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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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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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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf answers questions from the press. (Governor Wolf/flickr)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Wolf budget gives huge boost to schools in Philly, Allentown, Reading and other cities

The biggest winners in terms of per-pupil funding would be York City, Allentown, Reading, Pottstown, Scranton, and Norristown.

6 years ago

Registered nurse Pat DeHorsey vaccinates Cornelia Lavong at a county run clinic
Health

Montco officials bemoan vaccine supply, ‘line-jumpers’ as Pa. urges patience

Montgomery County officials on Wednesday asked for the public’s patience as it continues to administer COVID-19 vaccines to residents who are eligible under Phase 1A.

6 years ago

An aerial view of lawmakers in Pennsylvania's Capitol
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. enacted 140 laws last year. Only 27 of them addressed the coronavirus

The nation’s largest full-time legislature — with some of the highest-paid lawmakers — emerged from 2020 having failed to address some of the public’s most pressing needs.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Wolf pitches massive attempt to fix Pa. school funding inequities with income tax hike

Wolf’s fiscal plan is winning him plaudits from education advocates but few friends in the GOP-controlled legislature, who see a tax increase as a “non-starter.”

6 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf addresses the media while wearing a face mask
Politics & Policy

Wolf seeks big increase in Pa. school funding, tax increase

Under the plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1, Wolf will ask the Republican-controlled Legislature for what could approach $2 billion extra for public schools.

6 years ago

Groundhog Club co-handler Al Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil
Weather

A gloomy Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil says more winter

Punxsutawney Phil has emerged from his burrow to forecast there will be six more weeks of winter.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania State Capitol building
Politics & Policy

Proposed constitutional amendment threatens independence of Pa. appellate courts

Deborah Gross, president and CEO of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, and Lauren P. McKenna, chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association, argue that House Bill 38 threatens

6 years ago

Trump supporters participate in a rally ahead of a violent insurrection at the Capitol building
Courts & Law

Bucks County man charged with assaulting officer at US Capitol

According to the criminal complaint, the injured officer was treated for a concussion.

6 years ago

Bruce Castor
Politics & Policy

A primer on Pa.’s Bruce Castor, who Trump tapped to co-lead his impeachment defense

Castor once pledged not to prosecute Bill Cosby and had a brief stint as state attorney general after Kathleen Kane was convicted of multiple felonies.

6 years ago

Clouds are lit by the rising sun over St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church in Philadelphia.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Survivors react to Pa’s botched sexual abuse amendment: ‘You’ve got to be kidding me’

Department of State Secretary Kathy Boockvar is resigning over a public notice error. Supporters of the amendment across the political spectrum are scrambling.

6 years ago

Listen 5:54
Sandra Huffman, shown here at her home in East Greenville, Pa.
Community
Spotlight PA

Stress, delays, and confusion still plague jobless in Pa., and January brought little relief

Pandemic unemployment benefits are a lifeline for over 400,000 in Pa. who don’t qualify for traditional unemployment. But payments stalled this year and people are struggling.

6 years ago

Former Montgomery County District Attorney Bruce L. Castor Jr
Politics & Policy

Former Montco DA to lead Trump’s defense team in impeachment trial

Castor served as the District Attorney in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, from 2000 to 2008.

6 years ago

A PennDOT snowplow train works to clear I-91 during a blizzard
Weather
WITF

PennDOT urges motorists to stay off the roads ahead of storm

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is advising motorists to delay unnecessary travel during the storm.

6 years ago

Registered nurse Laura Moore, left, swabs Andry Laurens during testing for COVID-19 in Mifflin Square Park
Health

Why vital regional COVID race and ethnicity data is still MIA nearly a year into the pandemic

The consequences could be serious, experts said: Potentially wider disparities could go unnoticed, and efforts to address them go unplanned.

6 years ago

(Jose F. Moreno/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Health
Spotlight PA

Confronted with significant flaws in coronavirus data, Pa. corrections officials concede ‘it’s unacceptable’

A five-month analysis by Spotlight PA found large fluctuations in the number of tests administered and unexplained changes to the death count.

6 years ago

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