennsylvania is already known among water companies and their shareholders as being a good state for doing business. And now, it ...

8 years ago

 David Desper, 28, of Trainer, Pa., and the truck he was driving during the shooting (West Goshen PD)
Courts & Law

Suspect in fatal Pa. road rage shooting waives preliminary hearing

A man charged with fatally shooting a recent high school graduate in the head during a road rage confrontation waived his preliminary cou ...

8 years ago

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