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Plastic trash is deposited at the high tide line at Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, where local merchants are banned from using plastic straws, styrofoam food containers, and plastic bags. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Monmouth Beach ban on plastics — most comprehensive in N.J. — off to smooth start

Merchants say there's been a period of adjustment since the ban started June 1, but most customers are taking it in stride.

8 years ago

Listen 5:53
Taney Street is named for the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who wrote the infamous Dred Scott decision. (Google Maps)
PlanPhilly
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PlanPhilly

A renewed push to give Taney Street a different name

Taney Street is named after Roger B. Taney, fifth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and author of what is arguably its most infamous decision, Dred Scott v. Sanford.

8 years ago

A 2016 file photo of the Federal Election Commission's headquarters in Washington, D.C. The campaign finance agency is considering new disclosure rules for online political ads. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
NPR
Money

As secret money surges in elections, the FEC considers a small step for transparency

When it comes to transparency for political money there are three buckets: fully disclosed, partly disclosed and not disclosed at all.

8 years ago

A proposed constitutional amendment in Delaware seeks to safeguard the
Education

Transgender rights battle spurs Delaware GOP to seek Constitutional amendment for ‘parental rights’

Gov. John Carney’s attempts to create an anti-bias policy in Delaware schools that would protect all children, especially transgender o ...

8 years ago

(Bigstock)
Courts & Law

Fireworks are (mostly) legal now in the tri-state area. Here’s what you need to know.

Over the last year, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware have all relaxed their consumer fireworks laws.

8 years ago

A senior citizen's group called The Old Farts were arrested in front of Philadelphia’s ICE headquarters Friday morning in protest of the Trump administration’s family separation policy. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

‘Old Farts’ group protest results in arrest of six at ICE in Philadelphia

A group of elderly protestors blocked the ICE office in Philadelphia this morning. A half dozen decided to be arrested instead of moving.

8 years ago

Philadelphia Senator Anthony Williams, Governor Tom Wolf, and Philadelphia Representative Jordan Harris pose for pictures after signing the Clean Slate bill. (Katie Meyer/WITF)
Politics & Policy

Wolf signs law to seal certain Pa. criminal records

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a bill to wipe clean criminal records for certain low-level offenders if they go a decade without any other convictions.

8 years ago

Budynek Sądu Najwyższego w Waszyngtonie fot.Michael Reynolds/EPA
Radio Times
Courts & Law

The Supreme Court: Kennedy’s retirement and recent rulings

Guests: Lisa Tucker, David Rudovsky Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced this week that he would be re ...

Air Date: June 29, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 48:56
Children and workers are seen at a tent encampment last week n Tornillo, Texas. The Trump administration was using the tent facility to house immigrant children separated from their parents. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Community

As federal court mandates migrant family reunification, Pa. lawyer questions process

For children under 5, the court has ordered reunification within 14 days. How to do so remains a mystery, says a Pennsylvania attorney representing 11 of the migrant kids.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight
Community

NewsWorks Tonight, June 25, 2018

A Philadelphia judge has sentenced two brothers to life in prison without parole for fatally shooting a police officer in 2015. Two Cong ...

Air Date: June 25, 2018

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House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is trying to unite his conference around a compromise immigration bill. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

House GOP leaders delay vote on compromise immigration bill

The vote on that bill is now scheduled for Friday morning.

8 years ago

Image courtesy of the New Jersey Office of Attorney General.
Down the Shore
Courts & Law

4 more charged with Sandy fraud

New Jersey authorities announced Wednesday criminal charges against four more people for allegedly filing fraudulent federal Superstorm Sandy relief fund applications.

8 years ago

Forty percent of Philadelphians — many of them with lower incomes — drink bottled water at home, so a coalition is promoting tap water to residents. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

New Jersey water providers may have to document what pipes have lead

A bill advanced by an Assembly committee would require public water systems to submit a list of lead service lines in their distribution system to the DEP.

8 years ago

A bill moving through the Delaware General Assembly would give the state broader powers to suspend or revoke a teacher's license when sexual offenses or other serious miscondcut is alleged. (bigstockphoto.com)
Education

Bill would help Delaware suspend teachers who pose ‘clear danger’ to students

A vote is anticipated by the end of the legislative session on June 30.

8 years ago

AP photo.
Down the Shore
Community

Poll: 75% support smoking, vaping ban on N.J. beaches

That number hasn't changed since 2016 when the same question was asked.

8 years ago

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