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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

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Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Republicans furious over ballot error in Philadelphia

Ballots in an unknown number of Philadelphia polling places misstated the name of a Republican statewide judicial candidate.

8 years ago

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Speak Easy
Courts & Law

We should keep partisan politics out of Pennsylvania’s judicial selection

We should not be voting for judges. The partisan process taints the impartiality so critical to the bench, and diminishes public confidence in the court system.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania State Police vehicle
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania State Police trooper shot during traffic stop

The shooting happened on a highway in Plainfield Township, Northampton County, about 65 miles north of Philadelphia.

8 years ago

Instead of raising taxes, lawmakers turned to gambling to help fill a budget hole. (AP)
Money

It’ll take at least a year to enact Pa.’s new gambling expansion

Enacting the expansion will involve auctioning off casino licenses — something the board has never done before.

8 years ago

Small businesses, like this coffee ship in Pittsburgh, might benefit from the GOP-led tax code overhaul. But some might not. (AP)
Money

Some small Pa. businesses uneasy over proposed tax code changes

Smaller business owners would also get a lower rate on some of their income, but there are limits to who would benefit.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania's oddly-shaped 7th Congressional district is often cited as an extreme example of gerrymandering.(via govtrack.us)
Keystone Crossroads
Politics & Policy

U.S. Supreme Court allows lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s congressional map to proceed

A federal lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania's congressional districts will move forward after a decision by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.

8 years ago

Drivers shift their weight and pull back on their harnesses during an afternoon race at Harrah's Philadelphia Casino & Racetrack in Chester, Pennsylvania. July 2014
NewsWorks Tonight
Courts & Law

Harrah's Philadelphia sued over track conditions after crash paralyzes harness driver

Anthony Coletta was left paralyzed and brain damaged after he was thrown from his sulky and trampled by a horse in a crash his attorney blamed on poor track conditions.

8 years ago

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Politics & Policy

2017 Pennsylvania and New Jersey voter guide

Pennsylvania From 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday,  polls will be open for Pennsylvanians to vote on municipal and mayoral races. Vot ...

8 years ago

 (Brennan Linsley/AP Photo, file)
Health

Pennsylvania opens medical marijuana registry for patients, caregivers

Once people sign up, it’s up to state-approved doctors to decide whether to grant a medical marijuana card.

8 years ago

Philadelphia district attorney candidates Larry Krasner and Beth Grossman.
Politics & Policy

Philadelphians prepare to select new district attorney

City voters will choose between a defense attorney and career prosecutor, while New Jersey will elect Gov. Chris Christie's successor.

8 years ago

Listen 6:00
Voters across the region will head to the polls on Tuesday to vote (WHYY, file)
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Politics & Policy

Racing for the bench: Six things to know about who's funding Pa. judicial races

We take a look at the big contributors for the seven statewide appellate judgeships on the ballot in Pennsylvania Tuesday.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf will allow a bill to become law that weakens teacher seniority and gives school districts more flexibility in their rationale for making layoffs. (AP)
Keystone Crossroads
Education

Wolf lets bill become law that weakens teacher protections amid other school policy shifts

Gov. Tom Wolf has allowed a bill to become law that weakens teacher seniority protections and gives school districts more flexibility in their rationale for making layoffs.

8 years ago

Listen 2:00
Pennsylvania's state capitol building in Harrisburg (WITF)
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers, Wolf administration poised for fight over jobless program funding

With the state budget wrapped up, Pa. lawmakers can turn their attention to a few fast-approaching deadlines — including the renewal of funding for unemployment compensation.

8 years ago

Pennsylvania's oddly-shaped 7th Congressional district is often cited as an extreme example of gerrymandering.(via govtrack.us)
Politics & Policy

Supreme Court rejects bid to halt redistricting lawsuit

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to put on ice a federal lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania's congressional districts approved after the 2010 census.

8 years ago

Advocates for Pennsylvania mineral owners are criticizing a comment by one of Gov. Wolf's senior aides, who says complaints over royalty payments have subsided. (Joe Ulrich/ WITF)
StateImpact Pennsylvania
Science

‘People are furious’: Wolf aide criticized after downplaying royalty problems

Advocates for Pennsylvania landowners are challenging a statement made recently by one of Governor Tom Wolf’s top aides, after saying complaints over gas royalties subsided.

8 years ago

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