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Pennsylvania

Frankie Franceschini, Linda McCarthy, Bonnie Shuman, and Sandy McCarthy (left to right) react as results come in for the 2018 midterm elections November 6th 2018 in Swarthmore, PA. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
The Why
Politics & Policy

Ladies Night

Pennsylvania will send a record-setting four women to Congress next year, up from the current total of zero. Is the "Year of the Woman" here again?

Air Date: November 7, 2018

Listen 12:08
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., gives a victory speech during his election night party in Scranton, Pa., on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (Jake Danna Stevens/The Times-Tribune via AP)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Analysis: Democrats roar in Pennsylvania

Stung by a demoralizing loss in 2016, Pennsylvania Democrats made a comeback in Tuesday’s midterm elections.

7 years ago

(From left) Mary Gay Scanlon, Madeleine Dean, Chrissy Houlahan, and Susan Wild, all Pennsylvania women who won their congressional bids during the 2018-midterm elections (Emily Cohen for WHYY; Matt Rourke/AP Photo; Matt Rourke/AP Photo; Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

All boys club no more: Four women to represent Pa. in Congress

Pennsylvania didn't have a single woman representing the state in Washington. After this Election Day, four will head to Congress.

7 years ago

Listen 4:32
State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown, D-Philadelphia, was convicted Wednesday of violating state conflict of interest laws and accepting bribes. Even so, her name remains on the Tuesday ballot for re-election. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Convicted lawmaker still on Tuesday ballot for Pa. House

Vanessa Lowery Brown, a Philadelphia Democrat, was convicted Wednesday of violating state conflict of interest laws and accepting bribes.

7 years ago

President Donald Trump waves to the cheering crowd as he arrives for a rally, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes Barre, Pa..
The Why
Politics & Policy

For Whom the Bellwether Tolls

Two years ago, voters in Luzerne County, Pa. flipped from blue to red for the first time in decades. What do they think now and what does this mean for the rest of America?

Air Date: November 6, 2018

Listen 12:07
Voters formed a long line in Philadelphia City Hall last week to get their absentee ballots. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Democrats in Pa. request, return more absentee ballots ahead of midterm election

More-than-typical requests for absentee ballots in Pa. ahead of Tuesday’s midterm election indicate heightened interest among members of both parties.

7 years ago

Tom MacArthur (left) an incumbent running for Congress in New Jersey's 3rd District, and Brian Fitzpatrick, an incumbent running for Congress in Pennsylvania's 1st District. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Some Pa., N.J. members of Congress spending $200K or more on ‘franking’

How much or how little members of Congress spend on mailing constituents information or connecting with them electronically varies from $14,000 to more than $300,000.

7 years ago

Listen 5:07
Those signing up for a health care plan in Pennsylvania this year will find new options and  lower priced coverage, but they may end up paying more. (File photo)
Health

Despite arrival of competing plans, some ACA enrollees face higher premiums in region

The open enrollment period for 2019 runs through Dec. 15.

7 years ago

Families arrive for Shabbat morning services at Beth Shalom Synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Community

Jewish nurse: I treated mass shooting suspect out of love

A Jewish nurse who treated the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect says that he saw confusion but not evil in the man's eyes, and that his own actions stemmed from love.

7 years ago

In late August following a prison lockdown, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections halted book donations from organizations as well as inmates’ families and friends Now, the DOC is letting book donation groups communicate with inmates, and family and friends can buy books directly through publishers. (StudioDin/BigStock)
Politics & Policy

After pushback, Pennsylvania changing approach to books in prisons

All the donated and purchased books will be searched for drugs before being delivered to inmates.

7 years ago

People install a solar panel on a roof.
Urban Planning
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Philadelphia plans a massive solar plant in Adams County

The city wants to use energy from the plant to power its operations.

7 years ago

(Bob Bruhin, EOTS Flickr Group)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
PlanPhilly

Inspired by King of Prussia, West Chester ramps up campaign to restore rail service

The committee has spent the last four years figuring out how to restore the Chester County suburb's Regional Rail service, which was cut in 1986

7 years ago

President Donald Trump listens to then-Senate candidate and U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., speak during a rally, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Running hard, Barletta sticks with Trump

conversation with US Senate candidate Lou Barletta

7 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY, file)
Politics & Policy

Is that ‘Voting Behavior Research Document’ in your mailbox legit?

They focus on what they call the “Rising American Electorate” —  unmarried women, people of color, and millennials.

7 years ago

These screen shots of political ads for the 2018 election come from the campaigns for Lou Barletta, Bob Casey, Brian Fitzpatrick and Scott Wallace.
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Political ads aim to steer your emotions. Here’s how they do that

How black-and-white photos, rolled-up sleeves and other political ad tropes are being used this election

7 years ago

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