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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.
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Each week, Tiny Desk Radio hosts Bobby Carter and Anamaria Sayre present three Tiny Desk concerts and share how these memorable (and sometimes viral) moments came together. You'll hear world-class musicians from the worlds of pop, jazz, classical, Americana, hip-hop, R&B and more stripping down their sound for a concert series that's unlike anything else on the internet — or the radio.

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Pennsylvania

Voting machines at the Office of the City Commissioner's warehouse (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Controversy swirls around new Philadelphia city voting system

Philadelphia election officials are about to select a new voting system, and critics say they’ve tilted the process toward one high-priced bidder.

7 years ago

A menorah is installed outside the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on the first night of Hanukkah.The synagogue was the site of a mass shooting in October. It was one of a number of tragedies and revelations that made 2018 a difficult year for the city of Pittsburgh. (Gene J. Puskar/AP Photo)
Courts & Law

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect pleads not guilty

His new lawyer — a prominent death penalty litigator who represented one of the Boston Marathon bombers — signaled he might be open to a plea deal.

7 years ago

Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf delivers his budget address for the 2019-20 fiscal year to a joint session of the Pennsylvania House and Senate in Harrisburg, Pa., Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Under Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan, one Pa. school district would receive $693,000 to raise teacher salaries

In a searchable database, you can see how much your school district would receive.

7 years ago

Frank Menendez, 54, of Long Island, New York, joined the NRA at the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg. (Ed Mahon / PA Post)
Keystone Crossroads
Community
PA Post

Why one gun owner decided to finally join the NRA

‘I have no choice but to help them. That’s the way it seems,’ said a gun owner at the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg.

7 years ago

The Pennsylvania state Capitol (Tom Downing / WITF)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy
PA Post

Gov. Wolf’s Pa. budget plan: What is and isn’t within reach

GOP lawmakers broadly like Wolf’s plans for workforce investment and education investment. But other things, not so much.

7 years ago

The site of the Revolution Pipeline explosion that occurred in September 2018. (Marcellus Air)
Community
StateImpact Pennsylvania

Pa. DEP halts new pipeline permits for Mariner East

The Wolf administration says the PUC should take more 'aggressive' action against the pipeline builder.

7 years ago

Santo Cerminaro, (right), follows his son, Dominick Cerminaro, (left), and grandson, Santo Cerminaro, 11, into the woods to go deer hunting on the first day of regular firearms deer hunting season, in most of Pennsylvania, Monday, Nov. 26, 2018 in Zelienople, Pa. (Keith Srakocic/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Hunting on Sunday? Pa. Senate considers lifting ban

A bill that could allow Sunday hunting has passed through the Senate's Game and Fisheries Committee and is awaiting consideration before the full chamber.

7 years ago

Duquesne University students wait to cast their votes in Pittsburgh during the 2016 Election. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

Paper chase: Fearing hacked election, Pa. officials scramble ahead of 2020 to bolster security

While there is no case of results being tampered with in Pennsylvania, reports of Russian interference in 2016 have raised concerns that the digital totals could be hacked.

7 years ago

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Judge Elect Kevin Dougherty (left) hugs his brother John Dougherty at a post-election party at the Stagehands Union Hall in South Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Report: Pa. Supreme Court justice got benefits from Johnny Doc’s Local 98

Report says indicted Pennsylvania union leader John Dougherty’s brother, a Supreme Court justice, may have received stolen perks.

7 years ago

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Residents of Reading, Pennsylvania wait in line at the St. James Chapel Church food bank. Four in ten households in Reading receive SNAP benefits. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Community

Government shutdown is over, but neediest Pennsylvanians on SNAP still scrambling due to payment disruptions

Nearly 2 million Pennsylvanians on food stamps have to wait until March before the next round of SNAP benefits.

7 years ago

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Pennsylvania's House Labor and Industry Committee held a hearing Wednesday at the Harrisburg Capitol on Gov. Tom Wolf's plan for gradually increasing the minimum wage to $15. (ShutterStock)
Money

Skeptical GOP, economists review Wolf plan to raise minimum wage

Republicans say they’re keeping an open mind — but their initial reactions indicate a gradual hike to $15 may may be a pipe dream in Pennsylvania.

7 years ago

U.S. Attorney William McSwain announces a lawsuit to prevent a supervised injection site from opening in Philadelphia.
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

Federal prosecutors sue to stop nation’s first planned ‘supervised injection site’ in Philly

The civil lawsuit is the first time the federal government has intervened in the hotly debated issue of supervised injection sites.

7 years ago

Jamie Lynch (left) and Kate Mayer joined forces when their children were struggling to learn to read in the Tredyffrin/Easttown School District. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Meet the ‘crazy’ moms saying one of Pa.’s top-rated school districts can’t teach reading

Is it a case of suburban anxiety run amok? Or a window into how enlightened parents can undermine the reputation of a reputedly great school district?

7 years ago

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FILE: Katie Brennan, (left), then-chief of staff at the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, listens to a question as she testifies before the Select Oversight Committee at the Statehouse, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, in Trenton, N.J.  (Mel Evans/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

N.J. lawmakers vexed by questions in Brennan case; Murphy proposes survivor-centered policies

New Jersey lawmakers confront the question of who in the Murphy administration hired the man accused of raping campaign worker Katie Brennan.

7 years ago

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is pictured in the District Attorney's Office in Center City on Friday February 1, 2019. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Keystone Crossroads
Courts & Law

After year one, Philly DA Larry Krasner earns praise from reformers, scorn from victim advocates

After a year in office, Larry Krasner, considered one of the most progressive district attorneys in the nation, sees himself as orchestrating his own movement.

7 years ago

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